Despite dramatic improvements in sanitation and better access to fuel and drinking water, several states across the country have reversed course and recorded
worsening levels of child malnutrition. The most surprising reversals have happened in child stunting, which reflects chronic undernutrition, and refers to the percentage of children who have low height for their age.
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woo the Christian community to consolidate its position. It wants to capitalise on the increasing disenchantment among Christian leaders over the Kerala version of “love jihad” and possibililty of demographic change.
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Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant on December 13, 2020 in Portage, Michigan. (Photo by Morry Gash – Pool/Getty Images)
Head of Operation Warp Speed, General Gustav Perna, said at the weekend: “Expect 145 sites across the states to receive the vaccine on Monday, another 425 sites on Tuesday and the final 66 sites on Wednesday.”
During a virtual media conference on Saturday, 12 December, the US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) announced the authorisation for emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
FDA director, Dr Peter Marks said: “Although this is not an FDA approval, this authorisation makes Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine available in the United States… The available safety and effectiveness data support the authorisation of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine because the vaccines known and potential benefits outweigh its known and potential risks.”
US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine
The injections begin an effort to try to beat back the coronavirus a day of hope amid grief as the nation’s death roll nears a staggering 300,000. Author: Associated Press, TEGNA Updated: 11:39 AM MST December 14, 2020
The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic a day of optimism even as the nation s death toll closed in on 300,000.
“I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said after getting a shot in the arm at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. “I feel like healing is coming.”