Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Wednesday 20-Jan-2021
Rapid Test Center of New York
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
January 20, 2021
CoViD-19 News and Information you can trust.
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| Finally, to the lost 400,000: “To heal, we must remember. It’s important to do that as a nation. Let us shine the lights in the darkness along the sacred pool of reflection and remember all we have lost”–President Biden |
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| Take care of yourself so we can get through this together. Dr. Stu Weiss |
| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAYCoronavirus update for January 20, 2021 World Wide UpdatesTennis stars urged not to feed mice in hotel rooms as they quarantine ahead of Australian Open Plans for contact testing in English schools halted Spain records its highest weekly number of Covid-19 deaths since November Lebanon reports record high Covid-19 deaths for third day in a row EU targets vaccinating at least 70% of the adult population by the summer Studies suggest vaccinated people protected from new Covid-19 variants UK records deadliest day since the start of the pandemic, with 1,820 new deaths Portugal sees another record day for Covid-19 deaths and cases Italy to take legal action against Pfizer over vaccine delays There is oxygen left “only for a few days” in Brazil’s Amazonas state as Covid-19 patients increase, MSF warns Netherlands proposes curfew and bans flights from UK, South Africa, and South America Vatican starts vaccinating Rome’s homeless Frontline workers could be moved up the UK’s vaccine rollout list Third Portuguese minister tests positive within a week Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister dies from Covid-19 Germany tightens restrictions as death toll rises Japan to buy enough Pfizer doses for half of population by July China builds massive Covid-19 quarantine camp for 4,000 people as outbreak continues Pfizer vaccine supply a big headache for Canada as death toll surges UK Covid-19 strain detected in at least 60 countries, WHO says Beijing steps up Covid-19 measures after reporting biggest case jump in 3 weeks Colombia’s defense minister is in intensive care due to Covid-19 Variant might partially evade protection from vaccines or prior infection, early research suggests Brazilian officials were warned 6 days in advance of a looming oxygen crisis in Manaus A bare-chested Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis getting his second coronavirus vaccine has the internet swooning UK hospitals “like a war zone” due to Covid-19 cases, says government’s chief scientific advisor Homeless Canadian man dies steps from shelter closed by COVID restrictions Dubai cancels non-essential surgery as Covid-19 cases surge France reports more than 26,000 new Covid cases, highest since November Two cases in China resemble more infectious strain first seen in UK Mexico probes coronavirus vaccine theft from hospital Total Cases Worldwide: 97,197,534 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,079,750 Total Recovered: 69,705,260 US Updates More than half a million Covid-19 monoclonal antibody treatments have been delivered to US states Covid-19 deaths remain high in California as US crisis continues Biden reflects on “winter of peril” during inaugural address ‘Long Covid’ is a real and pressing concern, warns US National Institutes of Health director Lack of vaccine supply impacting appointments in New York, mayor says Biden’s first executive order will require masks on federal property CDC says nearly 13.6 million people have been vaccinated in the US Cuomo says COVID vaccine efforts will be ‘week to week’ as supply dwindles As COVID-19 surges, state report they’re running out of vaccine and canceling tens of thousands of appointments ASL interpreter during Hawaii’s COVID-19 press briefings dies of virus Officials call for more vaccine doses as the US death toll exceeds 400,000 More than 16.5 million Covid-19 vaccines doses have been administered across the US Biden hopes to restore US to world stage in fight against pandemic CDC’s vaccine advisers schedule emergency meeting for next week Two NYPD cops diagnosed with COVID-19 after arriving in Washington, D.C., for President Biden’s inauguration Surgeon General Jerome Adams resigns as Biden assumes presidency Pharmacist accused of sabotaging COVID vaccines charged with misdemeanor New COVID strain in Los Angeles could be driving virus surge Washington National Cathedral to toll bell 400 times to honor virus victims EU calls on Biden to take global leadership on COVID-19 Fauci says a new vaccine could be ready for US approval within weeks Amazon ‘ready to assist’ Biden administration on COVID vaccine rollout North Dakota bill would ban wastewater testing for COVID-19 Total US cases: 24,963,923 Total US deaths: 415,015 Total Recovered: 14,934,412 Total Tested in US: 282,867,081 Total cases in CA: 3,068,292 Total deaths in CA: 34,566 Total cases in TX: 2,181,240 Total deaths in TX: 33,689 Total cases in FL: 1,601,011 Total deaths in FL: 24,578 Total cases in NY: 1,312,619 Total deaths in NY: 41,561 Total cases in IL: 1,081,354 Total deaths in IL: 20,285 Contact us |
