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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a “variant of interest,” adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it’s keeping an eye on.
Vaccine makers are so worried about the chance new variants will escape the protection offered by immunization that they are already testing booster shots and tweaking their vaccine formulas to specifically target some of the more troubling variants.
And doctors around the world are warning that even more variants will arise as the virus continues to evolve inside the bodies of the tens of millions of people it is infecting.
U.S. Could Vaccinate 185 Million People by September
May 10, 2021 The U.S. could administer COVID-19 vaccines to 185 million Americans by September reaching about 88% of the adult population according to a new forecast from the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Public health officials have targeted a goal of vaccinating between 70% to 85% of the population to control the spread of the coronavirus. Earlier this week, President Joe Biden announced a goal of reaching 70% of the adult population by July 4. The IHME forecast predicts that 70% of the adult population will receive at least one dose by the end of May, and 65% will be fully vaccinated by mid-June.
Not 3.24 million, seven million people died due to Covid [details]
Driven in part by the dramatic surge of cases in India, the study suggests that 2.5 million more people will die of Covid-19
Do not vaccinate pregnant, lactating mothers
As India is battling the deadly second wave of coronavirus, a new study conducted by American experts has suggested that the actual number of Covid-related deaths in the world could be much higher than official figures. The study conducted by researchers at the University of Washington s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation suggested that worldwide Covid-19 death toll is reaching seven million, while the official figures are just 3.24 million.
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More than 900,000 people died of COVID-19 in the U.S., a new study suggests. That’s almost double the official count
University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation said in a new analysis that 900,000 people may have died because of COVID-19
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Utahns walk up to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up vaccination event at Reams in Magna on Monday, May 3, 2021. University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation said in a new analysis that 900,000 people may have died because of COVID-19.
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That’s almost 57% higher than the official count, which is at 580,000 or so.
2021-05-09 19:10 By: CHINA DAILY
Medical staff help a patient with breathing problems towards an ambulance as he is being shifted to a hospital, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Ahmedabad, India, April 14, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
With coronavirus infections surging deeper into record territory, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing growing pressure to impose a harsh nationwide lockdown amid criticism that restrictions imposed by individual states are not enough.
Many medical experts, opposition leaders and some Supreme Court judges have suggested that a lockdown seems to be the only option with the virus raging in cities and towns, where hospitals are forced to turn patients away while relatives scramble to find oxygen. Crematoriums and burial grounds are struggling to handle the dead.