Thread: Covid 19 C&P

There is no phased approach to the vaccine roll out in Qld's Central West. It actually makes sense when thought about.

"“There is no phased approach in the Central West,” the Longreach-based Central West Hospital and Health Service posted on Facebook.
“The vaccine is safe, effective, free and available for everyone 18 years and over in the community who wants it.”
The federal health department has now told The New Daily that, unlike in towns and cities, all residents of remote communities can get their COVID-19 jab."



Healthy teenagers get COVID-19 vaccine as doctors wait months (thenewdaily.com.au)

India crosses the threshhold for daily infections, 100,000. India is vaccinating more than 3 million people every day.

India crosses the 100,000-case threshold for daily infections

India recorded its highest tally of new coronavirus infections on Monday as officials in the hardest-hit state reimposed lockdowns and warned that hospitals even in smaller cities were running out of beds.

More than half of the new infections were traced to the western state of Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, India’s financial capital. It came even as India continues to vaccinate more than three million people every day, one of the largest efforts in the world.

State officials ordered all shops, movie theaters, markets and restaurants to close starting Monday evening and imposed a nighttime curfew. Critics say Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has sent mixed signals, encouraging people to attend celebrations for Holi, a major religious festival where hundreds of new cases were traced to, and campaign rallies.

Background: India’s vaccination drive has been a bright spot at home, but curtailing exports of vaccines has set back poorer countries that were counting on India for their doses.

Details: Officials announced Monday morning that they had recorded 103,558 new cases in 24 hours. After several months of declines, daily infections have surged tenfold since mid-February.

Here are the latest updates and maps of the pandemic.

In other developments:

After almost two months of near-zero local coronavirus infections, China is working to contain a small outbreak in the southwestern city of Ruili, near the border with Myanmar. Researchers are hatching a low-cost Covid-19 vaccine, which is entering clinical trials in Brazil, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam, that could be easier and cheaper to make and create more potent antibodies.

New Covid variants have changed the game, and vaccines are not enough.


New COVID variants have changed the game, and vaccines will not be enough. We need global 'maximum suppression' (theconversation.com)

Three ways to vaccinate the World, and make sure everyone benefits.

3 ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich and poor (theconversation.com)

UK, South African and Brazilian variants, a virologist explains each COVID variant.

UK, South African, Brazilian: a virologist explains each COVID variant and what they mean for the pandemic (theconversation.com)

April 8, the virus latest at a glance in Australia.

What we know today, April 8 - virus latest at a glance (inqld.com.au)

Fact checking the Government's vaccine rollout.

Vaccine rollout: Government's promises fact-checked, clarified (thenewdaily.com.au)

In the USA, problems with AstraZeneca makes the production of Johnson and Johnson more important

WASHINGTON — A top federal pandemic official warned last June that Emergent BioSolutions, the government contractor that last month threw out millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines because of contamination, lacked enough trained staff and had a record of problems with quality control.

AstraZeneca was expected to fulfill the majority of the global need, but safety concerns have upended those plans. British officials said on Wednesday that people under 30 should not take the AstraZeneca vaccine, and authorities in the European Union said they had found a “possible link” between the vaccine and rare but worrisome blood clots. That makes Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine more important, experts say.

Between October and January, Emergent threw away five lots of the AstraZeneca vaccine — each the equivalent of two million to three million doses — because of contamination or suspected contamination, The Times reported on Monday.





Top Official Warned That Covid Vaccine Plant Had to Be ‘Monitored Closely’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)