Fauci on new Covid-19 variant: Assume that it s here already
From CNN s Andrea Diaz
It s certainly possible that the new variant of coronavirus in the UK is already in the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an interview on ABC s Good Morning America on Tuesday. That s certainly possible I mean, when you have this amount of spread within a place like the UK, that you really need to assume that it s here already, and certainly is not the dominant strain, but I would not be surprised at all if it is already here, said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease.
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| 6 Rachana Pradhan and Lauren Weber and Jay Hancock, Kaiser Health News December 22, 2020
One tray of COVID-19 vaccine from pharmaceutical giant Pfizer contains 975 doses way too many for a rural hospital in Arkansas.
But with the logistical gymnastics required to safely get the Pfizer vaccine to rural health care workers, splitting the trays into smaller shipments has its own dangers. Once out of the freezer that keeps it at 94 degrees below zero, the vaccine lasts only five days and must be refrigerated in transit.
In Arkansas where over 40% of its counties are rural and COVID infections are climbing solving this distribution puzzle is urgently critical, said Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, the state’s epidemiologist.
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