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Britain begins first inoculations with AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine
Dialysis patient Brian Pinker, 82, was the first to get the new vaccine shot, administered by the chief nurse at Oxford University Hospital. "I am so pleased to be getting the COVID vaccine today and really proud that it is one that was invented in Oxford ", Pinker, a retired maintenance manager, said just a few hundred metres from where the vaccine was developed. [Full Article...]
LA hospitals ration supplies, beds as COVID-19 cases surge
State health officials are accelerating the distribution of vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna to health care workers and nursing home residents, and will allow dentists to administer them. In order to maintain normal circulation of the blood to organs and tissue needed for the body to function, EMS said an oxygen saturation of at least 90% will be sufficient. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom rolls out AstraZeneca vaccine, hails lead in fight against coronavirus
The homegrown shot is easier to transport and store: It can last six months at refrigerator temperatures, whereas the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires deep freezing. One dose of caution was introduced by ITV political editor Robert Peston who said scientists are not fully confident that Covid-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa. [Full Article...]
38 samples found positive so far with new United Kingdom variant genome
Those who've tested positive range in age from under 10 to over 70. She is now at home recovering. "The Georgia resident is an 18-year-old male with no travel history, and is now in isolation at home", the announcement reads. The county is now working to confirm four additional cases that are directly linked to other already confirmed cases. "The emergence of this variant in our state should b... [Full Article...]
First person in United Kingdom receives new Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Most of the U.K.is now subject to the most stringent tier 4 coronavirus restrictions, under which residents are urged to stay at home and non-essential businesses, including the majority of shops, pubs and restaurants, are ordered to close, but Johnson hinted Sunday that remaining areas could be upgraded to the highest level of restrictions. [Full Article...]
Alberta health care worker dies of COVID-19
The province detected 1,226 new cases on December 30, 1,361 on December 31, 933 on January 1, 459 on January 2, and 1,128 on January 3. Across Alberta, there are now 13,839 active cases of COVID-19. Minister of Health Tyler Shandro issued a statement on Monday following the passing of a health care worker in Alberta. "Health-care workers are doing all they can to protect the people they care f... [Full Article...]
How many new COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island? B.C
Gen. Rick Hillier has said that an estimated total of over two million doses is expected in this phase. As of 8 p.m. on Sunday night, the province said 42,419 COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered in Ontario. Ontario has had three other known cases of the variant - two in Durham Region and one in Ottawa, both of which have travel links. However, provincial officials said on Tuesday they... [Full Article...]
USA may halve Moderna`s vaccine doses to inoculate more people
In Berlin, the health ministry was seeking the view of an independent vaccination commission on whether to delay a second shot beyond a current 42-day maximum limit, according to a one-page document seen by Reuters on Monday. "Israel immunizes that many in about three hours", he said. A key official heading up the federal government's effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines says the FDA is cons... [Full Article...]