In fight against virus, US President Joe Biden looks for path back to normal
AP / Updated: Apr 27, 2021, 17:53 IST
Washington: President
Joe Biden spent his first 100 days in office encouraging Americans to mask up and stay home to slow the spread of the
coronavirus. His task for the next 100 days will be to lay out the path back to normal. When he entered office, Biden moved swiftly to overcome vaccine supply issues and more than tripled the country s ability to administer them. But ending the coronavirus pandemic, the central challenge of his presidency, will require more than putting shots into arms - a task now growing more difficult as demand sags - but also a robust plan to help the nation emerge from a year of isolation, disruption and confusion.
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That March guidance is somewhat less strong than a full-on recommendation. It instead says, If you are pregnant, you may choose to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and you may want to have a conversation with your healthcare provider. Based on how these vaccines work in the body, experts believe they are unlikely to pose a specific risk for people who are pregnant, the guidance adds. However, there are currently limited data on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant people.
On Friday, however, Walensky had pointed to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine. That study found: Preliminary findings did not show obvious safety signals among pregnant persons who received mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, referring to the ones from Pfizer and Moderna.
BY ZEKE MILLER AND LAURAN NEERGAARD ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of
Person dies of COVID-19 after vaccination
OKLAHOMA CITY – At least one person in Oklahoma has died due to COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, after the person received the coronavirus vaccine, deputy state epidemiologist Jolianne Stone said Friday.
“We are still doing an investigation on that particular case,” and no other information was immediately available, Stone said.
More than 2.5 million vaccinations have been administered in Oklahoma, according to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Stone said 137 people in Oklahoma have contracted the coronavirus after being vaccinated and nine have been hospitalized.
The state Health Department reported 446,550 total cases and 8,206 deaths, based on death certificates provided to the CDC, increases of 304 cases and nine additional deaths since Thursday.
The CDC says millions of Americans aren t receiving the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine
The CDC says millions of Americans aren t receiving the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine
Yelena DzhanovaApr 25, 2021, 22:34 IST
A frontline healthcare worker receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination at the Park County Health Departments storefront clinic on January 5, 2021 in Livingston, Montana.Photo by William Campbell/Getty Images
About 5 million Americans have so far missed their appointment to receive the second COVID-19
vaccine.
Many Americans are reportedly choosing to miss their second dose for a variety of reasons, including a fear of potential side effects.
Others had their second appointments canceled because vaccination sites ran out of doses.