Michigan officials pleading for additional vaccines as COVID-19 cases surge
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 12, 2021, 7:08am EDT
Long Island is seeing a decline in positive COVID-19 cases, but new cases are surging in places like Michigan, where state leaders are begging for more vaccines.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel have made continuous pleas, but the White House is staying the course on its distribution plan.
In the state, positivity rates haven t been at their current numbers since the start of the pandemic, and hospitalizations are nearing peak levels that Michigan saw back in December.
https://www.afinalwarning.com/508658.html (Natural News) The state of Michigan reported its first confirmed case linked to the Brazilian strain of the Wuhan coronavirus. A resident in Bay County was found to have the so-called P1 variant, which is believed to be more contagious than earlier variants and can re-infect patients more easily.
Local health authorities reported on April 1 that the first confirmed case was found in the Bay County resident and that they were looking at the person’s exposure history. They informed the infected individual and all his close contacts to quarantine themselves for 14 days. A report by the
Whitmer said every three to four months state officials consult with national experts, and she had conversations with four experts this week the week that Michigan became the worse state in the country in terms of COVID-19 cases per capita in the last seven days. Each one of them said a variation of the same kind of analysis about what we re seeing here in Michigan. No. 1, we did a really good job early on keeping our numbers low and because of that we ve got fewer people per capita who have antibodies than a lot of other states do, she said. So we were very successful early on, but right now that means in the wake of variants that are easier to catch, we have fewer people with antibodies. And that s why rushing to vaccinate is so crucial.
The Latest: Vermont expects to expand vaccine eligibility
By The Associated Press Associated Press April 1, 2021 5:50pm Text size Copy shortlink:
VERMONT The state of Vermont is expecting to expand eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to out-of-state college students and second homeowners on April 30 if there is an adequate supply of vaccines.
Gov. Phil Scott announced the policy change Wednesday after he initially said vaccines in the state would be reserved for residents.
For the purposes of being vaccinated, Vermont defines residents as people who have lived there for six months, including college students who plan to spend the summer in the state.
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