— Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) April 25, 2021
55.8% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; nearly 2 out of 5 are now fully vaccinated.
82.6% of Americans age 65 and over have received at least one shot; 69.3% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/0d2s4tPkqM
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 2, 2021
The urgent, wartime effort by President Biden and his top advisers to get millions of vaccines in the arms of Americans has allowed the US to go from having one of the worst Covid responses in the world to being a global leader in vaccinationshttps://t.co/ah1EIYXvtr
— CNN (@CNN) May 1, 2021
The US had +42,034 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total further over 31.1 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 51,345 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 10. pic.twitter.com/DyLfnZF5nf
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 2, 2021
It’s so weird how our COVID response went from a global disgrace to the envy of nations in late January, I wonder what changed.
— Tentin Quarantino (@agraybee) April 30, 2021
With vaccination rates lagging in red states, Republican leaders have begun stepping up efforts to persuade supporters to get the shot, at times combating misinformation spread by some of their own. The message is that vaccines are safe and effective. https://t.co/hri10JJgs1
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2021
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Workers on the march: May Day protesters are demanding more job protections as the pandemic upends economies around the world. In Turkey and the Philippines, rallies have been blocked due to virus restrictions. https://t.co/rxjW694lSs
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2021
Worldwide, the number of new coronavirus cases has more than doubled in two months.
? India now accounts for more than 40 percent of the world’s new cases.
? Six countries in South America rank among the top 20 for Covid deaths per capita. https://t.co/CgOqD1B0ze
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 1, 2021
China has given 270.41 mln doses of covid-19 vaccines as of May 1 https://t.co/KbOhj1Ooed pic.twitter.com/WAfGXOuYkf
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 2, 2021
India again records >400k #coronavirus cases in 24 hrs. The health ministry reported 401,993 new infections Saturday bringing total cases to 19.1M. The overall death toll is 211,853. Experts suspect actual tallies are much higher due to inaccurate data https://t.co/E9bx5hix7B
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
What a difference 2 months makes: 400,000 new cases in 1 day in India. And yes, this is a huge undercount.
What you see here is what COVID is capable of when it goes completely out of control. It's a warning to all countries to #VaccinateFirstRelaxNext pic.twitter.com/190R7Eh4eV
— Vincent Rajkumar (@VincentRK) May 1, 2021
People in India are turning to black market & unproven remedies as more than 400k are confirmed #coronavirus positive daily for the past several days. Some experts expect the daily number of positive cases to soon jump to 500k https://t.co/ynmdAjwz1G via @medical_xpress
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
The crisis in India shows how Americans still bear the pain of the global pandemic as the virus tears through unvaccinated countries. My latest story explores the dissonance Indian Americans are feeling https://t.co/uuZESqTrqI
— Fenit Nirappil (@FenitN) May 1, 2021
India Covid-19: Fact-checking misleading claims on oxygen treatments https://t.co/Oz5VBvizvs
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 1, 2021
With Indian hospitals struggling to secure a steady supply of oxygen, and more COVID-19 patients dying amid the shortages, a court in New Delhi says it would start punishing government officials for failing to deliver the life-saving items. https://t.co/vJ50FzzCRL
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 2, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Covid-19 task force didn’t meet for months. His health minister assured the public in March that India had reached the pandemic’s “endgame.”
Now, a second wave has made India the worst-hit country in the world. https://t.co/brIMBXZAwh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 1, 2021
Nepal runs out of hospital beds as India’s outbreak spills across the border into Nepal. Health officials in the Himalayan nation warn of an “unmanageable” situation as infections reach levels not seen since last fall https://t.co/YyHqDW4I4N
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
In Indonesia, lab workers are arrested & accused of reusing nasal swabs. The authorities arrested five people and said they were investigating whether any people were infected with the coronavirus as a result of swab reuse https://t.co/zrAIXbuQOV
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine campaign kicked off in Syria’s last rebel-held enclave with a 45-year-old front-line nurse becoming the first to receive a U.N.-secured jab. https://t.co/mgiYmebySu
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 1, 2021
Despite the Kremlin denying a hidden rise in coronavirus cases, figures for Moscow and reports from hospitals paint a worrying picture, MT's Pjotr Sauer and Jake Cordell report https://t.co/ZOycLPLDh6
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) May 1, 2021
Russia recorded almost 30,000 excess deaths during February, the country’s statistics agency announced Friday—a figure which takes Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic above 422,000.https://t.co/1SkR9DSjHX
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) May 1, 2021
Excess deaths are calculated by comparing fatalities during the pandemic with mortality rates in the same months of previous years. It is seen by demographers as the most reliable indicator of the human toll of the coronavirus.https://t.co/8dQ4uDd7I7
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) May 1, 2021
The EU has a bigger population than the US, so we are not there in per capita terms yet, but we seem likely to get there on that metric in 1-2 weeks.
— Jens Nordvig (@jnordvig) May 1, 2021
Kenya’s president lifts #coronavirus restrictions. President Uhuru Kenyatta, under pressure to reopen the economy, lifted restrictions Saturday that he imposed more than a month ago. He cited a sharp decrease in caseloads from Kenya's 3rd wave https://t.co/Wf4ZrxEMFT
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
Kenyan anti-vaccine doctor dies from Covid-19
https://t.co/o7CKX6Q381— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 1, 2021
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Here’s what to do if you test positive for SARSCoV2 between vaccine doses: Get the 2nd shot. Don't skip it. https://t.co/2007pOjfKf
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
Vaccines for kids 5-11: Data on how well the Pfizer-BioNTech #COVID19 vaccine works in kids ages 5 to 11 could be available as early as the end of this summer. If trials go well and FDA approves it, young children could get vaccinated by the end of 2021. https://t.co/jmq921sweV
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 2, 2021
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Just spoke to maybe the top ICU doc in Tampa Bay about which patients are still dying (50-70 a day) in FL and he said “it’s mostly 50 year olds who are not vaccinated.”
“People who are vaccinated don’t die.”
Direct quote.
— Evan Axelbank Fox13 (@EvanAxelbank) April 30, 2021
Colorado sees rapid spread of #coronavirus among middle and high school students. Those under the age of 19 made up more than a quarter of all cases in the state last week https://t.co/w5tvztXV39
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 1, 2021
Every tragedy an excuse for bigotry!
"Edison or New Jersey shouldn't become another India." A friend in New Jersey shared this alarmist post that is making the rounds, telling people to avoid Indians so as to avoid the Covid-19 variant. She is extremely worried for the safety of the community. pic.twitter.com/wOe7QHYYef
— Arun Venugopal (@arunNYC) May 1, 2021
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