No one in the United States seems to know how many COVID-19 vaccine doses are available for awaiting recipients, as confirmed Sunday by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s a staggering reality 10 months into a pandemic that’s claimed 400,000 lives and infected more than 25 million people and one that NYC officials are desperately trying to overcome as appointment cancellations sweep over the city.
On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio admitted that the city would fall short of vaccinating one million people by the end of January, but he and two health advisors laid out options for revamping the rollout. Chief among the proposals is a vaccine candidate being developed by Johnson and Johnson. It requires only one shot and can be stored in a regular refrigerator for up to three months both logistical advantages compared to the two-shot options from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. Jay Varma, the mayor s top public health adviser, added
Deadly winter: Coronavirus deaths rising in 30 U.S. states
America may be paying the price for holiday travel: The death toll approaches 400,000 while the British coronavirus variant spreads.
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In this Jan. 12 photo provided by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, National Guard members assisting with processing COVID-19 deaths, placing them into temporary storage at the medical examiner-coroner s office in Los Angeles. [ AP ]
Published Jan. 19
NEW YORK â Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new variants are spreading.
Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
U.S. states under tremendous strain as daily COVID-19 deaths rise amid winter surge
In California, the most populous state where Los Angeles County remains a pandemic epicenter, cremation limits were suspended for 10 days to deal with a backlog. Author: Associated Press, Douglas Jones Published: 2:49 PM PST January 18, 2021 Updated: 3:04 PM PST January 18, 2021
Coronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious variant is taking hold.
As Americans observed a national holiday Monday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pleaded with federal authorities to curtail travel from countries where new variants are spreading.
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