That question is currently at the center of debate.
Pfizer says it s developing a third dose that would provide more protection from variants.
But the CDC and FDA offer a different take: fully vaccinated people do not need a booster shot at this time. We in the scientific community need to look at the entirety of the information, and it needs to be vetted by the scientific community, said Dr. Viray. We don t know yet the true effectiveness of mRNA vaccines against Delta, but I am very reassured about not seeing severe disease.
She said the good news is that there hasn t been a change in the vaccine s effectiveness against hospitalizations and death.
Epidemiologist: Vaccinated people tend to have milder infections
According to new data from the Virginia Department of Health, 1,063 fully-vaccinated Virginians have tested positive for COVID-19. That s less than one percent of all COVID-19 case num
By: Caroline Coleburn
and last updated 2021-07-09 20:58:15-04
RICHMOND, Va. According to new data from the Virginia Department of Health, 1,063 fully-vaccinated Virginians have tested positive for COVID-19. That s less than one percent of all COVID-19 case numbers.
The VDH dashboard also shows 71 fully-vaccinated Virginians have been hospitalized for COVID-19, and 17 have died. It is highly unusual, and when it occurs, it is surprising, explained Rebekah Butterfield, epidemiologist with the Richmond Henrico Health District. Every time that that occurs, a few cases that we ve had, we do make note of it and look into the patient s medical history to see if there are other, you know, underlying reasons for that.
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The 15-minute test uses a less invasive nasal swab and results are delivered through a smartphone app linked to a digital analyzer.
A bus stop ad for Covid-19 testing is shown outside Pfizer world headquarters in New York on Nov. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
WASHINGTON (CN) The Biden administration announced Monday that two federal agencies will invest over $230 million in an over-the-counter test to detect the Covid-19 virus.
The Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services are working together on a $231.8 million infusion in an at-home test made by Ellume USA, allowing the company to increase production of the tests considerably. The goal is to produce 640,000 tests per day by December.
Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday Dec. 13. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
WASHINGTON (CN) Ramping up production, drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced Wednesday that they will supply the United States with an additional 100 million doses of its vaccine for Covid-19 by July of next year.
This announcement ups the total number of vaccines to be distributed to 200 million. Some 70 million of those doses would be delivered by June 30 with another 100 million delivered no later than July 31.