Experts: Virus surge in Europe a cautionary tale for US
JOHN SEEWER and CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press
March 17, 2021
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1of14FILE - In this March 14, 2021, file photo, a patient infected with COVID-19 is loaded into a plane heading to a western France hospital, at Orly airport, south of Paris. Health experts say the surge in coronavirus cases in Europe should serve as a warning to the U.S. not to drop its safeguards too early. (Jaques Witt/Pool Photo via AP, File)Jacques Witt/APShow MoreShow Less
2of14FILE - In this March 13, 2021, file photo, patients are given the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle. Optimism is spreading in the U.S. as COVID-19 deaths plummet and states ease restrictions and open vaccinations to younger adults. But across Europe, dread is setting in with another wave of infections that is closing schools and cafes and bringing new lockdowns.Ted S. Warren/APShow MoreShow
Wisconsin agency woefully behind on virus data cleanup
SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin is “woefully behind” in cleaning up COVID-19 data and a renewed emphasis it has placed on making sure its case counts are more accurate has resulted in swings in previously reported numbers, state health officials said Wednesday.
There s a concern the public won t understand why the numbers are changing, state Department of Health Services officials told The Associated Press, even though they said it s part of a routine process that fell behind in the fall as COVID-19 cases were spiking.
“I think it’s fair to say we’re woefully behind in some of that cleanup work,” said Julie Willems Van Dijk, deputy secretary of the department.
COVID-19 variant from Brazil found in Massachusetts
March 16, 2021
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BOSTON (AP) A variant of the coronavirus first identified in Brazil has been found in Massachusetts for the first time, state public health officials said Tuesday.
The person with the variant is described only as a woman in her 30s who lives in Barnstable County and tested positive in late February, the state Department of Public Health said in an emailed statement.
The state was notified of her test results from genetic sequencing conducted through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national surveillance system.
No other information, including whether the woman recently traveled, was available.