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You are here: Home / Healthcare / COVID-19 / COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, May 2-3

COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Sunday / Monday, May 2-3

by Anne Laurie|  May 3, 20214:55 am| 12 Comments

This post is in: COVID-19, Foreign Affairs

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let me just say that this is unironically impressive: high production values, doesn't take itself too seriously despite a serious message, and the entire thing is in singlish

— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) May 3, 2021


56.1% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 40.3% are now fully vaccinated.

82.7% of Americans age 65 or old have received at least one shot; 69.6% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/TVsNiEWQ0b

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 3, 2021

With all the horror out of India & Brazil and the optimism about vaccination in the U.S. it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the U.S. still has by far the largest #COVID19 toll in the world. pic.twitter.com/Wsko1swjuk

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 2, 2021

The US had +30,701 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, the lowest number since September 8, bringing the total closer to 33.2 million. The 7-day moving average fell to 50,251 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 10. pic.twitter.com/7eUOtopxNN

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 3, 2021

U.S. to discuss wider Covid vaccine licensing as India calls to waive patent protections. The Biden administration is aiming toward distributing the #coronavirus vaccine to India & other countries now that millions of Americans have received their doses https://t.co/B9vsFraGgH

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

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Global #coronavirus cases reach new peak driven by India and South America. The average daily rate of new cases has now been above 800k for more than a week. No one is safe from Covid until it's controlled worldwide https://t.co/ffTuwuR9z8

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

It has taken only 4 months to vaccinate 1 billion people worldwide. That still isn't enough to achieve herd immunity any time soon. https://t.co/4JtAzb0cLW pic.twitter.com/3sFQKu0oJ6

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

India's COVID-19 cases near 20 million, peak seen nearing https://t.co/PgQir8ljU0 pic.twitter.com/ThBwMr1H1v

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2021

EXPLAINER: Why India's pandemic data is undercounted. After more than a year of Covid surges globally, India's devastating crisis stands out— marked by pleas for help from overwhelmed doctors, patients desperate for oxygen & images of flaming funeral pyres https://t.co/JL8cmAU9YQ

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

Dr. Aditi Nerurkar of HMS gives insight on the most pressing issue in India being oxygen, not because there is a lack of it, but instead a lack of infrastructure to transport it (via @Forbes) https://t.co/VZTHY9Lr7N

— Harvard Medical School (@harvardmed) May 2, 2021

India launches massive effort to inoculate all adults against Covid https://t.co/6AWRHQFJiC via @medical_xpress

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

From @Breakingviews: Serum Institute, the world’s top vaccine maker, is under heavy pressure. @ugalani explains why India’s flawed procurement policy is straining fraught ties with the private sector https://t.co/FdeHKsA9IW pic.twitter.com/rQU82O2pzH

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2021

… Before Covid-19, Serum wasn’t a household name even inside the country. Now the unlisted company is India’s best hope to get out of its Covid-19 crisis. New cases tallied 392,488 in the past 24 hours; in Goa state 40% of tests are returning positive. The manufacturer’s monthly production of up to 70 million doses of Covishield, the local name for AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) vaccine, accounts for 90% of nearly doses administered.

That makes complaints from the 40 year-old Poonawalla, son of the company’s founder, particularly distressing. In an interview with The Times newspaper, he claimed that tycoons and politicians are threatening him in order to secure jabs…

The root of the problem is New Delhi’s vaccine procurement strategy. India decided in April to allow state governments and private hospitals to purchase up to half of the vaccines stocks, although under the new plan they could end up paying double or more what government has paid. That effectively foists the unenviable responsibility of rationing a limited supply of life-saving vaccines onto private companies. It would be better if the government centralised distribution.

Politicians in some rich countries placed early orders for more jabs than they needed, giving manufacturers greater confidence to ramp up production. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration ordered slowly and only after vaccines were approved. Now India’s attempt to accelerate its vaccination drive will come at other’s expense. The COVAX facility, backed by the World Health Organization for example, was counting on Serum to help supply jabs to lower-income countries where case counts are also rising. Those export deals are now on hold…

Indonesia says finds two cases of Indian COVID-19 variant in Jakarta https://t.co/CUxdzM0Xy5 pic.twitter.com/QuuA8lhvGH

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 3, 2021

Vietnam was one of just a handful of countries to seal its borders as the coronavirus spread around the globe in early 2020.

More than a year later, it has seen just 35 coronavirus deaths, and its economy even grew by 2.9% in 2020. https://t.co/omOFX9Nyzf

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 2, 2021

Papua New Guinea Covid-19: Mistrust fuels crisis as infections rise https://t.co/P6fSh6Zhza

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 2, 2021

Coronavirus vaccinations are freely available to all adults in Moscow, yet reluctance on the part of the Russian population, driven by the government's mixed messages, has put the country far behind other nations in the race to vaccinate. @dashalitvinovv https://t.co/8Dqo7Gqge7

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 3, 2021

Brussels police have detained 132 people who took part in an illegal party in a park to protest COVID-19 restrictions. About 15 people were injured in clashes. https://t.co/0sja3eb5Ab

— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 2, 2021

So. Africa is receiving its 1st of 4.5M Pfizer vaccine doses. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said ~325k doses were scheduled to land at OR Tambo Internat'l Airport in Johannesburg late Sunday. A similar number is expected weekly until the end of the month https://t.co/xkTwxajfn9

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

Don’t forget Brazil ?? and LATAM—Last week South America, home to 5.5% of the world’s population, suffered nearly 32% of all reported #COVID19 deaths. Pandemic is not over until it’s over everywhere.

Don’t be selfish—share vaccines and continue to #MaskUp. pic.twitter.com/oJLcXHtkyj

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 3, 2021

Very tough #COVID19 situation continues in Ontario and Toronto.https://t.co/FDe1B9cUaN pic.twitter.com/K1fSOWQuxA

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 2, 2021

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This is such a valuable interactive site from @nytimes showing every step in manufacture of mRNA #COVID19 #vaccines. https://t.co/EyMM2kfBZE
As you watch, you can see dozens of places where supply shortages of DNA or RNA processing chemicals or enzymes can slow things down.

— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 2, 2021

After vaccination, the "breakthrough" rate of covid infections in San Diego County among >1 million vaccinees is 0.02%
234 cases, 55% with no symptomshttps://t.co/N3HqZbhFHe @sdut @JonathanWosen w/ @profshanecrotty @DennisRBurton

— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 2, 2021

They still have to be long-term stored in ultralows, this just means they can be stored short term in refrigerators for 5 days after removal.

So while its good news for vaccine centers, it doesn't solve the global logistics issue

— STEMtheBleeding (@STEMthebleeding) May 1, 2021

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US new COVID cases and deaths have been fairly stable, but the composition has shifted dramatically to new variants. Essentially, we are in a race between getting everyone vaccinated and new, more contagious variants that raise the chance of infection among the non-vaccinated.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 2, 2021

The good news is that we seem to have prevented, through vaccination, what would otherwise have been another huge surge in new cases and deaths in the US.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 2, 2021

Even as more people are vaccinated, public transit agencies trying to restore ridership say it's uncertain how many passengers will ultimately return. Officials say a key will be employers reopening offices. Still, it could take years to get riders back. https://t.co/oVYXEeL5zy

— The Associated Press (@AP) May 2, 2021

Faith, freedom, fear: Rural America’s Covid vaccine skeptics. Resistance is widespread in white, Republican communities like Greenville in Tennessee. But it’s far more complicated than just a partisan divide https://t.co/YlmboNCyxX

— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 2, 2021

Marvy. Four cases of India 'double mutant' COVID-19 variant identified at Houston Methodist https://t.co/8k68IkdoFl via @KHOU

— Laura Walker ⚖??? ??????? (@LauraWalkerKC) May 2, 2021

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  1. 1.

    NeenerNeener

    May 3, 2021 at 5:34 am

    Monroe County, NY stats:

    204 new cases – mostly in their 20s with 0-9, teens and 30s age groups not far behind
    4591 active cases
    Still at 1244 deaths
    2.9% test positivity

    50.3% with at least one vaccination – this has slowed to a crawl
    38.8% totally vaccinated

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    May 3, 2021 at 6:13 am

    Malaysia has decided to run a separate vaccination registration programme for the AstroZeneca vaccine. A pilot registration scheme in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur saw all 260,000 appointments taken up within three hours, and the AstraZeneca registration programme will go nationwide on Wednesday.

  3. 3.

    YY_Sima Qian

    May 3, 2021 at 6:15 am

    On 5/2 China reported 0 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered, both at Ruili in Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province. There are currently 36 domestic confirmed & 9 domestic asymptomatic cases in Yunnan Province. 2 communities remain at Medium Risk.

    Imported Cases

    On 5/2 China reported 11 new imported confirmed cases, 12 imported asymptomatic cases:

    • Shanghai Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Bahrain (via Colombo) & 1 each from the Ukraine (via Germany) & Russia
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 4 confirmed cases, 1 Chinese national returning from Cambodia, Bangladesh & Cameroon (via Cairo), & a foreign national coming from Nepal; 3 asymptomatic cases, 1 Chinese national each returning from Yemen (via Cairo), Congo (Brazzaville) (via Paris CdG) & Cambodia
    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 2 asymptomatic case, 1 Chinese national each returning from Kenya & South Africa
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, a Chinese national returning from Iraq, off a flight that landed at Guangzhou
    • Hohhot in Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region – 1 confirmed case, off a flight diverted from Beijing, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 1 confirmed case, a Chinese national returning from Egypt; 6 asymptomatic cases, 3 Chinese nationals returning from Egypt & 1 each from Nigeria (via Cairo), Algeria & India (via Kathmandu)

     

    Overall in China, 13 confirmed cases recovered, 5 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 275 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 323 active confirmed cases in the country (287 imported), 5 in critical/serious condition (all imported), 326 asymptomatic cases (317 imported), 11 suspect cases (all imported). 6,684 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 5/2, 275.338M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 4.932M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 5/3, Hong Kong reported 2 new cases, both imported (from Indonesia).

  4. 4.

    Mary G

    May 3, 2021 at 6:34 am

    OC still doing well with 69 new cases today and more than a million people fully vaccinated plus more than half a million have had their first shot of two.

  5. 5.

    satby

    May 3, 2021 at 7:20 am

    @Amir Khalid:  Good news, I hope you can get vaccinated soon Amir!

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    May 3, 2021 at 7:44 am

    Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 2,500 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 417,512 cases. He also reports 18 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,551 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.40% of resolved cases.

    There are currently 30,753 active and contagious cases; 352 are in ICU, 186 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 2,068 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 385,208 patients recovered – 92.26% of the cumulative reported total.

    Nine new clusters were reported today: Lorong Galing and Indera Mahkota Dua in Pahang; Jalan Dahlia Lima in Melaka; Bunga Raya in Kedah; Industri Mahkota 2 in Selangor; Jalan Jati Industri and Jalan Bandar in Johor; Tok Has in Terengganu; and Jalan Meru Utama in Perak.

    Lorong Galing, Jalan Dahlia Lima, and Bunga Raya are community clusters. Industri Mahkota 2, Jalan Jati Industri, and Tok Has are workplace clusters. Indera Mahkota Dua is an education cluster at a Ministry of Education school. Jalan Bandar is an education cluster at a non-Ministry school. Jalan Meru Utama is a prison cluster.

    2,496 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 637 cases: 58 in older clusters, 29 in Industri Mahkota 2 cluster, 454 close-contact screenings, and 96 other screenings. Kelantan reports 401 cases: 140 in existing clusters, 206 close-contact screenings, and 55 other screenings. Sarawak reports 356 cases: 61 in existing clusters, 231 close-contact screenings, and 64 other screenings.

    Johor reports 205 cases: 25 in older clusters, 25 in Jalan Bandar and Jalan Jati Industri clusters, 96 close-contact screenings, and 59 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 197 local cases: 133 close-contact screenings, and 64 other screenings. Penang reports 194 cases: 43 in existing clusters, 71 close-contact screenings, and 80 other screenings. Kedah reports 103 cases: 72 in older clusters, one in Bunga Raya cluster, 16 close-contact screenings, and 14 other screenings.

    Negeri Sembilan reports 97 cases: 16 in existing clusters, 56 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Melaka reports 94 local cases: 59 in older clusters, one in Jalan Dahlia Lima cluster, 23 close-contact screenings, and 11 other screenings. Perak reports 59 cases: 11 in older clusters, seven in Jalan Meru Utama cluster, 31 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Sabah reports 57 cases: 17 in existing clusters, 28 close-contact screenings, and 12 other screenings. Pahang reports 55 cases: four in older clusters, nine in Indera Mahkota Dua and Lorong Galing clusters, 29 close-contact screenings, and 13 other screenings.

    Terengganu reports 38 cases: 11 in older clusters, 15 in Tok Has cluster, eight close-contact screenings, and four other screenings. And Putrajaya reports three cases: two close-contact screenings, and one other screening.

    Perlis and Labuan report no new cases today.

    Four new cases today are imported: three in Kuala Lumpur, and one in Melaka.

    The deaths reported today are a 61-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension; an 80-year-old man in Selangor with stroke and Addison’s disease; an 87-year-old woman in Sarawak with hypertension, stroke, and heart disease; a 72-year-old man in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; a 59-year-old woman in Sabah with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and obesity; a 69-year-old man in Kelantan with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease; a 61-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with hypertension; a 29-year-old man in Kelantan with hypertension, obesity, and cellulitis; a 56-year-old woman in Selangor with no co-morbidities listed; a 68-year-old woman in Kuala Lumpur with heart disease, stroke, and chronic kidney disease; a 52-year-old woman in Kedah with diabetes; a 58-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and stroke; a 46-year-old man in Selangor with obesity; a 62-year-old man in Selangor with diabetes; an 86-year-old woman in Selanngor with hypertension and heart disease; a 61-year-old man in Negeri Sembilan with hypertension; a 57-year-old woman in Sarawak with diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, and follicular adenoma; and a 49-year-old non-Malaysian wonan in Johor with hypertension.

  7. 7.

    rikyrah

    May 3, 2021 at 8:17 am

    @Amir Khalid:

    ?????? For you to get an appointment

  8. 8.

    Fair Economist

    May 3, 2021 at 8:49 am

    The CDC weekly flu report has some bad news. Deaths from pneumonia have turned up the past two weeks, and the death numbers for a given week are typically reported very slowly and increase for two months afterwards. Unless the Biden administration has fixed the lag (very unlikely) we actually *are* in a substantial surge of COVID deaths and the relatively flat numbers are coming from reporting issues, presumably denialism in red areas. Probably similar for COVID cases.

  9. 9.

    Mart

    May 3, 2021 at 9:54 am

    Friend said no vaccine for him, he is in God’s hands. I said God has shown three hands, one holding J&J, the other Phizer, and the third Moderna. Don’t think it will work, but at least got a perplexed look out of it.

  10. 10.

    Sloane Ranger

    May 3, 2021 at 9:58 am

    Sunday in the UK we had 1671 reported new cases. This is a decrease of 10.2% in the rolling 7-day average but all figures need to be taken with a pinch of salt due to the usual weekend reporting delays, which is why I specified reported cases in this instance. New reported cases by nation,

    England – 1377 (down 265)

    Northern Irel;and – 69 (down 21)

    Scotland – 146 (down 29)

    Wales – 79 (did not report on Saturday).

    Deaths – There were 14 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a reduction in the rolling 7-day average of 31.2% but weekend warnings apply here also. New deaths by home nation, England – 13, Northern Ireland – 1 and none in either Scotland or Wales.

    Testing – Not updated at weekends.

    Hospitalisations – Not updated at weekends.

    Vaccinations – As of 1 May, a total of 34,505,380 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 15,329,617 had had both. In percentage terms this means that 65.5% of all adults in the UK have had 1 shot and 29.1% were fully vaccinated.

  11. 11.

    Kelly

    May 3, 2021 at 11:00 am

    Sad email from our veterinarian this morning. They will be shut down for the foreseeable future as most of the staff has COVID. Stayed open throughout the plague by keeping all humans out in their cars and coming masked to the parking lot to pick up their patients. They treated burned animals for free after the Labor Day 2020 fires. It’s a few weeks after general vaccine availability. Damn, they almost made it. Oregon has been one of the lucky states on COVID but it’s taken off in the last few weeks.

  12. 12.

    Robert Sneddon

    May 3, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    Scotland — 132 new cases of COVID-19 reported, 1.5% of tests were positive and no deaths reported.

    This is a holiday weekend and some reports may have been delayed. I’ll wait until Wednesday to note any real trends from the announced numbers.

    The vaccination program in Britain did not stop for the holidays. The health services are still concentrating on getting second vaccinations into older people mostly. The pace for these make-up jabs is picking up — my first vaccination was in early February, my second was last week with an interval of 11 weeks between them. A friend who is about 9 years younger than me is getting his second vaccination after only 9 weeks of waiting. Looking at the available data there is only a small fraction (maybe 15% or so) of people over the age of 65 in Scotland who have not had both vaccinations now.

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