The happiest place on earth right now is the post-vaccine 15 minute waiting area.
— Julie Pace (@jpaceDC) April 1, 2021
1 in 63 adults in the US got a vaccine shot today
In the past week, about 1 in 12 adults got a shot
We are making amazing progress on vaccinating people
With variants circulating, we have to double down and vaccinate even more folks as quickly as possible https://t.co/Yq24ADe9N9
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) April 3, 2021
Things are changing fast on the vaccine front in the US. Nearly 40% of adults have received at least 1 dose & more than 1 in 5 are fully vaccinated. More than half of adults 65 & older are fully vaccinated.
This time last year vaccination within a year seemed aspirational. pic.twitter.com/NhORckVV9c— Helen Branswell (@HelenBranswell) April 2, 2021
Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus can travel “at low risk to themselves,” both within the United States & internationally, but they must continue to take precautions like wearing a masks in public, according to the CDC https://t.co/0MbXOfQN2D
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 2, 2021
CDC: "You *can* travel if you're vaccinated, and we're okay with lifting that restriction, but we don't *recommend* it just yet and kind of wish you'd give it a bit more time during this surge of cases."
The Usual Suspects: "See, they have no idea what they're talking about."
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 2, 2021
Basically, the first version of every CDC revision is aimed at adults. The walkbacks and caveats come when they realize that the rest of the overgrown toddlers have no sense of prudence or judiciousness.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 2, 2021
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Excellent @ForeignPolicy breakdown on the global race to #COVID19 vaccinate: Which countries have access, to what, show me the money, and implementation.https://t.co/MD7wRui4Ls pic.twitter.com/1czP55Gscs
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 2, 2021
China administered 133.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as of April 2 https://t.co/qmP6Imo8DL pic.twitter.com/7EQcHqBLM7
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
Mainland China reports 26 new COVID-19 cases vs nine a day earlier https://t.co/dIFDHc3byS pic.twitter.com/C48pr1UneS
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
Hong Kong bars incoming Singapore Airlines flights over COVID-19 case https://t.co/qbbqjYcIDl pic.twitter.com/s4xx891ObO
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
The Bangladeshi government will enforce a seven-day nationwide lockdown from Monday as coronavirus cases and deaths surge across the country https://t.co/3afcmD5BTK
— Bloomberg Australia (@BloombergAU) April 3, 2021
India braces for COVID-19 curbs as infections hit 6-month high https://t.co/zLIJPmXYdi pic.twitter.com/YTw63oaib2
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
Indian state of Maharashtra to go into lockdown unless cases fall https://t.co/TXDBrdvwrm
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 3, 2021
Pakistan among new countries added to England's Covid travel ban list https://t.co/qYhuyLGxd1
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 2, 2021
Russia on Saturday confirmed 9,021 new coronavirus cases and 384 deathshttps://t.co/2zBfQOTqqp
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) April 3, 2021
Covid-19: Italy begins strict Easter lockdown https://t.co/nMoUggTY7i
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 3, 2021
Elderly elbowed aside: Older Italians watched in disbelief as younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before them.
One estimate says the failure to give shots to over-80s and those in fragile health has cost thousands of lives in Italy. https://t.co/Nw4lTNjVHV
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 3, 2021
Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 18,129 -RKI https://t.co/0m0U0vkDEQ pic.twitter.com/F3eGLJS82x
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
AP PHOTOS: Few Roman Catholics in devout southern Spain would have ever imagined an April without the pomp and ceremony of Holy Week processions. With the coronavirus pandemic unremitting, they will miss them for a second year. https://t.co/oNUeBntH4K
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) April 3, 2021
Covid-19: Dublin Airport arrests after two refuse mandatory quarantine https://t.co/sqyO2VSArr
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 2, 2021
Argentine leader Alberto Fernandez says tests positive for coronavirus https://t.co/l0L4RqJPmJ pic.twitter.com/xjge9ePeHp
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 3, 2021
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People who've recovered from #Covid19 may need just 1 dose of a 2-part mRNA vaccine. A single dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vax for those who previously had Covid generates an immunologic response similar to that of individuals receiving the 2-dose sequence https://t.co/lDpirdcPu9 pic.twitter.com/qSKx5VdfhX
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 2, 2021
People ask whether vaccinations can really blunt the variants
May I present data from Israel?
About 55% of the population fully vaccinated
Infections are down more than 90% since peak
So yeah, high levels of vaccinations really can bring this pandemic under control pic.twitter.com/q0GqnxaWZs
— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@ashishkjha) April 2, 2021
Johnson & Johnson will test its COVID-19 vaccine on adolescents, starting with ages 16 and 17. Teens from several countries, including the U.S., are being enrolled in the study. https://t.co/ZcQUbL3tO4
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 2, 2021
The developers of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Friday that they have come up with technology that “updates” the jab to protect against new, more-contagious strains of the virus https://t.co/32mNhSv2e7
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) April 2, 2021
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Analysis: How close are states to herd immunity? https://t.co/0kMJnDcix0
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 2, 2021
"If we leave pockets of infections happening, the more people continue to get infected, the more opportunities there are for this virus to mutate and possibly acquire a feature we don’t want it to have," says @JenniferNuzzo. https://t.co/QjbCdzIzKn
— Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (@JohnsHopkinsSPH) April 2, 2021
Sports, theater and music fans will be able to take their seats again in California beginning April 15 as the state’s coronavirus cases plunge and vaccinations jump. https://t.co/7ceFRGtekP
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 3, 2021
The coronavirus surge in Michigan is a ‘gut punch’ to hopes of pandemic’s end. The U.S. has entered a disconcerting phase: Vaccines are rolling out quickly, but upticks in cases raise the prospect of more hospitalizations https://t.co/baRuPCNl6o
— delthia ricks ? (@DelthiaRicks) April 3, 2021
WELL THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW THIS IS SO HELPFUL. pic.twitter.com/t3Z8QUhQoM
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) April 2, 2021
people love free shit! let companies bribe them! we need people getting vaccinated! this was a great idea and you're just mad people are enjoying donuts!
— Claire Willett (@clairewillett) April 2, 2021
I FULLY SUPPORT IT! they're smart and they know they benefit more financially from the country being able to fully reopen than they stand to lose from giving away free donuts to the tiny percentage of customers who will claim them
— Claire Willett (@clairewillett) April 2, 2021
Mary G
Only 90 new cases on more than 17,000 tests in the OC again today. Down to only 111 people hospitalized. Most hopeful we can keep it up. Variants are still the wildcard.
satby
The surge in MI is all over the lower penninsula and especially in the conservative areas in the thumb, as well as around Detroit. But the lower population western side is doing it’s uncooperative best to keep the covid party going, and that’s where a lot of the farmers at my market come from. Most of them have refused to mask up or follow restrictions at all, and they’re pretty belligerent about it. And the Brazil variant is spreading there, so that should go well for them; but until family members get seriously ill or dead they won’t change. A number of them won’t even change then.
Anyway
@Mary G:
Great trends in CA. Hope that takes the wind out of the Recall Gavin movement.
rikyrah
We really have to concentrate on mobile vaccine sites for rural communities
rikyrah
@satby:
oh satby????
NeenerNeener
Monroe County, NY stats:
New cases = 245
Confirmed active cases = 2524
2.3% test positivity
Deaths at 1206 now
35.5% of Monroe County has had at least 1 vaccine dose. It doesn’t seem to be helping yet. We’ve got a new “wave” going.
NotMax
Color me unshocked.
rikyrah
Hoping that the tests on children are conclusive, and that we can vaccinate them soon.
Baud
@satby:
You vaccinated?
OzarkHillbilly
I guess he’d prefer life in Florida or maybe Texas.
germy
mrmoshpotato
That’s so true. Especially given that the government was being destroyed by a bunch of greedy, mobster shitstains with no regard for other human life.
mrmoshpotato
Thank you again for these daily updates, AL! And thanks again to the 71+ million Biden/Harris voters!
Chyron HR
I got my second shot yesterday–how long do I have to wait before the bimbofication starts?
Anne Laurie
@OzarkHillbilly: Thing is… we Massholes take great pride in *not* being Florida or Texas. But the combination of Gov. Chickenshit Baker’s seesawing attempts to stand on every side of the issue, in combination with the worst GooGoo instincts of the more-progressive-than-thou Leftist contingent, have turned the MA vaccination program into a Confederate-state-worthy fustercluck!
OzarkHillbilly
I know, and I understand the frustration to a point, but if he was here in outstate Misery with me, he’d find himself surrounded by maskless Typhoid Larrys who refuse to get vaccinated. Which I have to say made it easier for me and all of mine to get vaccinated, for whatever good that will do us when some super variant infests the hills and hollers.
shrug
I think I’m just tired.
Amir Khalid
Malaysia’s Director-General of Heath Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah reports 1,638 new Covid-19 cases today in his media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 349,610 cases. He also reports three new deaths today, for a cumulative total of 1,286 deaths — 0.37% of the cumulative reported total, 0.38% of resolved cases.
There are currently 14,432 active and contagious cases; 167 are in ICU, 81 of them intubated. Meanwhile, 1,449 patients recovered and were discharged, for a cumulative total of 333,892 patients recovered – 95.50% of the cumulative reported total.
Seven new clusters were reported today: Kampung Binyu in Sarawak, Jalan Merdeka in Johor, Simpang Tiga Merotai and Jalan Kubota Sentral in Sabah, Jalan Kenanga in Melaka, Jalan Bandar Sembilan in Negeri Sembilan, and Teknologi Peramu Jaya in Pahang.
Kampung Binyu, Jalan Merdeka, Simpang Tiga Merotai, and Jalan Kenanga are community clusters. The rest are workplace clusters.
1,631 new cases today are local infections. Perak tops the list today, reporting 494 cases: 487 in existing clusters, five close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. Selangor is next, reporting 350 local cases: 40 in older clusters, two in Jalan Bandar Sembilan cluster, 196 close-contact screenings, and 112 other screenings. Sarawak reports 289 local cases: 43 in older clusters, 61 in Kampung Binyu cluster, 156 close-contact screenings, and 29 other screenings.
Penang reports 92 cases: 25 in existing clusters, 32 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings. Johor reports 83 cases: six in older clusters, three in Jalan Merdeka cluster, 49 close-contact screenings, and 25 other screenings. Sabah reports 72 local cases: 26 in older clusters, four in Jalan Kubota Sentral and Simpang Tiga Merotai clusters, 26 close-contact screenings, and 16 other screenings. Kuala Lumpur reports 65 local cases: two in existing clusters, 28 close-contact screenings, and 35 other screenings. Kelantan reports 64 cases: nine in existing clusters, 48 close-contact screenings, and seven other screenings.
Pahang reports 35 cases: 23 in older clusters, 10 in Teknologi Peramu Jaya cluster, one close-contact screening, and one other screening. Negeri Sembilan reports 25 cases: eight in existing clusters, eight close-contact screenings, and nine other screenings. Kedah reports 20 cases: eight in existing clusters, seven close-contact screenings, and five other screenings. Melaka also reports 20 cases: seven in older clusters, one in Jalan Kenanga cluster, seven close-contact screenings, and five other screenings.
Labuan reports 11 local cases: eight in existing clusters, and three other screenings. Putrajaya reports seven cases: five close-contact screenings, and two other screenings. And Terengganu reports four cases: one close-contact screening, and three other screenings.
Perlis reports no newcases today.
Seven new cases today are imported: two in Kuala Lumpur, two in Selangor, one in Sabah, one in Sarawak, and one in Labuan.
The deaths reported today are a 68-year-old man in Kuala Lumpur with diabetes, hypertension,. dyslipidaemia, and chronc kidney disease; an 87-year-old woman in Kelantan with hypertension and dyslipidaemia; and a 50-year-old man in Sarawak, DOA with no co-morbidities listed.
mrmoshpotato
@germy: BWHAHAHA! Thanks for sharing that!
mrmoshpotato
@Chyron HR: I think you can start being a selfish assclown right away.
WereBear
@rikyrah: Absolutely!
Followed a Twitter thread early this morning, about people sharing their vaccination experiences. Tears, laughter, solidarity, funny stories.
Partner and I are one down now. And yet…
Both times, we were the only ones. WTF!?!?!
J R in WV
@rikyrah:
I think most rural communities need psychological help to convince them that vaccination is safe and can save lives!
When big shot clinics are set up for rural communities and no one shows up, that’s the lesson, right there!
Sloane Ranger
The dashboard will not be fully updated over the Easter period and there is a note that Wales has not submitted any data. With those caveats, on Friday we had 3402 new cases. Based on the information we do have, the rolling 7-day average is down by 26.6%. New cases by nation,
England – 2881 (down @900)
Northern Ireland – 107 (steady)
Scotland – 414 (up 14)
Wales – Not reported.
Deaths – There were 52 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday. This is a reduction of 38.2% in the rolling 7-day average. New deaths by nation, England – 47, Northern Ireland – 1, Scotland – 4, Wales – not reported.
Testing – Not updated (Good Friday is a public holiday in the UK).
Hospitalisations – Not updated (see above).
Vaccinations – As of 1 April, a total of 31,301,267 people had received the 1st shot of a vaccine and 4,948,635 had been fully vaccinated. This equates to 59.4% of all people in the UK aged 18 and over having received 1 shot and 9.4%, both. The daily vaccinations figures show a reduction in the number of people receiving their first dose but an increase in those getting their 2nd. This was expected as many people are reaching the end of the 12 week period between vaccinations the government has mandated.
sab
@J R in WV: In Ohio urban people and non-Ohioans are using the rural sites because appointments are so available. We havee friends who drove a hundred miles to get shots earlier.
Honus
@J R in WV: it not necessarily rural, its the politics these days. I grew up in Wetzel County West Virginia in 1950s and 60s and everybody happily lined up to get vaccinated for polio and smallpox. Sure, we were backward hilljacks, but at least we had enough sense to be ashamed of it. Nobody thought to refuse a miracle. Nowadays, ignorance has become a badge of honor.
YY_Sima Qian
On 4/2 China reported 7 new domestic confirmed & 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all in Yunnan Province.
Yunnan Provincial Health Commission announced that the viral sequences of the ongoing Ruili outbreak are all of the B.1.36.16 strain, matching that is currently prevalent in Myanmar, thus the cause of the outbreak is likely foreign introduction.
Imported Cases
On 4/2 China reported 19 new imported confirmed cases, 19 imported asymptomatic cases:
Overall in China, 11 confirmed cases recovered, 11 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation & 8 were reclassified as confirmed cases, and 421 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 203 active confirmed cases in the country (178 imported), 2 in critical/serious condition (imported), 300 asymptomatic cases (266 imported), 3 suspect cases (all imported). 6,547 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.
As of 4/2, 133.801M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 7.185M doses in the past 24 hrs.
On 4/3, Hong Kong reported 2 new cases, 1 imported & 1 domestic (source of infection identified).
satby
@rikyrah: A lot of them won’t take the vaccine rikyrah. Look at IL, the areas where it’s got vaccine supply are red areas, where people aren’t taking the sides allocated to the county.
satby
@Baud: Yep, early because also a health care workers dealing with patients. If an eye doctor, but we still shouldn’t post a threat to them!
Ruckus
@Chyron HR:
Ahhhhh……No I’m not going to……
Tdjr
Please remain careful all! Just heard about a friend’s father in the hospital with Covid. He was fully vaccinated as of March 2nd but still is very ill. No guarantees.
Downpuppy
@Anne Laurie: I got my 1st this morning after a lovely, sunny bike ride to the Reggie. Very efficient, everyone very nice, so LA LA LA I can’t hear any complaints.
Kent
@satby: It’s not just the south. I’m related to a bunch here in rural Oregon who are just as dumbfuck stupid and who have gone down the Trump and Q-anon rabbit hole. I think Covid quarantine made things worse because they are all hiding out in their rural kitchens surfing up a storm.