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Historic US coronavirus vaccine campaign kicks off with convoy of trucks
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield has accepted an advisory committee's recommendation that the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine may be given to people ages 16 and older, meaning that shots of the vaccine can now be administered in the United States. [Full Article...]
'Sometimes You Trip': COVID Vaccine Is Abandoned
Although no trial participant had actually contracted HIV , Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt acknowledged that the freakish side-effect interferes with HIV screening. Although the makers have abandoned further trials, the university said the phase 1 trial will continue to assess how long the HIV antibodies persist, adding studies so far show that the levels are already falling. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus vaccine can now be administered in the US
The long-awaited moment comes as the death toll was approaching 300,000 and infections and hospitalisations set daily records in the United States. The express delivery companies have roughly divided the nation in two, with FedEx supplying the western states and UPS those in the east, based on plans developed in coordination with the federal government's Operation Warp Speed. [Full Article...]
Ontario Public Health Chief Moves to Nova Scotia | Local
Canada's COVID-19 Alert app is available in Nova Scotia. Students will learn from home until then. "Lower case numbers are a good sign we're doing the right things, but we continue to have COVID-19 activity in the province", said Dr. Another 16 people in Ontario have succumbed to the ravages of COVID-19, 10 of them residents of nursing homes, provincial authorities reported on Sunday.The provinc... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom coronavirus self-isolation period reduced to 10 days
This means the self-isolation period could be reduced to as little as five days, if the test is booked with a rapid testing service and the result is negative. Changes to the self-isolation period already apply in Wales following an announcement by the Welsh Government earlier this week, while they will take effect in England , Scotland and Northern Ireland from Monday. [Full Article...]
US to begin distributing Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday
US hospitals are preparing for the first shots to go into arms on Monday, but it will take months before most Americans can get a COVID-19 vaccine. The restrictions will apply until January 10, with companies also urged to allow employees to work from home or offer extended company holidays, under the new measures agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel with regional leaders of Germany's 16 states on... [Full Article...]
Further increase in Covid-19 in Laois this Saturday
The infection rate is roughly static, and now stands at 81.5 cases per hundred thousand people over the last 14 days. As of midnight Friday 11th December, the HPSC has been notified of 248 confirmed cases of COVID-19. As of 2pm this afternoon, there are 193 patients in hospital with Covid-19, 31 of which are being treated in ICU. Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health tod... [Full Article...]
USA regulator authorizes first coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
The government also said Friday that it is buying 100m more doses of the Moderna vaccine candidate, amid reports the government passed on the opportunity to secure more supply of the Pfizer jab. The COVID-19 vaccine does not contain a live virus and can not give individuals the coronavirus . The panel has already recommended that health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities, s... [Full Article...]