流感的大流行新型冠状病毒据报道，目前全球已有超过9500万人感染，其中超过200万人死亡实时数据由约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心编辑。
辉瑞表示不能直接向纽约销售疫苗
纽约州长安德鲁·科莫(Andrew Cuomo)致信辉瑞，询问该州是否可以直接购买其疫苗，几小时后，这家制药巨头表示，需要联邦政府批准才能购买。
一名代表说，目前它不能直接向各州出售疫苗，需要得到美国卫生和人类服务部的批准才能满足科莫的要求。
辉瑞公司在周一的一份声明中称:“辉瑞公司愿意与HHS合作，建立一种分销模式，让尽可能多的美国人尽快获得我们的疫苗。”。
拜登管理不会取消英国、欧洲和巴西的旅行限制
特朗普政府宣布将取消对英国、欧洲部分地区和巴西的COVID旅行限制后不久，即将上任的拜登团队表示，情况并非如此。
当选总统乔·拜登的新任白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)在推特上表示，新政府不打算在1月26日取消旅行限制。
“随着流行病的恶化，以及更多的传染性变种在世界各地出现，现在不是解除国际旅行限制的时候，”她说发微博。「根据我们医疗小组的意见，政府不打算在一月二十六日取消这些限制。事实上，我们计划加强国际旅行的公共卫生措施，以进一步减缓新冠肺炎病毒的传播。”
特朗普周一晚上发布公告，宣布他将于下周取消对来自巴西、英国和欧洲大部分地区的非美国公民的旅行禁令。
旅行禁令是在大流行开始时实施的，此前卫生官员呼吁总统阻止病毒传播。
从1月26日开始，这些限制将被取消。当天，所有游客必须出示冠状病毒检测阴性或从新冠肺炎康复的证明才能进入美国。
公告称:“这些司法管辖区的公共卫生官员有着与美国合作共享准确及时的新冠肺炎检测和趋势数据的良好记录，美国与这些司法管辖区就如何确保我们各自国家之间的旅行安全进行了积极合作。”。
英国和欧洲的禁令是在3月份实施的，而巴西的禁令是在5月份实施的。
洛杉矶消防局发现大多数消防员接种疫苗后阳性率直线下降
在75%的消防员接种了他们的第一个新冠肺炎疫苗后，洛杉机县消防局的新冠肺炎检测阳性率显著下降。
当第一批疫苗在12月下旬推出时，每周LACoFD阳性率达到18%，大致相当于该县普通人群的阳性率。今天，在四分之三的部队选择接种疫苗后，LACoFD阳性率已降至5.6%。
该部门的医学主任克莱顿·卡赞博士在一份声明中说:“正如所料，这种疫苗在第一批疫苗接种后7到10天就开始产生影响。”“这是在整个大流行中，我们的数据第一次偏离该县的数据，”他补充说。
本周，消防员将开始接受第二剂两剂疫苗。
世卫组织主任批评富裕国家、疫苗制造商
世界卫生组织总干事特德罗斯·阿德哈诺姆·格布雷耶苏斯博士在周一举行的世卫组织执行委员会会议上，针对富裕国家囤积新冠肺炎疫苗和制药公司从中获利的问题。
泰德罗斯说:“所有政府都希望首先为自己的卫生工作者和老年人接种疫苗，这是正确的。”。“但在富裕国家，年轻、健康的成年人在卫生工作者和较贫穷国家的老年人之前接种疫苗是不对的。”
Tedros指的是世界上收入最低的国家之一，但他没有说出这个国家的名字。“只给了25剂，”他说。“不是2500万，不是2.5万——只是25。我需要直言不讳:这个世界正处于灾难性道德失败的边缘。”
特德罗斯表示，富裕国家与疫苗生产商达成的协议推高了价格，使世卫组织全球疫苗共享项目COVAX的有效性面临风险。他补充称:“这可能会推迟COVAX的交货，并造成COVAX原本打算避免的局面:囤积、混乱的市场、不协调的反应以及持续的社会和经济混乱。”。
Coronavirus live updates: Biden admin won't lift COVID travel restrictions after Trump announces changes for UK, Europe
A pandemic of thenovel coronavirushas now infected more than 95 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according toreal-time datacompiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Pfizer says it can't sell vaccines directly to New York
Hours after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sent a letter to Pfizer asking if the state could purchase its vaccine directly, the pharmaceutical giant said it needs federal approval to do so.
A representative said at this time it cannot sell the vaccine directly to states and would need approval from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to meet Cuomo's request.
"Pfizeris open to collaborating with HHS on a distribution model that gives as many Americans as possible access to our vaccine as quickly as possible," the company said in a statement Monday.
Biden admin wont lift travel restrictions for UK, Europe, Brazil
Shortly after the Trump administration announced it would be lifting COVID travel restrictions for the U.K., parts of Europe and Brazil, the incoming Biden team said that would not be the case.
Jen Psaki, incoming White House press secretary for President-elect Joe Biden, tweeted that the new administration doesn't intend to lift the travel restrictions on Jan. 26.
"With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this is not the time to be lifting restrictions on international travel," shetweeted. "On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26. In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19."
Trump issued a proclamation Monday night, announcing he will rescind travel bans for non-U.S. citizens from Brazil, the United Kingdom and much of Europe next week.
The travel bans were put in place at the start of the pandemic following calls from health officials who urged the president to stop the spread of the virus.
The restrictions will be removed starting Jan. 26, the same day that all travelers must present a negative coronavirus test or proof of recovery from COVID-19 to enter the United States.
"Public health officials in the jurisdictions have a proven record of working with the United States to share accurate and timely COVID-19 testing and trend data, and the United States has active collaborations with the jurisdictions regarding how to make travel safe between our respective countries," the proclamation said.
The U.K. and Europe bans were instituted in March, while the Brazil ban was implemented in May.
LA Fire Department sees positivity rate plummet after most firefighters get vaccinated
The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD) saw its COVID-19 testing positivity rate fall significantly after 75% of firefighters on the force received their first COVID-19 vaccine.
When the first vaccines were being rolled out in late December, weekly LACoFD positivity rates reached 18%, roughly equivalent to positivity rates in the county's general population. Today, after three-quarters of the force opted to get vaccinated, the LACoFD positivity rate has fallen to 5.6%.
"As expected, the vaccine began to have its impact seven to 10 days after the first vaccines were given," Dr. Clayton Kazan, the department's medical director, said in a statement. "This is the first time in the entire pandemic that our data diverged from that of the county," he added.
This week, firefighters will start receiving their second dose of the two-dose vaccine.
WHO director criticizes deals between rich countries, vaccine makers
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, took aim at rich countries hoarding the COVID-19 vaccine and the pharmaceutical companies profiting off of it, during a WHO executive board meeting Monday.
"It’s right that all governments want to prioritize vaccinating their own health workers and older people first,” Tedros said. "But it’s not right that younger, healthier adults in rich countries are vaccinated before health workers and older people in poorer countries."
Tedros pointed to one of the lowest income countries in the world, which he did not name. "Just 25 doses have been given," he said. "Not 25 million, not 25,000 -- just 25. I need to be blunt: The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure."
The deals rich countries have made with vaccine producers are putting the effectiveness of COVAX, the WHO's global vaccine-sharing program, at risk by driving up prices, according to Tedros. "This could delay COVAX deliveries and create exactly the scenario COVAX was designed to avoid, with hoarding, a chaotic market, an uncoordinated response and continued social and economic disruption," he added.
