Biden’s accelerated vaccine rollout has saved over 1 million people from being hospitalized & hundreds of thousands of lives based on a new Yale study.
More work to do but vaccines save lives. https://t.co/0ff0Y0SwIS
— Andy Slavitt ?????? (@ASlavitt) July 7, 2021
Hours after Pfizer said it would seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, the FDA and CDC issued a joint statement saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need a booster yet. https://t.co/akZrpHIpwf
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 9, 2021
Emphatic, no?#COVID19 #DeltaVariant #vaccines pic.twitter.com/I18oLBXutp
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) July 9, 2021
About 55% of Americans over the age of 12 have now been fully vaccinated, and a further 10% have had the first of two doses. But in recent weeks America’s vaccination rate has slowed markedly https://t.co/uPusinbHx6
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 8, 2021
Clusters of unvaccinated people are becoming the epicenter of deadly #DeltaVariant outbreaks.
These 5 clusters include 15 million ppl; only 27.9% are fully vaccinated.
Let’s make it clear: this thwarts global & national efforts to defeat Covid. Vaccination remains critical. pic.twitter.com/qrzjUpeAaY
— Dr. Aditi Nerurkar, MD MPH (@draditinerurkar) July 8, 2021
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Caseloads climb as Southeast Asia feels force of Delta variant https://t.co/VyF7AmXixy pic.twitter.com/xLApuuXc8G
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2021
Having escaped the worst when the coronavirus pandemic erupted last year, Southeast Asia is now suffering record rises in deaths and cases, while vaccination shortfalls and highly contagious variants have derailed containment efforts…
Indonesia, the region’s hardest hit and most populous country, recorded 38,391 cases on Thursday, six times the number a month earlier, in a week when its daily death toll as much as doubled from the start of July.
Record deaths were reported on Thursday in Malaysia, and in Thailand, where authorities proposed internal travel curbs as the Delta variant wreaking havoc in Indonesia spread quickly in and around Bangkok. A new terminal at the Thai capital’s airport is being turned into a 5,000-bed field hospital.
Neighbouring Myanmar saw more than 4,000 new cases for the first time on Thursday and one of its deadliest days, while Cambodia has seen its highest number of cases and deaths in the past nine days.
Health experts say a low level of testing in the region’s most populous countries Indonesia and the Philippines is also likely disguising the full extent of outbreaks, while Myanmar has seen a collapse in testing since February’s military coup.
Vietnam’s reputation as a coronavirus success story is under threat, with more cases in the past three days than during the first 13 months of the pandemic, although the record 1,314 cases on Thursday were a fraction of those in Indonesia…
Vaccination rates remain low, with 5.4% of Indonesia’s 270 million population fully inoculated, about 2.7% of people in the Philippines and 4.7% of the population in Thailand.
Malaysia has vaccinated 9.3% of its 32 million people and has introduced an enhanced lockdown in its capital and industrial belt…
S.Korea raises Seoul COVID-19 curbs to top level, new cases set 2nd straight national record https://t.co/u7dDGENafV pic.twitter.com/CaqxIJzbJ8
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2021
Japan has declared a state of emergency in Tokyo which will run throughout the Olympic Games, as Covid cases rise https://t.co/KiaKbgrCNv
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 8, 2021
… Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told reporters it would run from 12 July and remain in place until 22 August.
Bars and restaurants will not be allowed to serve alcohol and must close by 20:00 (11:00 GMT).
Venues in Tokyo and other areas near the capital city will not be allowed to hold events with fans during the Games.
But stadiums in the regions of Fukushima, Miyagi and Shizuoka will be permitted to have spectators up to 50% of capacity and up to 10,000 people.
Coronavirus infections are rising in Tokyo as the 23 July opening ceremony edges closer…
Japan’s vaccination rollout has been slow, and just over 15% of the country is fully vaccinated. There is rising concern over the threat of the Delta variant.
In Tokyo and Osaka, the two cities hit hardest by the recent surge, authorities hope over-65s will be fully vaccinated by the end of July.
Entry to Japan by foreigners from 159 countries – including the UK – is currently banned.
There is no sign that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been inoculated against COVID-19 and his country hasn't received any foreign vaccines, South Korea's spy agency says. https://t.co/xUxSV8FpsW
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 8, 2021
U.S. expat in Singapore:
as a friend pointed out, the fact the straits times is doing this strongly implies the government is gonna make it happen
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) July 8, 2021
Stricter lockdown for Sydney amid surge in Covid cases https://t.co/YVvK5WsWsX
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 9, 2021
A fast-growing Covid surge is flooding Fiji’s health facilities with patients. The tiny Pacific island nation got through the 1st year of the pandemic almost untouched, but is now battling one of the fastest-growing Covid outbreaks in the world https://t.co/O7j8g257fx
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2021
Russian health worker has been detained on suspicion of selling fake Covid vaccine certificates. https://t.co/3BU0OrAzAp
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) July 8, 2021
The EU has approached Russia regarding possible mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, EU Ambassador to Moscow Markus Ederer said Thursday. https://t.co/u3ONnnOAo6
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) July 8, 2021
Love how the UK sabotaged it's own vaccine effort with crucial demographics https://t.co/k3sqQy5dJK
— what type account ??? (@Convolutedname) July 8, 2021
More than 2m fully vaccinated against Covid in Republic of Ireland https://t.co/zsvvIi2wkA
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 8, 2021
The worst of Covid is yet to come for Africa, according to WHO. "Africa has just marked the continent's most dire pandemic week," said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO's Africa regional director. "The fast-moving 3rd wave continues to gain speed & new ground" https://t.co/cURbQ7xStG pic.twitter.com/h5YzM3pZuF
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2021
Haiti’s political turmoil may hamper efforts to contain the virus, according to the WHO. The pandemic worsened there in recent weeks. The impoverished country—the poorest in the Western hemisphere— has yet to begin vaccinating is population https://t.co/afSbq2Bmsv
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2021
Covid-19 pandemic: 'Everything you should not do, Brazil has done' https://t.co/QNkpDxBJWE
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 8, 2021
"I never saw him again": A suicide in Peru becomes yet another symbol of the despair caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the stark and seemingly growing inequities exposed by COVID-19 on its way to a worldwide death toll of 4 million. https://t.co/ZIGqOQ4U4V
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 8, 2021
Mexico reports over 9,400 new COVID-19 infections as cases jump https://t.co/ZfFtbGTpnJ pic.twitter.com/14mA29pk30
— Reuters (@Reuters) July 9, 2021
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A new Covid-19 variant is now on the radar of several countries.
The Lambda variant, or C.37, believed to have originated from Peru, was designated as a “variant of interest” by the @WHO on June 14.https://t.co/jTcRqrwKln
— Quartz (@qz) July 8, 2021
People infected w/ the delta variant become infectious faster. New research from China suggests anyone infected with delta have ~1000x more virus in their respiratory tracts than those infected w/ the original strain. Image: Numerals show the main mutation sites of delta variant https://t.co/lPSnYu0PaP pic.twitter.com/H1AFEC1YMT
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 9, 2021
The world is struggling to make enough vaccine to control the #Covid19 pandemic.
What if we could protect more people with the vaccine that can be made? Could fractional dosing be part of the answer? https://t.co/QcidjqKQUl— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) July 8, 2021
Regular monitoring may be only way to prevent large Covid outbreaks in schools https://t.co/CqhueEbuNP via @medical_xpress pic.twitter.com/sBGOBnpeJt
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) July 8, 2021
This is a very good piece by @jeremyfaust & @celinegounder about vaccinating kids
This virus will become endemic
And therefore, the choice isn't vaccines or nothing
Eventually, the choice will be vaccines or infection
And its really not a close call https://t.co/OQVpbaoVGN
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) July 5, 2021
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These are the Covid hotspots in the U.S. right now, per the @CDCDirector. Southwestern Missouri is the heart of one cluster. pic.twitter.com/LkyREfZ4v9
— Josh Wingrove (@josh_wingrove) July 8, 2021
Given MIssouri's rapid COVID spread and ventilator shortage, you might think the governor wouldn't scare-monger rumors that the US government is forcing people to get vaccinated. https://t.co/KCIsvORYYW
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) July 8, 2021
Well, if that's what it takes to get conservatives to support vaccination, okay https://t.co/7EZ4gSxc1k
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 8, 2021
YY_Sima Qian
On 7/7 China reported 8 new domestic confirmed & 0 new domestic asymptomatic cases.
Yunnan Province reported 8 new domestic confirmed cases (all found via mass screening, 2 moderate & 6 mild), all at Jiegao sub-district in Ruili, Dehong Prefecture, 3 Burmese & 5 Chinese nationals. There currently are 31 domestic confirmed & 0 domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 community remains at Medium Risk.
Imported Cases
On 7/7, China reported 15 new imported confirmed cases, 22 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 19 confirmed cases recovered, 10 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & none were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 1,173 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 451 active confirmed cases in the country (414 imported), 4 in serious condition (all imported), 482 asymptomatic cases (476 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 7,977 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 7/7, 1,354.226M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 11.845M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 7/8, Hong Kong reported 1 new positive case, imported.
Baud
At some point we have to come to grips that conservatives are a burden on society.
Soprano2
Sounds like our Republican governor is undermining the officials from the CDC that he was welcoming just last week by giving weight to a stupid rumor. Thanks, Parson, for nothing. He’s performing for the GQP, nothing more, but it will cause real resistance.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud:
But what about their freedumb, Baud? – their freedumb to be a viral threat to those who can’t get vaccinated right now.
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
As with guns, their freedom is our slavery.
Amir Khalid
@Baud:
You’re talking about people actively undermining urgent public-health measures intended to save lives. “Burden on society” is too polite. I would go with “menace to society”.
Ohio Mom
In spring 2020 I had two doctor appointments I kept — Covid had begun raging other places but not yet here, and I figured it could be the last chance for a long while to see either of them.
The rheumatologist assured me there would be a vaccine very soon, while the ophthalmologist waved her hand and said Covid was just going to “burn through the world.”
It turns out they were both right.
Baud
@Amir Khalid:
I hear what you’re saying, but menace to society makes them sound cooler than they are.
debbie
@Baud:
It’s insoluble. They need to not be tolerated or accommodated any longer, but I don’t know how that can be accomplished in a democratic society.
debbie
@Ohio Mom:
My GP told me back then that she had no answers, that no one had faced anything like COVID in decades. She literally threw her hands up in despair.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud: I should’ve noted I was being sarcastic.
MagdaInBlack
@mrmoshpotato: I’ve learned to just assume that with you ??
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
I was not.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 9,180 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 817,838 cases. He also reports 77 new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 5,980 deaths — 0.73% of the cumulative reported total, 0.81% of resolved cases.
There are currently 80,655 active and contagious cases; 959 are in ICU, 465 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 5,713 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 731,193 patients recovered – 89.41% of the cumulative reported total.
30 new clusters were reported today, for a cumulative total of 3,029 clusters. 865 clusters are currently active; 2,164 clusters are now inactive.
9,173 new cases today are local infections. Selangor reports 4,399 local cases: 280 in clusters, 2,766 close-contact screenings, and 1,353 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 1,271 cases: 371 in clusters, 569 close-contact screenings, and 331 other screenings.
Negeri Sembilan reports 899 cases: 350 in clusters, 329 close-contact screenings, and 220 other screenings.
Kedah reports 417 cases: 67 in clusters, 188 close-contact screenings, and 162 other screenings. Sarawak reports 406 cases: 139 in clusters, 188 close-contact screenings, and 79 other screenings.
Sabah reports 323 cases: 124 in clusters, 121 close-contact screenings, and 78 other screenings. Johor reports 313 local cases: 146 in clusters, 105 close-contact screenings, and 62 other screenings.
Perak reports 240 local cases: 155 in clusters, 58 close-contact screenings, and 27 other screenings. Melaka reports 222 cases: 81 in clusters, 116 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Pahang reports 214 cases: 141 in clusters, 52 close-contact screenings, and 21 other screenings.
Kelantan reports 148 local cases: 67 in clusters, 46 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings. Penang reports 142 cases: 39 in clusters, 64 close-contact screenings, and 39 other screenings.
Terengganu reports 82 cases: 10 in clusters, 62 close-contact screenings, and 10 other screenings. Labuan reports 80 cases: 48 in clusters, 15 close-contact screenings, and 17 other screenings. Putrajaya reports 16 cases: 14 close-contact screeningsand two other screenings. Perlis reports one case, a close-contact screening.
Seven new cases today are imported: three in Kelantan, two in Johor, one in Perak, and one in Selangor.
New Deal democrat
COVID deaths in the UK look like they have begun to follow cases higher exponentially. They were averaging as low as 7 per 100,000 five weeks ago. Last week they were 16 per 100,000. Yesterday they were 25 per 100,000.
US bellwether State Missouri’s data is ragged, but deaths there appear to have doubled in the past 2 weeks.
Many were sanguine that the death rate would stay low. That increasingly looks incorrect.
OTOH, the Dakotas still look like they have stumbled into herd immunity, with extremely low new infection rates. Democrats got vaccinated, and GOPers got sick.
satby
It’s possible to get covid again, especially if the first infection was mild or asymptomatic. It will be interesting, in a slightly horrifying way, to see if all the MAGAts who shrugged off their brushes with covid as no big deal end up with a second, more serious case from Delta or Lambda.
New Deal democrat
@satby: I understand – but just as a matter of empirics, it hasn’t happened yet – and it should have already started to happen.
satby
@New Deal democrat: Delta isn’t quite predominate yet though it should be soon; and Lambda isn’t circulating here much at all (again, yet). So the jury is still out.
Spanky
If we’re already up to Lambda, we’ll blow through Omega in no time. What comes after the Greek alphabet?
Jay
@New Deal democrat:
keep in mind that the Dakota’s entered into Covid crisis much later than more densely populated States during both the 1st and 2nd waves, “lagging” behind California and New York State by almost 2 months.
The same metrics will probably apply in this wave in States that have more cows than people, and little travel.
lowtechcyclist
@Baud:
You’re being too kind. They are Covid traitors and climate traitors, and that’s without bringing up January 6th.
Ohio Mom
debbie@10:
Your GP was right too! Really, the only ones who were wrong were the people who kept insisting Covid was just another flu — in other words, right-wingers. Now you and I know we have good people for doctors.
I saw in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer that the Ohio Vaccine Lottery was a bust. After you pull out the teenagers who had just become eligible, there was no appreciable increase in the number of vaccines given.
I think I should be sorry that more people were not inspired to be vaccinated but I am mostly enjoying that DeWine has egg on his face. Again.
Soprano2
Here in the epicenter of the MO outbreak, we went from 2 Covid deaths in May to 19 in June, and my bet is most of those happened in the last two weeks of June. I can’t get any data to actually confirm that, I’m just using logic. Our test positivity rate is currently 11%. Average age of those infected is 38. Deaths are still showing as overwhelmingly in those over age 60, but the other ages are slowly going up. Our fully vaccinated number seems to be ticking up by about .1% every day. At that rate, it’ll be over 100 days until we reach the 50% vaccination rate. You’d think the raging outbreak here would motivate more people to get vaccinated, but we’re in the middle of MAGA land, so not so much. *sigh* It’s so, so frustrating… I will say I think the death rate is much lower because of vaccination – if we had this rate of infection without anyone being vaccinated, I think the number of deaths would be much higher. ETA – Everything was going in the right direction until June, it’s maddening!
lowtechcyclist
@Jay: I’m thinking Sturgis will be a super-spreader event for a second straight year.
Ken
@Baud: At least with this issue, it is to some extent self-correcting. Better that they kill themselves off with Covid than the rest of us with climate change denial or a tidal wave of guns.
Ken
@Soprano2: The problem with herd immunity is that it only really works if we are all one herd. But that is most definitely not the case, even in states like MO. If the vaccinated and unvaccinated travel in different circles, attend different churches, go to different schools, eat in different restaurants, shop in different stores, and so forth, then you can have multiple “herds” in the same area without even that much overlap between them.
So, for example, if MO is at 50% vaccination rate, but those are mostly suburban and urban voters around KC and SL then the more rural Republican areas might as well be completely different states. An upscale suburbanite in KC isn’t going to provide any herd immunity to a red community in rural SW MO. They aren’t part of the same herd at all.
Sloane Ranger
If you read the Guardian article above, it is more nuanced than the headline suggests – but that’s headlines for you. Apologies for not posting the UK update for Wednesday yesterday. It was my 1st day back volunteering at the local museum, very slow day but we did have some visitors.
Anyway, to Thursday’s figures. Yesterday we had 32,551 new cases. This is an increase of 34.9% in the rolling 7-day average. New cases by nation,
England – 28,431 (up 905)
Northern Ireland – 627 (up 57)
Scotland – 2802 (down 997)
Wales – 701 (up 38).
Deaths – There were 35 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 52.6%. 31 were in England and 4 in Scotland.
Testing – 1,237,992 tests were administered on Wednesday, 7 July. This is an increase in the rolling 7-day average of 4.5%. The PCR testing capacity reported by labs on this date was 633,635.
Hospitalisations – There were 2636 people in hospital and 417 people on ventilators on Wednesday Wednesday, 7 July. The rolling 7-day average for hospital admissions on 4 July was up by 51.5%.
Vaccinations – As of 7 July, 45,601,445 people had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 34,198,779 had received both. In percentage terms this means that 86.6% of adults had received 1 shot of a vaccine and 64.9% had had both as of that date. Regarding the Guardian article, it is true that the number of vaccines administered daily has decreased but some of this can be explained by the fact that, with 86.6% of people having received shot 1, there are fewer people requiring it, while 2nd shots are averaging out at around the mid 100,000’s per day, lower than at the height but still pretty good.
Robert Sneddon
Scotland — 3,216 new cases of COVID-19 reported, six new deaths. Test positivity rate is 9.9%. More people hospitalised and the increasing numbers of ICU patients has resulted in some hospitals in high-case-count areas like Tayside reporting they are approaching capacity. They are cancelling and postponing other non-urgent treatments. Staff shortages due to self-isolation after exposure to COVID-19 cases is also a growing problem.
28,000 vaccinations were carried out in Scotland yesterday, about the same rate as the past week or two, down from the surge campaign of 40,000-plus a day in May and early June. The split is roughly one-third first-dose, two-thirds second-dose. 87.7% of all adult (18+) Scots have received a first inoculation, 64% have received both doses.
The Test and Trace effort is coming under increased pressure given the recent increase in case numbers. T&T wasn’t that effective at the best of times in detecting close contacts of those who test positive and persuading people to self-isolate voluntarily. The political opposition is using the failures of T&T to keep up with the surge to beat on the Scottish Government while at the same time complaining about the financial expense of the T&T program and its demonstrated inability to actually do much to reduce the spread of this disease.
VOR
@lowtechcyclist: All Gas No Brakes is a series of interviews at various places. Basically, he puts a microphone in front of people and lets them talk. They did a piece on Sturgis 2020 and, well it’s really something. http://youtu.be/UK2FBEpmlUo
Stephen
Here in the Australian Capital Territory, it has been a year since the last case of local transmission. In a place where this is a lot of public servants, you will see a very high degree of compliance with govt orders. I think this has a lot to do with it.