Are herd immunity, California coronavirus variant preventing West Coast spring surge?
Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
April 12, 2021
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Hundreds wait in queue for the Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson) in Oakland. A tier just opened on April 1st for vaccinations of people from age 50 and above with exceptions of 16year-olds and above with severe health conditions, these can receive vaccination.Pat Mazzera/ SOPA Images via Getty Images
LOS ANGELES With coronavirus cases and related hospitalizations climbing nationwide, is California also headed for a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?
The Midwest, New England and the New York areas have faced troubling rises in coronavirus cases, and some have expressed concern that Los Angeles County has previously been only a few weeks behind trends coming out of New York. In the last week, average daily coronavirus cases nationally are up 5% over the previous week and the change in new COVID-19 hospitaliz
Pennsylvania: All adults eligible for vaccine on Tuesday
April 12, 2021
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania will expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults beginning Tuesday, nearly a week ahead of schedule, state officials announced Monday.
State health officials said the quicker rollout was enabled by “ongoing appointment availability” in many parts of the state.
“We need to maintain acceleration of the vaccine rollout, especially as case counts and hospitalization rates have increased,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement.
The state expanded eligibility to essential workers in a range of industries on Monday.
Workers in transportation and logistics, construction, public health, public safety, finance, legal services, media and several other industries in Phase 1C of the state s vaccine rollout became eligible to sign up for the vaccine.
CDC gives fully vaccinated Americans the green light to travel 11 April 2021 - 00:00 By Elizabeth Sleith
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has officially cleared Americans who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 for travel but warned that they should continue to follow precautions such as social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing while they re away.
The agency updated its guidelines earlier this month, stating that fully vaccinated people can resume domestic travel and do not need to get tested before or after travel or self-quarantine after travel .
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