Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Monday 1-Feb-2021
By Dr. Stuart Weiss
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
February 1, 2021
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| Coronavirus update for February 1, 2021 World Wide Updates “Critical” week begins in France, country’s finance minister says Russia extends UK flight ban until Feb. 16 German Chancellor says everyone in the country will be offered a vaccine by Sept. 21 South Africa eases strictest Covid-19 restrictions as infection rates drop UK will protect its supply but play its part to ensure whole world can get vaccine, Health Secretary says European agency warns of fake coronavirus-negative papers after busting fraud rings Italy loosens coronavirus restrictions, with many regions moving into “yellow zones” UK deploys “surge” Covid-19 testing amid spread of South African variant Israel delivers 2,000 Covid-19 vaccines to Palestinian Authority Moderna says no data on how much protection a single Covid-19 vaccine dose provides Major tourist hotspot in Vienna turned into Covid-19 testing center UK pupils could earn about $55,000 less over their lifetime due to the lost schooling during the pandemic, research shows China arrests more than 80 people in ‘fake vaccine’ ring crackdown Israeli lockdown extended as defiance by ultra-Orthodox draws outrage Iran keeps coronavirus restrictions in place as it continues to battle the outbreak Anti-lockdown protesters demonstrate in Brussels, Budapest and Vienna over the weekend A German refugee accommodation center has been hit by a coronavirus outbreak All ‘eligible’ care home residents in England have now been offered the Covid-19 vaccine Germany’s Angela Merkel to hold vaccine summit Monday BioNTech to deliver 75 million extra doses of Covid-19 vaccine to EU Latin American and Caribbean countries notified of COVAX Covid-19 vaccine allocations 100-year-old UK fundraising hero Tom Moore hospitalized with Covid-19 Single Covid case in Western Australia leads to 5-day lockdown for 2 million WHO team investigating pandemic visits wet market, receives flu data Thousands ignore COVID rules to attend funeral of Orthodox rabbi in Jerusalem Brazil coronavirus deaths rise above 225,000 Germany to send healthcare for workers and ventilators to Portugal Madrid to start relaxing restrictions this week Total Cases Worldwide: 103,854,161 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,245,584 Total Recovered: 75,550,315 US Updates First Covid-19 UK variant identified in South Carolina has history of international travel American Airlines updates mask policy to match Biden administration 3 cases of UK variant discovered in Iowa, state health officials say Colorado sees Covid-19 variants as cases trend downward and vaccinations increase More than 32 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the US, new CDC data shows There are now 19 cases of the UK Covid-19 variant in Georgia, health department says More than 1 in 5 US Covid-19 deaths were reported in January New York state positivity rate is down for the 24th straight day, governor says New US security directives require airlines, airports to report those who disobey mask rules Women and White people most likely to be vaccinated in US, new CDC data indicates House panel probes Covid-19 outbreaks at US meatpacking plants Arizona opens second state-run vaccination site at ASU’s Phoenix Municipal Stadium White House concerned providers are holding back doses Biden administration to keep following two-dose schedule for Covid-19 vaccines More than 470 cases of concerning variants in the US, CDC reports Production to ramp up for first fully at-home Covid-19 test authorized in US Vaccinations underway at Boston’s Fenway Park as winter weather hits the Northeast Fewer than 10 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses would be available in coming weeks, health official says Biden faces presidency-defining dilemma over Republican offer on Covid-19 rescue plan US reports more than 110,000 new Covid-19 cases Homeland Security gives TSA workers authority to enforce Biden’s mask mandate Covid-19 hospitalizations drop, but January has been the deadliest month of the pandemic White House open to scaling down stimulus checks to families making more than $150,000 in Covid-19 relief bill Michigan has administered over one million Covid-19 vaccines, governor says MTA set for ‘substantial’ chunk of $30B in COVID relief, as Schumer vows to prioritize NYC transit Simpsons writer Marc Wilmore dies at 57 amid battle with COVID and other health conditions Biden’s goal of nationwide school reopening still on track, says senior adviser Total US cases: 26,866,195 Total US deaths: 453,604 Total Recovered: 16,540,732 Total Tested in US: 304,415,413 Total cases in CA: 3,310,662 Total deaths in CA: 40,924 Total cases in TX: 2,404,079 Total deaths in TX: 37,423 Total cases in FL: 1,727,107 Total deaths in FL: 26,685 Total cases in NY: 1,462,684 Total deaths in NY: 43,847 Total cases in IL: 1,128,613 Total deaths in IL: 21,273 Contact us |
