And in an interview with
CNN, Ogake expressed excitement at receiving the Pfizer vaccine, stating that her experience of getting inoculated with the vaccine had been smooth.
“It is such a moment of hope because we can see the light. We can see the end of this pandemic,” she said.
The doctor studied at the Moi Girls’ High School, Eldoret, before joining Moi University College of Health Sciences for a degree in medicine between 2002 and 2008.
She then worked at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi before relocating to the US.
Ogake, who is also an assistant professor of internal medicine in pulmonary and critical care at Wexner, noted that her work in the ICU has been overwhelming over the past two months.
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BRUNSWICK, Maine, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/
STARC Systems, a manufacturer of temporary modular wall containment solutions used for occupied renovations and instant isolation, today announced it is accelerating its manufacturing process to accommodate healthcare facilities of any size looking to apply CARES Act funds to their order before the Act expires on December 31, 2020. Recently large healthcare networks such as PruittHealth and several others have made system-wide investments to include STARC s modular walls in their emergency response plans. STARC walls will allow healthcare networks to rapidly deploy them, as needed, to increase negative pressure isolation capacity within a room, an entire wing, or open spaces to help prevent the spread of coronavirus to staff, patients, residents and visitors.
Updated: 11:06 AM EST December 16, 2020
COLUMBUS, Ohio Doctors at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center discussed their experience with the COVID-19 vaccine in the hospital s weekly briefing.
Health care workers at the hospital were the first in the state to receive the vaccine after a shipment arrived Monday morning.
The panel also talked about the impact COVID-19 is having on cancer care.
The briefing can be watched in the video player below.
California orders 5,000 body bags while Colorado and New Mexico bring in refrigerated trucks on second day of vaccine rollout - as US hospitalizations reach a record 112,816 and new daily fatalities surge to more than 3k
Nationwide, there were 3,019 new deaths reported on Tuesday. It is only the third time daily deaths have exceeded 3,000 fatalities throughout the pandemic and all three have occurred in the last week
There were 198,357 new confirmed cases on Tuesday and nearly 113,000 people nationwide currently hospitalized with the virus - the highest number at any point during the pandemic
California Governor Gavin Newsom warned of the possibility of thousands of deaths in the coming weeks as the state faces its most intense coronavirus surge yet