Vaccinated? ?
14 days since last dose? ?
Outdoors? ?
No crowds around? ?Yay — go mask-free.https://t.co/IMl3Fl5QOQ pic.twitter.com/fRIPOgwOpD
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 28, 2021
54.9% of all American adults have received at least one vaccine shot; 38.4% are now fully vaccinated.
82.1% of Americans age 65 or older have received at least one shot; 68.4% are now fully vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/uxmZQcFHds
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 30, 2021
Senator Ron Johnson questions why US should vaccinate everyone, so Fauci gives him 567,000 reasons https://t.co/keewErp1J2
— The Independent (@Independent) April 28, 2021
The US had +59,269 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to over 33.0 million. The 7-day moving average declined to 54,675 new cases per day, its lowest level since October 14. pic.twitter.com/jjZpi1NPl4
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 30, 2021
People don’t seem to appreciate this, but the U.S. scientists had already done years of work on SARS and MERS. So when Covid-19 struck, Fauci sprang into action and took a bold bet on mRNA technology — the same one powering the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. He’s the father. https://t.co/UXgNhMUNbn
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) April 29, 2021
EXCLUSIVE Pfizer begins exporting U.S. made COVID-19 shots abroad, starting with Mexico -source https://t.co/dKiwsjJyJt
— Carl O'Donnell (@CarlODonnell26) April 29, 2021
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China administers record daily number of COVID-19 vaccines https://t.co/qLLwYUAPmy pic.twitter.com/wruDtggBl7
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2021
Vaccinating more than anywhere else, China still needs to speed up https://t.co/Pjqtbug3R8 pic.twitter.com/KldZ2Ukwp0
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 29, 2021
Singapore finds COVID-19 cluster in hospital as local cases climb https://t.co/E95wKRGr1r pic.twitter.com/TYrHnEPUln
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2021
Several Indian states have run out of COVID-19 vaccines a day before a planned widening of a nationwide inoculation drive, authorities said, as new infections in the crisis-hit country surged to another daily record https://t.co/IY1TxVSEFv
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 30, 2021
India reported over 3,500 coronavirus deaths today, bringing the official total to 208,313. But many believe this already severely undercounts the true total in recent days. pic.twitter.com/s8SJ6Noxr7
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) April 30, 2021
386,000 coronavirus cases were reported in India today, the biggest one-day increase on record for any country https://t.co/kzjGBNgrMB pic.twitter.com/jzas2wsFO3
— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) April 29, 2021
India is blaming its deepening Covid crisis on a #coronavirus variant https://t.co/ma0iFaLMCe
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 30, 2021
Millions of Indians around the world are watching in horror and despair as their home country registers the fourth-highest death toll from the coronavirus pandemic. By @mallikavsen. https://t.co/8dcjou4dUn
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2021
Three months ago scientists in India were claiming such high rates of asymptomatic infection had occurred in the nation's largest cities that they had achieved herd immunity.
Then the ghastly surge in cases and deaths happened.
What did they get wrong?https://t.co/NiHTHCHdAE pic.twitter.com/SmIIOAPEhv— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 29, 2021
India Covid: Delhi seeks more cremation space as deaths rise https://t.co/3uwu0i1T1r
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 30, 2021
All eyes are on Delhi. But the the worst numbers will come from rural UP. You don’t see people scrambling because there are no hospitals to scramble to. And rural UP and Bihar have the lowest healthcare capacity per capita and some of the highest rural population densities.
— Shruti Rajagopalan (@srajagopalan) April 29, 2021
Live, horse, and you’ll get grass!
BREAKING
India's severe medical oxygen supply crisis is expected to ease by mid-May, with output rising by 25% and transport infrastructure ready to cope with a surge in demand caused by a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases.@Shivi_04 and I report:https://t.co/oQ9Y1buU9N
— Devjyot Ghoshal (@DevjyotGhoshal) April 29, 2021
People in Turkey stocked up on groceries, filled markets and left cities for their hometowns or the southern coast before the country entered its strictest lockdown of the pandemic. https://t.co/CiUlIcTdic
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 29, 2021
Moscow’s chief infectious disease specialist hit out at the city’s slow vaccination drive and residents not wearing masks after coronavirus cases nearly doubled overnight https://t.co/LrHjRgacxR
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) April 29, 2021
Covid 19 coronavirus: Crisis pushes Papua New Guinea hospitals to the brink, via @nzherald https://t.co/Z06xx1sOaU
— Evan Feigenbaum (@EvanFeigenbaum) April 29, 2021
There is growing alarm in Africa about the devastating coronavirus surge in India. African officials worry they could face a similar scenario and don't have enough health workers, oxygen or vaccine supplies. https://t.co/XJGD1faTOs
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2021
G1 reports that Brazil has reached grim milestone of 400k Covid-19 deaths. 100k deaths recorded in the last 36 days. April 2021 Brazil's deadliest month. https://t.co/7NKyWGNWhj
— Sam Cowie (@SamCowie84) April 29, 2021
Covid: Brazil passes 400,000 deaths amid slow vaccination https://t.co/eDuhTEirIJ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 30, 2021
The Covid crisis in Latin America is taking an alarming turn for the worse. Last week, Latin America accounted for 35% of all coronavirus deaths in the world, despite having just 8% of the global population.https://t.co/KWe1j4MYGX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 30, 2021
Mexican authorities say that delays in the delivery of 1.5 million doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will mean that almost 1.3 million Mexicans won't get their second doses on time. https://t.co/zqvxdjNhUj
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 30, 2021
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What used to be a mysterious new variant from UK is now the most dominant coronavirus strain in the US.
Unlike the original strain of the coronavirus, the more contagious #B117 strain is infecting many young people, most of whom have not been vaccinated.https://t.co/QzW0hMjtjT
— MicrobesInfect (@MicrobesInfect) April 29, 2021
California has the lowest #COVID19 case rate in the nation. pic.twitter.com/mFXjsXKGoT
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 29, 2021
Free beer, pot and doughnuts. Savings bonds. A chance to win an all-terrain vehicle. Places around the U.S. are offering incentives to try to energize the nation’s slowing vaccination drive and get reluctant Americans to roll up their sleeves. https://t.co/GPpMIKEiOS
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 29, 2021
Every team should start doing this, ASAP. https://t.co/XH4nzIAr9j
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) April 28, 2021
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