March 10, 2021
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Marin County could be heading into the less-restrictive orange tier on the state’s coronavirus tier list. County public health officer Dr. Matt Willis told supervisors yesterday that Marin could move into that tier as soon as March 23rd. The orange tier would mean that some businesses can increase indoor capacity to 50%, while other businesses can move from outdoor only to indoor with 10-25% capacity.
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Costa Rica received 86,580 more doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Tuesday night for a total of 472,875, the Presidency reported.
As of Monday, Costa Rica had administered 204,586 doses in first responders and the elderly. The country’s contract with Pfizer is for 3 million doses of the two-shot vaccine.6
This week, the Social Security System (CCSS, or Caja) installed 14 ultra-low-temperature freezers in health centers across the country: in the Chorotega, Brunca, Huetar Norte, Central Pacific, Central Norte, Central Sur and Huetar Atlántico regions.
With a combined capacity for more than 1 million doses, the 14 freezers will facilitate vaccinations outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM).
Award recognizes achievements in training and mentoring diabetes and metabolism research scientists
The American Diabetes Association® (ADA) announced recipients of the 2021 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Awards and Bruce Spiegelman, PhD, researcher at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute received the 2021 Albert Renold Award.
This award is presented to an individual whose career is distinguished by outstanding achievements in the training and mentorship of diabetes research scientists and in the development of communities of scientists to enhance diabetes research. Spiegelman’s research is focused on molecular basis of adipose tissue development and function including systematic metabolism and mitochondrial-dependent energy balance. His work has had translational impact in how obesity and diabetes are treated, as well as advances in cancer metabolism.
On Tuesday, the World Bank Board of Trustees approved a donation from the International Development Association in the amount of $75 million, to finance the Adaptive Social Protection for Increased Resilience project.