流感的大流行新型冠状病毒据报道,目前全球已有超过1 . 03亿人感染,其中超过220万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。
美国住院人数下降
目前有93,536人因冠状病毒住院,冠状病毒追踪项目周一报道。
这个数字代表了过去几周住院人数的下降。根据数据,这个数字高达13万。
“与上周相比,38个州目前因COVID-19住院的人数下降了10%或更多,”跟踪项目说发微博。
东北冬季风暴使COVID-19疫苗接种受到影响
新泽西的六个大规模疫苗接种点将于周二关闭,因为一场冬季风暴导致飞机停飞,东北部的地铁停运。据州长办公室称,新泽西州的医疗保健提供商将通过短信、电子邮件或电话联系,重新安排取消的约会。
周一,纽约、罗德岛、康涅狄格州、费城和华盛顿特区、马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州部分地区的疫苗接种点也受到暴风雪的影响。
南非冠状病毒沙皇称全球疫苗分配不均“令人沮丧”
在接受美国广播公司新闻采访时,南非冠状病毒沙皇对富国和穷国之间COVID-19疫苗分配不平等表示遗憾,称之为“令人沮丧”。南非新冠肺炎问题部长级咨询委员会主席萨利姆·阿卜杜勒·卡里姆说:“最令人不安的是疫苗分配不均。”。
他解释说,没有一个国家能够为自己的人口接种疫苗,并认为在世界上没有疫苗的地方出现新的病毒变种时,它可以保持安全。"那简直是灾难的根源。"
卡里姆的评论是在南非总统西里尔·拉马福萨上周提出类似批评后做出的,他指责富裕国家“囤积”了他们并不急需的过量疫苗。
疾控中心的新报告显示谁在项目的第一个月接种了新冠肺炎疫苗
疾病控制和预防中心的两份新报告详细说明了在美国疫苗接种计划的第一个月谁接种了新冠肺炎疫苗。根据周一发布的报告,在12月14日至1月14日期间至少服用一剂的1300万美国人中,63%是女性,55%是55岁或以上。
新数据揭示了养老院环境中令人不安的趋势。据疾控中心称,尽管近78%的居民至少接种了一剂疫苗,但只有38%的工作人员接种了疫苗,这表明工作人员接种疫苗的障碍“需要克服”。
接种疫苗的人的种族分类不太清楚。由于多个管辖区没有报告按种族分列的数据,大约一半接种疫苗的人的数据缺失。疾控中心报告说,根据目前可用的数据,接受疫苗的人中60%是白人,12%是西班牙人,5%是黑人。
随着疫苗接种的继续推广,“确保对每个连续疫苗优先类别的人进行有效和公平的管理是至关重要的,特别是那些感染风险最高和严重健康后果的人,”疾控中心说。
COVID-19 live updates: Hospitalizations on the decline in US
A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 103 million people worldwide and killed over 2.2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Hospitalizations on decline in US
There are 93,536 people currently hospitalized with the coronavirus, the COVID Tracking Project reported Monday.
The number represents a decline in hospitalizations over the last couple of weeks. The number reached as high 130,000, according to the data.
"Compared to last week, the number of people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 is down by 10% or more in 38 states," the Tracking Project tweeted.
Northeast winter storm throws wrench in COVID-19 vaccinations
New Jersey's six mass vaccination sites will be closed Tuesday due to a winter storm that's grounded planes and halted subways across the Northeast. New Jersey health care providers will reach out via text, email or phone to reschedule canceled appointments, according to the governor's office.
Vaccination sites in New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Philadelphia and parts of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia were also affected by the snowstorm on Monday.
South Africa's coronavirus czar calls unequal global vaccine distribution 'disheartening'
South Africa's coronavirus czar lamented unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution between rich and poor countries, calling it "disheartening," in an interview with ABC News. "The part of it that is most distressing is the way in which vaccines are being unevenly distributed," said Salim Abdool Karim, chairman of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on COVID-19.
No single country can vaccinate its own population and think that it can stay safe while new virus variants emerge in parts of the world without vaccines, he explained. "That simply is a recipe for disaster."
Karim's comments follow similar criticism from South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa last week, who accused wealthy countries of "hoarding" excess vaccine doses that they did not immediately need.
New CDC reports show who got COVID-19 vaccines in program's 1st month
Two new reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detail who received COVID-19 vaccines during the first month of the United States' vaccination program. Of the 13 million Americans who got at least one dose between Dec. 14 and Jan. 14, 63% were women and 55% were 55 years old or older, according to the reports, which were released Monday.
The new data revealed a troubling trend in nursing home settings. While nearly 78% of residents got at least one vaccine dose, only 38% of staff members got vaccinated, which suggests barriers to vaccination for staff that "need to be overcome," according to the CDC.
The racial breakdown of who got vaccinated is less clear. Since multiple jurisdictions aren't reporting a breakdown by race, there's missing data on about half of the people who were vaccinated. Based on the data that's currently available, 60% of those people who received vaccines were white, 12% were Hispanic and 5% were Black, the CDC reported.
As the vaccination rollout continues, "it is critical to ensure efficient and equitable administration to persons in each successive vaccine priority category, especially those at highest risk for infection and severe health outcomes," the CDC said.