Several states lift conditions for Americans to receive coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccine cases are declining across the country, shows the analysis NOW TODAY.
Indiana, Texas and Georgia joined most states on Tuesday in allowing all adults to receive coronavirus vaccines late this or next week. Utah will open all qualifiers on Wednesday.
However, the abolition of the conditions for fulfilling the conditions also means the abolition of business restrictions and disguises. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb plans to lift the COVID-19 mask mandate and remaining business restrictions in two weeks. And many other states have already abolished states already lifted restrictions.
It all comes as experts warn of a fourth wave when new variants spread rapidly to the United States.
Last week alone, the United States reported 2,926 new variant cases – more than the country reported in December, January and February combined, according to a US DANAS analysis of the Centers for Disease Control Centers.
Also in the news:
â–º California state prisons will continue limited personal visits to inmates on April 10, more than a year after they were stopped due to a coronavirus pandemic.
â–ºWatches after the associates in the vaccine COVID-19 AstraZeneca and Oxford University published data on their large clinical trial, federal officials said the information may be missing for a month.
â–º The White House said 27 million doses of coronavirus vaccine will be distributed next week, more than three times the number when President Joe Biden took office just over two months ago. The United States currently produces 17.5 million shots a week.
â–º People who are fully vaccinated should not wear masks at work in Anchorage, Alaska, when in their work area, away from the public and unvaccinated colleagues, according to an updated emergency order that went into effect Tuesday.
📈 Today’s issues: The United States has over 29.92 million confirmed coronavirus cases and more than 543,700 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University. There are a total of 124.1 million cases and 2.73 million deaths. More than 164.3 million doses of vaccine have been distributed in the United States, and 128.2 million have been administered, According to the CDC.
📘 What we read: The pandemic has begun a “new era of medicine.” These telehealth trends are likely to stay here.
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Regeneron treatment with COVID reduces the risk of death by 70%
A large new study has found that Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody cocktail reduces the risk of hospitalization and death from COVID-19 in high-risk patients, the pharmaceutical company announced in a statement on tuesday.
The researchers examined more than 4,000 recently diagnosed patients and found that a combined drug with two antibodies, called REGEN-COV, reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by 70%, and also reduced the median recovery time from 14 days to 10.
“This is an important moment in the fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Suraj Saggar, investigating judge and head of infectious diseases at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey. “With so many people getting infected … this data highlights the need to quickly adopt REGEN-COV as standard care to give at-risk patients the best chance of reducing the serious consequences.”
The results have not yet been published or reviewed by independent scientists. Earlier, Eli Lilly announced that treatment with two antibodies also reduced the risk of hospitalization or death in similar patients.
The United States added nearly 3,000 new cases last week, according to CDC data
Last week alone, the United States reported 2,926 new variant cases – more than the country reported in December, January and February combined, according to a US DANAS analysis of the Centers for Disease Control Centers.
Tuesday’s report included another 1,143 cases of new variants since Sunday’s report, bringing the country to 7,781 cases of a coronavirus that spreads more easily, eludes treatment and immunity, or both.
Some of the biggest increases are now in Michigan communities, not prisons. The CDC reported another 371 variants of cases for the state, although many appear to have been late with reporting since last week. Various cases are on the rise in a country where the rate of new coronavirus cases has tripled in the past month, even though the number of cases has fallen in much of the country.
Other high-growth states include New Jersey, where known cases have more than doubled as 230 new cases have been added to reach 393. The number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey per person was the highest in the country and growing.
Massachusetts added 190 case variants to reach 454. North Carolina more than doubled the number of cases after 101 cases reached 186.
Almost all cases of the new variant are from B.1.1.7, which was first found in the United Kingdom.
– Kristi Tanner and Mike Stucka
Contribution: Associated Press
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