根据实时数据汇编,随着新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球,全球已有超过530万人死于该疾病,其中包括超过807,000名美国人约翰·霍普金斯大学系统科学与工程中心。
根据美国疾病控制和预防中心的数据,美国大约61.5%的人口已经完全接种了新冠肺炎疫苗疾病控制和预防中心。
马里兰州州长新冠肺炎检测呈阳性
马里兰州州长拉里·霍根周一晚上宣布,他在常规检测中新冠肺炎呈阳性。
他在一份声明中说:“我正在经历一些类似感冒的症状,整个星期将继续隔离和在家工作。“随着omicron变种变得越来越占主导地位,我想再次敦促还没有走出去的玛丽兰德人尽快接受你的强化注射。”
州长说,他接种了疫苗,受到了鼓舞,“感觉很好”
霍根本周末出现在福克斯新闻频道周日。在采访中,州长表示,他没有实施封锁的计划,而是继续敦促人们接种疫苗并加强宣传。
拜登在与阳性工作人员密切接触后检测呈阴性
白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基在周一晚上的一份声明中说,总统乔·拜登接触了一名最近新冠肺炎检测呈阳性的工作人员。
据普萨基报道,周五,拜登在从南卡罗来纳州飞往费城的途中,在空军一号上与这名工作人员在一起约30分钟。
据白宫称,这名工作人员已全面接种疫苗并加强免疫,周五上午检测呈阴性,但周一检测呈阳性。
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美国总统乔·拜登在白宫参加会议时戴着新冠肺炎防护口罩...
普萨基在一份声明中说,总统周日接受了抗原检测,周一接受了聚合酶链反应检测,结果都是阴性。她说,他将在周三接受另一项测试。
普萨基在一份声明中说:“由于疾控中心的指导不要求完全接种疫苗的人在接触后进行隔离,总统将继续他的日常日程安排。
美国记录了被认为是第一例已知的与奥米克隆相关的死亡
得克萨斯州卫生官员周一宣布,记录了首例与奥米克龙新冠肺炎变种相关的死亡病例。
这被认为是美国第一例已知的有记录的奥米克龙死亡
哈里斯县卫生官员只会说受害者是“一个50多岁的男人”,他没有接种疫苗,有潜在的健康问题..
公共卫生官员并不认为omicron比以前的变种毒力更强,但他们确实表示,一般来说,接种疫苗并在符合条件时加强注射,似乎可以降低你患严重疾病的风险。
更多的军事小组将被部署到医院
军方宣布将派遣两个小组前往威斯康辛州和印第安纳州的医院,协助应对不断上升的新冠肺炎病例。
20人的团队包括护士、呼吸治疗师和美国海军的医生。
根据美国陆军北方部发言人的说法,他们将从圣诞节开始协助印第安纳波利斯的印第安纳大学卫理公会医院,从新年前夕开始协助威斯康星州格林湾的贝林医院。
其他十个军事小组已经被部署到其他五个州的医院。
COVID-19 live updates: Biden tests negative after close contact with positive staff member
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 807,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled byJohns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 61.5% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention.
Maryland governor tests positive for COVID-19
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday evening he tested positive for COVID-19 during his regular testing routine.
“I am experiencing some cold-like symptoms, and will continue to quarantine and work from home throughout the week,” he said in a statement. “With the omicron variant becoming increasingly dominant, I want to again urge Marylanders who haven’t yet to go out and get your booster shotas soon as possible.”
The governor said he is vaccinated, boosted and “feeling fine.”
Hogan appeared this weekend on Fox News Sunday. In the interview, the governor said he did not have plans to implement lockdowns, but rather continues to urge people to get vaccinated and boosted.
Biden tests negative after close contact with positive staff member
President Joe Biden was exposed to a staff member who recently tested positive for COVID-19, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Monday evening.
Biden was near the staff member for about 30 minutes on Air Force One on Friday, during a trip to Philadelphia from South Carolina, according to Psaki.
The staff member, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, tested negative Friday morning, but tested positive Monday, according to the White House.
The president received an antigen test Sunday and a PCR test Monday, and both came back negative, Psaki said in a statement. He will receive another test Wednesday, she said.
"As CDC guidance does not require fully vaccinated people to quarantine after an exposure, the president will continue with his daily schedule," Psaki said in a statement.
U.S. records what’s believed to be 1st known omicron related death
Health officials in Texas announced Monday that it recorded the first death related to the omicron COVID-19 variant.
This is believed to be the first known recorded omicron death in the U.S.
Harris County Health officials would only say the victim was "a man in his 50s," who was unvaccinated and had underlying health conditions..
Public health officials do not think omicron is more virulent than previous variants, but they do say in general vaccination and a booster shot when eligible appears to lower your risk for severe illness
More military teams to be deployed to hospitals
The military announced it is sending two teams to hospitals in Wisconsin and Indiana to assist with rising COVID-19 cases.
The 20-person teams include nurses, respiratory therapists, and medical doctors from the U.S. Navy.
They will be assisting Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis starting on Christmas Day and Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, Wisconsin starting on New Year's Eve, according to a U.S. Army North spokesperson.
Ten other military teams have been deployed to hospitals in five other states.