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Global Covid-19 cases increase for the 7th consecutive week, WHO chief says
From CNN’s Naomi Thomas
Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19 virus at the WHO headquaters on March 11, 2020, in Geneva. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
There have now been seven consecutive weeks of increasing Covid-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said during a news briefing in Geneva Monday.
“In January and February the world saw six consecutive weeks of declining cases,” Tedros said. “We have now seen seven consecutive weeks of increasing cases and four weeks of increasing deaths. Last week was the fourth highest number of cases in a single week so far.”
Almost 190 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in the United States, according to data published Monday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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UH to start distributing vaccines to students, employees
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A health care worker receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center on December 21, 2020, in Houston, Texas.Go Nakamura, Stringer / TNS
University of Houston will begin distributing a limited supply of a COVID-19 vaccine to students, faculty and staff who qualify this week.
Suzy Harrington, UH’s assistant vice president for student affairs, said in an email Monday morning that the Houston university received a limited supply of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through the Texas Department of State Health Services. The UH Student Health Center, which has partnered with Walgreens, will distribute the doses to qualifying enrolled students and UH employees at an on-campus mass vaccination clinic on Wednesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 4.