Vaccinate Trump and Melania; Infection, altered cases go up

After new COVID-19 cases fell in recent weeks from their highest level in January, senior public health officials in President Joe Biden warned Monday that the United States may “lose our hard-earned ground” if cases reach their current level. Rochelle Wallinski, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said she is “extremely concerned” as the number of new cases has stopped, but countries continue to roll back virus restrictions. “We can’t give in to 70,000 cases a day, 2,000 daily deaths,” Walensky said. Sunday was the first time in more than a month that most states reported a spike in cases, and more cases were recorded in the last week compared to the previous week, According to USA TODAY’s analysis of Johns Hopkins University data., New setbacks have also taken effect in states, including Virginia that lifted curfews from midnight to 5 a.m. and increased capacity for outdoor gatherings, and Wyoming lifted all restrictions on business. Personal care, New Jersey opened large entertainment venues with a 10% capacity indoors, and Massachusetts easing restrictions on restaurant capacity and allowing a number of closed spaces to reopen with restrictions.Globally, infections increased last week after six consecutive weeks of d-consistent totals, he said. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said part of the reason was “to ease public health measures.” Also in the news: “Former President Donald Trump and his wife Melania were quietly vaccinated against COVI. D-19 in The New York Times reported that January before they leave the White House. Although high-ranking elected officials have received the vaccination publicly to assure the safety of the vaccines, Trump has not. He encouraged his supporters to vaccinate during his Sunday speech. Twitter says it will start categorizing Tweets with false information about COVID-19 vaccines starting Monday. Since cracking down on disinformation about coronavirus and vaccines, Twitter has removed more than 8,400 tweets and “challenged” 11.5 million accounts worldwide. The number of hospitals reporting full ICUs has decreased by nearly 50% nationwide since early January. According to USA TODAY’s analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers struck a deal that would provide $ 2 billion in incentives for public schools to bring back some students by March 31. District school districts in the most restrictive level of state reopening plan will be eligible for additional funding if they reopen all elementary schools and at least one class of middle or high school. Anthony Fauci, president of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC’s “Meet The Press” program on Sunday that elementary school children may start vaccinating them at the end of the year or early 2022. High school students may start getting their doses in the fall. He said. 📈 Today’s numbers: The United States has more than 28.6 million confirmed cases of coronavirus and 513,000 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Global totals: More than 114.3 million cases and 2.53 million deaths. More than 96.4 million vaccine doses have been distributed in the United States and about 76.9 million have been given, according to the CDC 📘 What We Read: The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in American nursing homes has decreased dramatically since December with millions of doses released. The vaccine is in the arms of the population and staff. Read the full story USA tracks COVID-19 news. Subscribe to the Coronavirus Watch newsletter to get updates directly to your inbox or join our Facebook group to communicate with others about Coronavirus. The COVID-19 cases are not enough to induce constant vigilance, and perhaps a reminder of the recent misery of the United States that will bring about that. It took just two months for the United States – January and February this year – to accumulate 160,209 COVID-19 deaths. That’s more than the country recorded in the first six months of the pandemic, and more than the current total for all but two countries, Brazil and Mexico. Month, the majority of states – 29 states – reported a spike in cases. These are the states that had the most casualties in the last week of the previous week: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. – Mike Stocka is a ‘fully grafted’ cruise to sail from Israel In an effort to reassure passengers of the safety of its cruises, Royal Caribbean is planning a ‘fully fortified’ cruise that leaves Israel in May. The cruise line’s newest ship, Odyssey of the Seas, will debut on this Triple P, the first time the company has sailed from Israel. The Middle Eastern country has already vaccinated half of its population against COVID-19. “Royal Caribbean will be the first to offer fully fortified sailing, as both crew and guests over 16 will be vaccinated against COVID-19,” the cruise line said on its website. – Morgan Hines – Local pharmacies say they need more vaccines like CVS and Walgreens could play an important role in delivering COVID-19 shots, but so far pharmacy giants CVS and Walgreens and supermarkets like Walmart and Kruger have gotten the lion’s share of vaccines from the allotment The first is allocated to retail pharmacies, independent pharmacists say, and some freelance pharmacists say they are frustrated that they do not receive as many vaccines proportionally as the major chains they get from federal, state and local governments, and they reject the suggestion that they don’t have the technology to handle the process. Scheduling, and still representing about 1 in 3 of the nation’s 60,000 pharmacies, these companies say their personal relationships with clients are essential to the successful launch of the vaccine, especially with low-income communities and people of color. In the 63 major jurisdictions the CDC identified for distributing vaccines, locally owned pharmacies were initially allocated only 17, according to the National Community Pharmacist Association. – Nathan Boomi – The number of variable cases has quadrupled in February – The United States reported 306 new variant cases of the Coronavirus on Sunday, a record increase for viruses that can spread more easily, bypass some treatments and immunities, or both. Almost all of the new cases were in three states: Florida, up 104 cases, to 605; Michigan, 85 cases to 421; And Texas, the number of cases increased from 41 to 102.Among them, Florida added four cases to its previous state of P.1, a dangerous variable first seen in Brazil, and the first reported case in the state from B.1.351, a variable seen for the first time. In South Africa: The vast majority of cases – new and existing – are from B.1.1.7, a variant first seen in the UK that the CDC says could become the dominant version in America later this month. In February, known variable cases doubled five times from 471 to 2,463 even as the total number of coronavirus infections decreased from a peak in January. Presidential advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Monday that a variable spread in New York City has raised concerns because there is some evidence that it can avoid antibodies. Treatments and make vaccines less effective. – Residents of Mike Stuka in Florida are late in vaccinating against the Corona virus, as the state report shows when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in December limited vaccinations for elderly people aged 65 and over, he said: “Vaccines will be targeted where the risk is greatest, and this in Our elderly population. ”But with the increase in vaccinations statewide, Florida’s elderly are not getting the same share of vaccinations as they are from the Coronavirus, especially in recent times. Florida seniors 75 years and over make up 62% of the 30,734 residents killed by COVID-19, but only 32% of the 1,642,800 people who received their second dose of the dual vaccine, a statistic the Mail report released on Saturday shows. Meanwhile, the elderly from 65 to 74 account for 21% of the resident deaths and about 41% of the immunized. – Chris Persaud, Palm Beach Post COVID-19 survivors may only need one dose of the vaccine, studies indicate that six recent studies indicate that people who have already had COVID-19 may not need to get a second dose of the vaccine. The federal government hasn’t changed its recommendation for a second dose, but studies looking at the immune response show that while the first shot gives people who have recovered from COVID-19 a big boost, the second shot didn’t make much difference. “I think that makes perfect sense,” said Dr. Paul Offitt, director of the Center for Vaccine Education at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Read more here. COVID-19 testing sites across the United States shut down amid reduced demand Just five weeks ago, Los Angeles County was conducting more than 350,000 weekly coronavirus tests, many of them at a mega auto site at Dodger Stadium, given the health. Workers race to contain the worst COVID-19 hotspot in USNow, county officials say tests have nearly collapsed. More than 180 government-backed websites are operating at only one-third of their capacity. “It’s horrible how quickly we went from moving at 100 miles an hour to about 25,” said Dr. Clemens Hong, who leads the testing process in the county. After a year of struggling to boost testing, communities across the country are seeing a sharp drop in demand, testing sites close or even trying to bring supplies back. – Matthew Peroni, Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun Contribution: Mike Stuka, USA Today; Associated Press