Dr. Stuart Weiss: COVID-19 Update Tuesday 16-Feb-2021
Dr. Stuart Weiss, FACEP, FAAP, CBCP
February 16, 2021
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| COVID-19 HEADLINES FOR TODAY |
| Coronavirus update for February 16, 2021 World Wide Updates Moderna has supplied 45.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to US Severe Covid-19 infection may also be linked to eye damage, study suggests Chile has vaccinated more than 2 million people Dutch government appeals court decision after judge orders lifting of Covid-19 curfew Russia extends UK flight ban until mid-March, state media says Iran’s Covid-19 cases appear to be rising Japan begins vaccine rollout on Wednesday Mass testing is underway in a German city after case of UK Covid variant detected More than 500,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm shot are delivered to Hungary Hong Kong to ease social distancing measures from Thursday Heavy snow stops vaccinations in Greek capital UK will facilitate other countries’ Covid passports but not produce its own, minister says Court rules that Dutch Covid curfew must be lifted “immediately” Israel to ease lockdown and ask residents for proof of vaccination or recovery for some activities Greenland extends its travel entry ban until April Germany’s supply chains could be hit by new border measures, business leaders warn Ambulance crews report drop in Covid callouts in hard-hit Wales as vaccine rollout gathers pace Study in Scotland investigates if it’s possible to safely open bars during the pandemic UK vaccine minister warns of “tsunami of disinformation” New Zealand reports no new Covid-19 cases for second straight day Colombia to begin Covid-19 vaccinations on Wednesday Australian regulators grant provisional approval for AstraZeneca vaccine Top U.K. actors say Brexit visa rules are strangling industry British man admits to breaking COVID quarantine in Singapore for hotel rendezvous with bride-to-be South Africa to vaccinate healthcare workers with unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine Scottish schools to begin phased reopening Norway local authorities get greenlight to relax restrictions Coronavirus on the rise in Poland Total Cases Worldwide: 109,980,916 Total Deaths Worldwide: 2,427,084 Total Recovered: 84,764,886 US Updates White House press secretary says Biden now owns the pandemic response Quest Diagnostics says it is doubling efforts to help CDC identify new variants More than 52,000 cases of Covid-19 were identified in the US on Monday FEMA vaccination sites will have their own supply, acting director says House Majority Leader says he expects Congress to give final approval of Covid relief plan week of March 8 More than 55 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the US, according to CDC data House will move on Biden’s stimulus package next week More than 3 million children in the US have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic Fauci says timeline for mass vaccinations could shift “maybe into mid-to-late May and early June” White House Covid-19 adviser says drop in US cases could be “misleading” in face of variants Connecticut identifies first case of Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa US needs to conduct more sequencing to track homegrown variants, virologist says Plans for smartphone-enabled, at-home Covid-19 test to be sold online and at US pharmacies Los Angeles elementary schools cleared to reopen with waiver this week Biden administration increasing weekly Covid-19 vaccine supply to 13.5 million doses The US just reported its lowest daily infection count in months Parts of the US are delaying vaccine distribution because of winter storms Gorillas at the San Diego Zoo made a full recovery from Covid-19 3 sailors on a US aircraft carrier tested positive for Covid-19 Seattle woman, 90, walks 6 miles through snow to get COVID vaccine COVID vaccines could be altered as new variants of virus spread, experts say Total US cases: 28,367,190Total US deaths: 499,515Total Recovered: 18,437,975Total Tested in US: 332,613,552 Total cases in CA: 3,481,120 Total deaths in CA: 47,232 Total cases in TX: 2,576,577 Total deaths in TX: 41,595 Total cases in FL: 1,837,285 Total deaths in FL: 28,157 Total cases in NY: 1,590,905 Total deaths in NY: 46,333 Total cases in IL: 1,164,922 Total deaths in IL: 22,199 Total Vaccines Administered in US: 55,220,364 |
