Coronavirus update: Latest vaccine and world news

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A healthcare worker collects a specimen at a Covid-19 testing site in Randolph, Massachusetts, on January 5. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe/Getty Images Some 253,145 new cases of Covid-19 and a record-setting 3,865 new virus-related deaths were recorded in the United States on Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins University’s tally of cases. As of the end of the day … Read more

German health minister asks for patience as frustration mounts over speed of vaccine rollout

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Jens Spahn, German health minister, attends a federal cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin on January 6. Clemens Bilan/Pool/Getty Images German Health Minister Jens Spahn has asked people in the country to be patient over the speed of the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Spahn, speaking at a press conference Wednesday, said the first step was … Read more

South Korea will test every prisoner in the country for Covid-19

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Medical workers prepare to conduct Covid-19 tests on all inmates at Dongbu Detention Center in Seoul, South Korea on January 5. Yonhap/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock South Korea will test every prisoner held in the country’s 52 detention facilities for Covid-19 after a cluster of cases emerged at a detention center in the capital Seoul. Health Ministry official Yoon … Read more

Someone has died of Covid-19 every 33 seconds in the US over the past week

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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is pictured at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on December 30. Jeff J Mitchell/Pool/AFP/Getty Images Most of mainland Scotland will be subject to stay-at-home orders starting at midnight Tuesday local time, according to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Sturgeon announced the order to the Scottish Parliament Monday afternoon saying it will be “similar … Read more

India restricts exports of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

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California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted staff to the brink. Around the United States, hospitals are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the pandemic. Overall, at least 125,000 … Read more

Coronavirus update: Latest vaccine and world news

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A Covid-19 vaccine appointment at a Canton, South Dakota hospital turned into a marriage proposal for one healthcare couple. Robbie Vargas-Cortes, 31, a paramedic and EMS supervisor, was scheduled to get his vaccination on December 23, and knew his boyfriend of five years was one of the vaccine administrators at Sanford Canton-Inwood Medical Center.  “I … Read more

Coronavirus update: Latest vaccine and world news

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A pharmacist prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Triboro Center nursing home in the Bronx, New York, on December 21, 2020. Eric Lee/Bloomberg/Getty Images The US will continue giving two doses of the coronavirus vaccines a few weeks apart and will not follow the UK’s decision to delay the second shot, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Friday.    “I would not be … Read more

The UK Covid-19 variant is more transmissible and affects more people under 20, new research shows

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The new Covid-19 variant first found in the UK is growing rapidly, is more transmissible than other variants, and affecting a greater proportion of people under 20, according to a study. The research is a collaborative effort from scientists and researchers at Imperial College London, the University of Edinburgh, Public Health England, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of … Read more

Japan may consider declaring a state of emergency to counter rising Covid-19 cases

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Los Angeles County reported 274 new fatalities related to coronavirus, surpassing a total of 10,000 deaths, health officials confirmed in a news conference on Wednesday. The county broke its previous record of 227 deaths on Tuesday.  “The terrible reality is that the average number of people dying each day from Covid-19 illness, as noted by … Read more