Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 09May 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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Major coronavirus metrics continue to head lower in the US, and now also globally. New cases in the US during the week ending May 8th were down 18.6% from new cases during the week ending May 1st, and are now down 83.3% from the January peak; this week also saw fewer new cases than any week since September. This week s US deaths attributed to Covid were 6.8% lower than the prior week s, and down 80.5% from the January hig
Pfizer vaccine gets FDA OK for 12-15 age group; US infections falling; Fauci says indoor mask rule could be eased: Live COVID-19 updates Jorge L. Ortiz and John Bacon, USA TODAY
Kids and Covid-19: Here s when the FDA plans to authorize the vaccine for children
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The U.S. is now averaging about 40,000 new coronavirus cases per day, down more than 40% from less than a month ago and just one-fifth of what the nation was facing at the start of the year.
And the fight against the pandemic just added another weapon Monday when the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for adolescents 12-15 years old.
FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for those 12-15
Summer camps and the beginning of the next school year look a lot less worrisome now.
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which became the first inoculation to receive that kind of clearance in the U.S.
Many parents had been eagerly awaiting for the authorization as they made summer plans and hoped for the next academic year to be conducted fully in person.
President Joe Biden said last week that his administration would be “ready to move immediately’’ once the FDA gave its OK to the vaccine, which has been deemed safe and extremely effective after trials on adolescents.
The U.S. is now averaging about 40,000 new coronavirus cases per day, down more than 40% from less than a month ago and just one-fifth of what the nation was facing at the start of the year.
And the fight against the pandemic just added another weapon Monday when the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for adolescents 12-15 years old.
Still, the race for herd immunity that could help put the pandemic in the nation s rear-view mirror is not going entirely smoothly. Some states want the federal government to withhold staggering amounts of vaccine this week amid plummeting demand for shots. Concern over waning interest in vaccination has prompted President Joe Biden to schedule a meeting Tuesday with six governors aimed at regaining momentum.
The FDA is expected to soon authorize Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for teens. Some parents are excited, others are still undecided. Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
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Although her 10-year-old son, Blake, wouldn’t qualify just yet, the company said during a quarterly earnings call Tuesday it also will seek authorization for children aged 2 to 11 by September, according to the New York Times.
“If he can get that shot by the end of the year, I would bet thrilled,” said Hagood, who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine April in Birmingham, Alabama. “I don’t want to take the chance on my child being the one sick (from COVID-19) and ending up in the hospital.”