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For months, county leaders asked New York state officials to release details about COVID-19 vaccination rates for each neighborhood. But the information, which is key to addressing vaccine disparity, remained shrouded in secrecy.
The data disclosures have since reached 60 of the state s 62 counties, revealing some communities hit hardest by coronavirus infections now lag in vaccinations, according to state officials, county documents and data obtained by USA TODAY Network New York.
Meanwhile, county officials and an infectious-disease expert suggested releasing the data earlier could have helped marshal more public health resources to communities plagued by vaccine hesitancy and access hurdles.
U.S. COVID Experts Call for Help in India and Africa
May 13, 2021 Officials and health care providers in the U.S. watching the COVID-19 crisis unfold in India and certain African countries can help make a difference, experts said.
People are interconnected through global travel and commerce, so major COVID-19 outbreaks in other countries and regions – especially those linked to new variants of concern – could affect us all, they said.
Although an initial shipment of materials from the U.S. to make vaccines was appreciated, more help is needed to avoid further COVID-19 tragedies, two physician experts noted during a media briefing this week sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed the country’s first two cases of the India variant of the Covid-19 virus on Tuesday (May 11), the same day that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the variant “a global concern.”
The WHO expressed concern that the B.1.617.2 variant, which first originated in India, is more transmissible, with mutations that easily allow the virus to get past the human body’s immune system.
The B.1.617.2 variant is the fourth to be designated as being of global concern and requiring heightened tracking and analysis. The others are those first detected in Britain, South Africa and Brazil.