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Covid-19: U.S. Is Under Pressure to Export More Vaccine Supplies Amid Indiaâs Deadly Surge
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April 25, 2021, 12:03 a.m. ETApril 25, 2021, 12:03 a.m. ET
Indiaâs crisis could halt the vaccination campaign in Africa, which has 17 percent of the worldâs people and relies on vaccines produced in India.
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The body of a Covid-19 victim being carried at a crematorium in New Delhi on Friday.Credit.Atul Loke for The New York Times
Biden administration officials are coming under increasing pressure to lift restrictions on exports of supplies that vaccine makers in India say they need to expand production amid a devastating surge in Covid-19 deaths there and falling demand in the United States.
Covid-19 Live Updates: Indiaâs Crisis Could Bring Africaâs Vaccination Campaigns to a Halt
A continent with 17 percent of the worldâs population relies on vaccines produced in India, but that country has restricted vaccine exports as it deals with crushing infection levels. In the U.S., cases are ebbing in the Upper Midwest.
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People waited to register for a Covid-19 vaccine in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday.Credit.Yasuyoshi Chiba/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
NAIROBI, Kenya â The rapidly escalating coronavirus crisis in India is not only forcing hospitals to ration oxygen and sending families scrambling to find open beds for infected loved ones. It is also wreaking havoc on the global vaccination effort.
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The Tri-County region added 205 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths Friday, as Peoria County moved above the 30% threshold for fully vaccinated residents with Tazewell and Woodford counties close behind.
The latest fatalities include a Tazewell County woman in her 50s and man in his 80s, and three Woodford County residents ranging from their 70s to 90s. The region’s death toll since the start of the pandemic stands at 640 while the case count is at 42,600.
Hospitalization numbers for the region were delayed; the Peoria City/County Health Department said new numbers will be released Monday. On Thursday, area hospitals reported their highest hospitalization rates since the start of the pandemic.
PEORIA – The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 rose this week, even as the number of new cases dropped slightly in the Tri-County Area.
“We are currently sitting in our region at only 17% of ICU capacity available. We currently have 46 ICU beds in use, and 121 non-ICU beds in use,” said Monica Hendrickson, administrator of the Peoria City/County Health Department, during the weekly press briefing Thursday. ICU capacity was at 18% last week.
While the number of new cases was down slightly this week, with an average of 200 positive cases each day compared to 269 last week, it’s only a slight dip in a trend that has been moving steadily upward in the last month.