CDC’s J&J Talk Ends Without Vote; India Case Surge: Virus Update Bloomberg 53 mins ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.
A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated that canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option, as the country struggles with a surge in coronavirus cases, according to a media report. Thailand is considering imposing a partial lockdown in Bangkok and other provinces after coronavirus cases rose by a record this week, the Bangkok Post said.
Greece Lifts Curbs; India Daily Cases Top 200,000: Virus Update Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated that canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option as cases in the city rose to the highest in more than two months.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.
SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Australian authorities should add more clinics to speed up the country s struggling Covid-19 vaccine rollout, its main medical association said on Thursday (April 15), dismissing a government plan to create mass inoculation hubs as unworkable in the near term.
Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Omar Khorshid said establishing mass centres would pose huge logistical challenges , including the difficulty of finding enough medical staff to manage the facilities. You need to find a workforce from somewhere, and we are not aware of large numbers of registered nurses and doctors who are available to manage these centres, Dr Khorshid told ABC Radio.
International update: Vaccine discussions continue as global Covid infections approach 140 million 15 April 2021 (Last Updated April 15th, 2021 10:09)
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Global: The global Covid death toll has passed 2.97 million. Meanwhile, infections have passed 138 million world wide, according to analysts at Johns Hopkins University.
US: US Covid -19 infections exceed 31.4 million. Meanwhile, the US coronavirus death toll is more than 564,000 according to analysts at Johns Hopkins University.
US spy agencies have yet to determine the source of the virus that causes Covid-19, top intelligence officials told the Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday. Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence, said analysts are still examining two theories: animal-to-human transmission, and the possibility of a laboratory accident. “The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when or how Covid-19 virus was tran
India Case Surge; Tokyo’s Olympics Concern: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A senior official in Japan’s ruling party indicated that canceling the Tokyo Olympics was an option, according to a media report, as cases in the city rose to the highest in more than two months.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.