Vaccination campaign begins [PHOTOS]
Updated : 2020-12-31 17:07
A resident of a nursing home reacts as she gets an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cologne, Germany, Dec. 27. AP
By Kang Hyun-kyung
COVID-19 phobia shows signs of coming to an end as vaccination programs kick off around the world.
Starting in Britain in early December, several countries have begun to inoculate their citizens to protect them from the virus that took the lives of over 1.7 million people globally since late 2019 when the first infection case was reported in China.
In the United States, soldiers, veterans and healthcare workers were prioritized in the vaccine program. COVID-19 vaccines arrived in South Korea for U.S. military personnel and they got shots.
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►Increased stimulus payments championed by President Donald Trump and Democrats alike appear to be increasingly unlikely to pass the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell insists the increase should be linked with other measures championed by Trump ones that are unpopular with Democrats.
►A Wisconsin health care provider says an individual intentionally removed 57 vials of the Moderna vaccine from a refrigerator, causing them to be discarded. We are more than disappointed that this individual s action will result in a delay of more than 500 people receiving their vaccine, Advocate Aurora Health said in a statement.
►One day after Colorado confirmed the first known U.S. case of a new coronavirus strain that was first identified in the United Kingdom, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a case of that strain has also been reported in the nation s most populous state. Meanwhile, Colorado officials said they were investigating a possible sec
US hits record number of Covid-19 hospitalizations
From CNN s Virginia Langmaid
Registered Nurse Jacqueline Fiel tends to a Covid-19 patient inside the intensive care unit of Providence St. Jude Medical Center on December 25 in Fullerton, California. Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
The United States reported 121,235 Covid-19 hospitalizations on Monday, setting a new record high since the pandemic began, according to the Covid Tracking Project (CTP).
This is the 27th consecutive day that the US has remained above 100,000 current hospitalizations.
According to CTP data, these days had the highest hospitalization numbers:
Dec. 28: 121,235 people hospitalized
Dec. 24: 120,151 people hospitalized
Dec. 23: 119,463 people hospitalized
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Colleen DAmico, a clinical pharmacist with Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), prepares to administer a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the SIHB, on Dec. 21, 2020 in Seattle. (Karen Ducey/Getty Images)
OLYMPIA, WA Washington s new Secretary of Health hosted his first coronavirus briefing Wednesday, joined by other state leaders to outline the public health situation in the final days of 2020.
Dr. Umair Shah officially took over from outdoing secretary John Wiesman on Monday, arriving in Washington from his former post as executive director of Harris County Public Health in Texas the nation s third-largest county.