The CDC warns of an increase in cases. FDA to review J&J vaccine

An advisory panel voted unanimously on Friday to recommend approval of a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for use in adults, paving the way for an expected mandate from the Food and Drug Administration within the next few days. Its single-shot vaccine is in the United States by June, including 20 million by the end of March. These doses will add to 300 million doses. Both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have promised to deliver the vaccine by the end of July, and the vaccine has been shown to be 72% effective in a trial. American, through which all racial, ethnic and age groups benefited. Same, and proven to be 85% effective in preventing the most serious diseases. President Joe Biden called the Johnson & Johnson shot, which the US Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize as soon as Saturday, “a safe and effective third vaccine.” Meanwhile, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walinsky, warned Friday of an “increase” in new cases of COVID-19 in recent days, referring to the spread of virus variants. “This is no time to relax,” Biden said. He added, “For God’s sake, wear your mask.” Also in the news: The federal government has approved the purchase of 100,000 doses of the COVID-19 treatment by Eli Lilly, the company announced Friday. The drug bamlanivimab is a monoclonal antibody, which means that it mimics one of the natural antibodies that the immune system uses to fight the virus. The FDA authorized the drug late last year. “ The federal government has supported 441 community vaccination centers in the United States, including 171 centers with federal employees, ” said Andy Slavitt, White House Senior Advisor for the COVID-19 Response. Two new federal vaccination sites were also announced on Friday, in Chicago and Greensboro, North Carolina. The Food and Drug Administration will allow Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to be shipped and stored in the freezers usually located in pharmacies rather than in super-cold freezers at first. Wanted after data from the company showed that the vaccine remains stable for up to two weeks at standard freezer temperatures. Thursday’s decision will facilitate distribution and administration of the vaccine. – A committee of the US Congress asked Canada to reassess its ban on cruises, which bans ships from sailing in Canadian waters until March 2022. Meanwhile, Canada has allowed the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for people. 18 and over Friday. Ivory Coast has become the second country in the world to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX initiative. The first shipment was dispatched to Ghana on Wednesday, and a Senate official said on Thursday that the $ 15 federal minimum wage cannot be added to the COVID-19 relief package. Senate Democrats use reconciliation to pass the bill, bypassing blocking rules that require 60 votes, but reconciliation also triggers rules that require that the bill’s provisions be linked directly to the budget. The House of Representatives is preparing to pass the relief package on Friday. Officials said on Friday that two US Navy warships in the Middle East have returned to a port in Bahrain where they have been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19. The commander said that dozens of people on board the USS San Diego, which carries sailors and Marines, have tested positive for COVID-19 while “many” have tested positive on board the USS Philippine C. Rebecca Rebaric, spokeswoman for the Fifth Fleet. Today’s numbers: The United States has more than 28.4 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and 508,900 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global totals: More than 113.2 million cases and 2.5 million deaths. More than 94.3 million vaccine doses have been distributed in the United States and about 70.4 million have been given, according to the CDC What We Read: Doctors recommend patients schedule mammograms before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, or after two appointments, after some have thought Women have swollen lymph nodes and have lumps in the breast. USA TODAY tracks COVID-19 news. Keep this page updated for latest updates. do you want more? Subscribe to the Coronavirus Watch newsletter to get updates for your inbox and join our Facebook group. In the allegations of vaccine wastage and theft investigated in Tennessee, further investigation findings from Tennessee on Friday revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine may have been stolen in Shelby County, children are believed to have been improperly vaccinated and that doses of COVID-19 have been wasted more. Than previously thought. The state learned of the vaccination of children and the alleged theft weeks after the accidents, State Health Commissioner Lisa Percy said at a wide-ranging press conference Friday afternoon, explaining to reporters several cases of vaccine mismanagement and calling Shelby County Health. Section “Low Accountability Organization”. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and county health officials have also been described by Percy as slow in reporting problems to authorities and lacking openness in conversations with state officials. The findings were the latest in a string of Shelby County vaccine management cases announced last week. Corinne S Kennedy and Samuel Hardiman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, cases in nursing homes decreased by 89%, new federal data offer a ray of hope in what has been the darkest and most dangerous corner of the epidemic. The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes in America has decreased dramatically since December as millions of vaccine doses were released into the arms of residents and employees, and the weekly rate of COVID-19 cases in nursing homes has decreased by 89% since early on. December through the second week of February. In comparison, the nationwide case rate has decreased by 58% and is still higher than the numbers reported before late October, and the significant drop in cases has also occurred in nursing homes, with nearly 130,000 residents and employees having died since the virus emerged in the states. United, sparks optimism with brighter days. Forward in nursing homes and in communities more generally as more Americans are being vaccinated, experts say. – Ken Altaker and Jimmy Fraser, director of the CDC, warn of an increase in “related” cases after several weeks of decline in COVID-19 cases and hospitalization, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Wallinski warned Friday of a “worrying” increase in cases during In recent days, the average daily new cases in the last seven days were over 66,000 and above the average on Wednesday, Wallinski said, citing CDC data. Walinsky said that early January was the highest viewership in the epidemic, and although current averages are lower, they are still high. “Things are fragile. Now is not the time to ease restrictions,” she said, referring to the spread of new types of Corona virus. “We may now see the initial effects of these variables in the most recent data,” she added. The New York City School Counselor, who has lost 11 family members to the emerging coronavirus, announced his resignation. Richard Carranza, the counselor of New York City schools, said on Friday that he would be stepping down from his post, citing the need for time to grieve for his 11 family members and close friends who Are dead. From COVID-19. “I feel I can spend that time now because of where we are and the work we have done together,” he said. The city’s schools have largely been announced to reopen during the COVID- 19 pandemic, and Carranza said the system has reopened safely for the children of essential workers, distributed more than half a million electronic distance learning devices, and provided 80 million meals to his students. “We installed the system in a way that no one thought was possible,” he added. “The light, fellow New Yorkers, is really at the end of the tunnel.” Carranza will succeed the Bronx Executive Superintendent Misha Ross Porter, who will become the first black woman to lead the nation’s largest school district. High in the general epidemic. Can vaccines bring peace in 2021? Mass shootings jumped nearly 50% in 2020, due in large part to a pandemic year of crippling unemployment, violent protests, and unemployed youth. With the decline in COVID-19 cases and the release of vaccines, some criminologists hope that a booming economy and reopening of schools will reduce those numbers in 2021, says Mark Bryant, founder of the nonprofit Gun Violence Archive, which tracks trends in gun accidents. In the first seven weeks of this year, he said, there were 63 mass shooting incidents – defined as four or more people wounded or killed in one incident – which if it continued would show a decline from 2020. Anomaly”. “The pressures caused last year, from jobs to disease, were not just an urban or rural thing. We have seen spikes in towns in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as in Chicago and Philadelphia.” – Marco Dela Cava and Mike Stocka Quinn Elizabeth urging vaccines in the UK to administer The priority is for people aged 40 or over. In the UK, the country’s public health officials said. The BBC reported that the Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization has opted for an age-based application to prevent a slowdown from a “more complex” occupation-based slowdown. Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth urged the public to get vaccinated, saying the process was fast and swift. painless. On Friday, the Queen said, “Well, once you get the vaccine, you will, you know, feel protected, which is, I think, very important.” The 94-year-old said she understood some might be hesitant but “they should think of others rather than themselves.” “We have to fight this together as one,” Joe Biden told state governors. When Washington State Governor Jay Inslee confronted presidents with Donald Trump last year, the governor said Thursday with a chuckle when asked how things had changed under President Joe Biden, when the administration dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, the then president described Inslee as a snake. “But I take very good care of the snake.” During the National Governors’ Association winter meeting, which took place roughly Thursday, Biden called countries “laboratories of democracy” in reference to their independence. But he stressed that there is a need for a national approach to the epidemic and other issues because “many of the challenges we face do not stop at our borders with our countries.” Biden told the judges: “We have to fight this together as one.” Maureen Group and Courtney Subramanian Contributing: Karen Weintraub, USA Today; The Associated Press