Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Thursday 18-Feb-2021
By Dr. Stuart Weiss, Intelligent Crowd Solutions
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
February 18, 2021
CoViD-19 News and Information you can trust. Welcome new members from the Rapid Test Center.
Congratulations to NASA and JPL for successfully landing the Perseverance rover on MARS. It sent its first pictures back. It has a helicopter drone in it which will fly around MARS. Imagine that, we will have a helicopter flying around another planet in our solar system.
| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY Coronavirus update for February 18, 2021 World Wide Updates Participants in global Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine trial for pregnant women receive their first doses European Commission has “a lot to learn” from vaccine rollout, says Denmark’s foreign minister Northern Ireland extends lockdown until April 1 WHO will launch a new declaration on vaccine equity “Strong and compelling” evidence vaccines are reducing deaths in Scotland, first minister says Russia responds to EU calls to “explain” the pace of its vaccine rollout Vatican employees who refuse Covid-19 vaccine may risk losing their jobs Germany will likely extend border checks if Covid-19 outbreaks involving variants are not contained Saudi Arabia approves AstraZeneca vaccine As the WHO probed the pandemic’s origins, China pushed a conspiracy about the US Belgium has recorded more than 184,000 breaches of pandemic rules Oxford University’s major therapeutics trial goes international Hong Kong to begin vaccinations with China’s Sinovac shot next week El Salvador nurse gets country’s first Covid-19 vaccine Covid-19 infections have fallen by two-thirds in England, study finds EU warns that all mink farms are at risk of spreading COVID and recommends regular testing of animals and staff Healthy 32-year-old British man offered vaccine because records show he’s 2.4 inches tall Covid infections worldwide fall to lowest point since mid-October Doctors plead with Germans to Take AstraZeneca jab as public resistance also starts in Italy, Austria and Bulgaria Dutch curfew set to remain after parliament circumvents court ruling Hungary mulls making vaccinated people exempt from certain restrictions Pfizer-BioNTech will start additional vaccine studies in children as young as 5 soon Total Cases Worldwide: 110,770,087 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,449,380 Total Recovered: 85,644,865 US Updates Nevada detects state’s first case of Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa CDC gearing up to track 3 COVID-19 variants in US, chief says About 57.7 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US Food and packaging highly unlikely to spread Covid-19, US agencies say in reminder Fauci says minor things can set back vaccine production by months Workers use PPE if employers give it to them, CDC study finds Vaccine makers looking into booster doses for better protection against variants, White House adviser says Another 861,000 Americans filed for initial benefits last week as pandemic continues to slam economy Vaccine availability remains the big challenge before anticipated surge in cases, expert says US life expectancy dropped a full year in first half of 2020, according to CDC Biden administration confronts regulatory maze and hazy messaging in push to reopen schools More than 68,000 Covid-19 cases were reported in the US on Wednesday FBI and US prosecutors scrutinizing New York’s handling of data surrounding Covid nursing home deaths “We really, really would advocate for not traveling right now,” CDC director warns New standards will take the guesswork out of choosing the most effective face masks Covid-19 vaccines will be available for all Americans by July, but vaccination process will take longer, Fauci says NBA sees an increase in players testing positive for Covid-19 Biden’s $1.9T COVID relief plan up for a vote in the House next week Two Florida men lied about being U.S. marshals to get out of wearing COVID-19 masks, says cops Total US cases: 28,506,817 Total US deaths: 504,407 Total Recovered: 18,662,642 Total Tested in US: 334,986,156 Total cases in CA: 3,494,579 Total deaths in CA: 48,069 Total cases in TX: 2,583,822 Total deaths in TX: 41,728 Total cases in FL: 1,849,744 Total deaths in FL: 29,476 Total cases in NY: 1,603,300 Total deaths in NY: 46,593 Total cases in IL: 1,168,683 Total deaths in IL: 22,297 Total Vaccines Administered in US: 57,737,767 |
