COVID-19 vaccine will very likely work on UK mutation, Fauci says, as California reports case
A more contagious variant of the virus, discovered in Britain, has now been detected in California, a day after it first appeared in the US, in Colorado. Listen - 02:29
Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, discusses the new variant of the coronavirus with California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Screenshot by Corinne Reichert/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website.
The variant of the coronavirus discovered in the UK and said to be more contagious has now appeared in California, the state s governor said Wednesday, a day after the mutation first cropped up in the US, in Colorado.
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Summary
Severe allergy-like reactions in people who received the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech in December 2020 may be due to a compound in the packaging of the messenger RNA (mRNA) that forms the vaccine s main ingredient, scientists say. A similar mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna also contains the compound, polyethylene glycol (PEG). PEG has never been used before in an approved vaccine, but it is found in many drugs, some of which have occasionally triggered anaphylaxis a potentially life-threatening reaction. Some allergists and immunologists believe a small number of people previously exposed to PEG may have high levels of antibodies against it, putting them at risk of an anaphylactic reaction to the vaccine. Although some are skeptical of the link, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Food and Drug Administration are taking the issue very seriously.View Full Text
Holiday travelers wearing face masks are seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on Dec. 23, 2020. (Photo b
COVID Vaccine Rollout: Is Operation Warp Speed On Track For 2021?
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Trump says it’s a state-level problem
Fauci says the effort so far has been ‘disappointing’
With inoculations against COVID-19 moving forward at a slower than expected pace, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the United States, said the effort so far has been “disappointing.”
Operation Warp Speed, the federal program steering the vaccination effort, set a goal of having 20 million people inoculated with the first shot of a two-dose program by December. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found, however, that only 2.8 million of the 12.4 million doses allocated across the country have actually been administered.