Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 14February 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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Summary:
All the important US Covid demographic metrics are falling, and in some cases quite dramatically. This week s new cases were down 19.4% from last week s, and down 62.3% from the second week of January; the 7 day average of new cases is now the lowest since November 4th, but it s also higher than every 7 day period before that date. Illustrative of the decline in new cases was a Thursday headline that new cases had to
FEARS of a renewed coronavirus crisis in the United States surged after the new Brazilian ‘super-covid variant was detected in the country for the first time.
By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Monday, January 25, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday President Biden’s goal of 100 million COVID-19 shots in the first 100 days of the new administration only comes after the prior administration’s successful Operation Warp Speed and is continuing its projections.
The Kentucky Republican said an average of 1.6 million vaccines are being delivered per day over the past week, so the new goal that Mr. Biden has dictated is the same as the Trump administration’s layout, which successfully launched Operation Warp Speed, providing funding for companies studying and producing a COVID-19 vaccination over the past year.