The U.S. new cases 7-day rolling average are 0.6 % HIGHER than the 7-day rolling average one week ago and U.S. deaths due to coronavirus are now 24.7 %
LOWER than the rolling average one week ago. Today s posts include:
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Biden administration allocates $1.7b to track variants
Updated April 16, 2021, 2 hours ago
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The Biden administration is allocating $1.7 billion in funding to track the spread of COVID-19 variants, which are proving dangerous as they spread quickly and risk dragging out the pandemic.
Biden will direct $1 billion to genomic sequencing, which helps federal agencies and states track which version of the virus is spreading. They also announced $400 million for epidemiological research and $300 million for health data and training.
The funding will be distributed to states in two batches, the first to be sent in early May. The second round of funding will be invested over the next several years.
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Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots.
New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases, in the latest available seven-day period, according to state health agency data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Total U.S. infections during the same week numbered more than 452,000.
The heavy concentration of new cases in states that account for 22% of the U.S. population has prompted some experts and elected officials to call for President Joe Biden’s administration to ship additional vaccine doses to those places. So far, the White House has shown no signs of shifting from its policy of dividing vaccine doses among states based on population.