This adorable car drove through our vaccine clinic today! They asked us to applaud as they drove off happily ever vaccinated! #CovidVaccine pic.twitter.com/b0kx17LwyI
— Rebecca Smith (@Reblsmithpdx) May 7, 2021
The US administered nearly 2.4 million vaccine shots today, bringing the total to 260 million, or 78.2 doses per 100 people. The 7-day moving average moved back (just slightly) above 2.0 million shots per day. pic.twitter.com/WASo4oXcV4
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 10, 2021
The number of Americans receiving their first vaccine shots is now well below 1 million per day. pic.twitter.com/NmmXE88jMO
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 10, 2021
Fauci to NBC: "If we get, which we will, to the goals that the president has established, namely if we get 70% of people vaccinated by the 4th of July … you may see blips, but if we handle them well, it's unlikely that you'll see the kind of surge that we saw in the late fall."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 9, 2021
The US had +22,200 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, its lowest level since last June – though many states did not report today. The 7-day moving average declined to below 41,000 new cases per day, its lowest level since September 16. pic.twitter.com/eT37T0glby
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 10, 2021
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Even with more vaccines on the horizon, much of the world will most likely keep waiting for doses https://t.co/P2tVRo8nHS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 9, 2021
Calls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus cases and deaths held close to record highs, increasing pressure on the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi https://t.co/pbJh8GA9Ig pic.twitter.com/joi7ZaHUkU
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 10, 2021
… The 366,161 new infections and 3,754 deaths reported by the health ministry were off a little from recent peaks, taking India’s tally to 22.66 million with 246,116 deaths.
As many hospitals grapple with an acute shortage of oxygen and beds while morgues and crematoriums overflow, experts have said India’s actual figures could be far higher than reported.
Sunday’s 1.47 million tests for COVID-19 were this month’s lowest yet, data from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research showed. The figure compared with a daily average of 1.7 million for the first eight days of May.
The number of positive results from the tests was not immediately clear, however…
Delhi’s health minister said the city was running out of vaccines, with just three to four days of supplies remaining of AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) vaccine, made by the Serum Institute of India and branded Covishield, the NDTV news channel reported.
By Sunday, the world’s largest vaccine-producing nation had fully vaccinated just over 34.3 million, or only 2.5%, of its population of about 1.35 billion, government data shows…
India posts record daily rise in Covid deaths as case numbers surge https://t.co/HHN7dWaIyb
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) May 8, 2021
Hi, the unroll you asked for: India reports another 400,000+ cases, 4000+ death day A sustained… https://t.co/aYEJafoouP Enjoy :) ?
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) May 9, 2021
Kumbh Mela pilgrims turn into Covid super-spreaders in India https://t.co/HeNArczfNI
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 10, 2021
How India's coronavirus crisis is having a dangerous effect on neighboring Bangladesh https://t.co/DTs1WtekfO
— TIME (@TIME) May 10, 2021
Russia reports 8,465 new coronavirus cases, 321 deaths https://t.co/QdK4zV9tMm pic.twitter.com/2BnYw3ds3K
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 10, 2021
Revelers jam city squares and beaches to cheer the end of Spain's state of emergency. Travel bans, nightly curfews and some dining restrictions have been lifted. https://t.co/mEkprudsqP
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 9, 2021
Dracula's castle in Romania offers tourists Covid vaccine https://t.co/oAUlnHZZGN
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 9, 2021
Slovakia is thinking about using Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine which would make it only the second European Union nation after Hungary to use the shot, which hasn't been authorized by the EU's drug regulator. https://t.co/Gpk2BeHBWm
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) May 9, 2021
Covid restrictions to be eased in Republic of Ireland https://t.co/cPIlen3IZH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 10, 2021
Australia's New South Wales reports zero COVID-19 cases, fears remain over missing link https://t.co/AeuJDdrjYC pic.twitter.com/cvHtEFkrwG
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 10, 2021
With an eye on India, African countries ramp up monitoring of #coronavirus variants https://t.co/4IcVRhJvRV
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 9, 2021
S. Africa reports 4 cases of the B.1.617.2 #coronavirus variant from India. It was detected in Gauteng & KwaZulu-Natal provinces. Cases are linked to recent arrivals from India. S. Africa is the 4th country on the African continent to report B16172 https://t.co/YsczYdOcRc pic.twitter.com/F46xOa09TS
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) May 9, 2021
Starting this week, #Cuba will vaccinate its entire adult and teen population with a Cuban #COVID19 #vaccine, by early July. https://t.co/JJoxAewgES
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 9, 2021
Chinese jabs dominate Latin American vaccination campaigns https://t.co/6cTJ9yVuhT
— FT China (@ftchina) May 9, 2021
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As the list of #SARSVoV2 variants of interest/concern grows, so does the evidence that we have vaccines that protect against them pic.twitter.com/vknOYWx0LK
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) May 9, 2021
This pre-print offers potentially great news. Recipients of MRNA #COVID19 #vaccines have virus-neutraluzing antibodies in their noses. This might mean that they can't inhale/exhale #SARSCoV2 — fingers crossed for confirmation. https://t.co/V0zJTeDfJN
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) May 9, 2021
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Wonder how long this is viable. Long-term care facilities have steady turnover of residents. If staff remain unvaccinated, the risks there will persist.
When will we learn? https://t.co/MqfvFuiVlD— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) May 9, 2021
It’s so predictable that the people who were against social distancing are now against the vaccine that will end the need for social distancing. https://t.co/yyJL3WKIDd
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) May 8, 2021
We need to incentivize getting vaccinated, but if you block people from proving they are vaccinated you can’t reliably reward those who are. Vaxports are the way back to relative normalcy well ahead of crushing the virus.
— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) May 7, 2021
Florida parents heckle Asian American school board member over mask mandate: ‘You’re a communist’ https://t.co/LYSu8AIgrK
— delthia ricks ?? (@DelthiaRicks) May 8, 2021
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