Last week, Health Canada authorized the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children six months to five years of age.
This is the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use for this age group in Canada.
Provinces across the country have started to unveil their plans for administering the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks.
Here is how to book a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada for children between the ages of six months and five years old:
Beginning Thursday, July 28 at 8:00 a.m., parents and caregivers of children age six months to under five will be able to book appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario.
Appointments will be available through the COVID-19 vaccination portal and the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre, directly through public health units, participating primary care providers and paediatricians, as well as at participating pharmacies and Indigenous-led vaccination clinics.
Regional health authorities in B.C. will begin offering a COVID-19 vaccine for children six months to under years of age beginning Aug. 2.
These vaccines will be available through child-friendly clinics.
Parents or guardians of children in this age group can currently register them in the provincial Get Vaccinated system and will then will be invited to book a vaccination at a clinic in their local community in August.
For children who are not yet six months of age, the provincial government is advising parents and guardians to still register their child to get an invitation to book a vaccination appointment once the child is six months old.
Quebec parents can book an appointment for their children to receive the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine online, with vaccines being administered starting Monday. Parents can also call Service Qubec at 1 877 644-4545 (toll-free) for phone assistance with booking an appointment.
Manitoba's initial shipment of 14,900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for children ages six months to four years old will be prioritized for kids who fall into the following categories:
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Have certain medical conditions including
Chronic lung disease
Airway abnormalities
Congenital or chronic heart or circulatory diseases
Moderately to severely immunocompromised due to a medical condition or treatment
Neurologic disorders (including developmental delay)
Diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or any chronic disease related to premature birth
Are First Nations, Inuit or Mtis, regardless of where they live
Parents and caregivers of eligible children can book appointments beginning on Monday, July 25 at 8:00 a.m., using the online vaccine finder or through the vaccine call centre at (toll-free) 1-844-626-8222 (1-844-MAN-VACC).
Eligibility is expected to expand in late July or early August.
Saskatchewan's first delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five, starting at six months old, is about 13,000 doses, with initial appointments open to children who are moderate or severely immunocompromised.
Appointment bookings became available on Thursday. Eligible immunocompromised children can only book appointments by calling 1-833-Sask-VAX (1-833-727-5829). If there are other children between the ages of six months and five years old in the same household, appointments for all those children can be booked at the time as well.
Beginning Friday, July 22, all other children in that age group can book an appointment online at saskatchewan.ca/COVID19-vaccine, starting at 8:00 a.m., or by calling 1-833-Sask-VAX (1-833-727-5829) at 8:45am.
Children aged six months to four years old in Nova Scotia are expected to be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in early August.
Appointment will be able to be booked online at https://novascotia.ca/vaccination or by calling 1-833-797-7772. Vaccine scheduling by phone is available Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Biden tests positive for COVID-19
President Biden is experiencing "very mild" symptoms after testing positive for COVID-19.
Claire Hardwick, USA TODAY
An increasing number of people, including President Joe Biden, are getting infected with COVID-19 in spite of being vaccinated and boosted.
But that doesn't mean the COVID-19 vaccine isn't working.
Subvariants of the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, including the dominant BA.5 subvariant,are both contagious and particularly good at evading immunity, whether it's from the vaccine or a prior infection.
Yet the vaccine is still the best protection against serious illness, even if it doesn't protect against infection, federal,state and countypublic health officials say.
"The (COVID-19) vaccine is remarkable at keeping people out of the hospital even though the variants going around right now are very different than the original strain the vaccine was created for," said Dr. Bob England, interim director of the Arizona Partnership for Immunizationandformer longtime Maricopa County Health Department director.
"Joe Biden is old. I don't know what other chronic conditions he may have, but he's old, and he's at high risk of having serious COVID disease. But he is at way less at that risk because of the vaccines he got. ... Your odds are way better with the vaccine than not."
Biden, following recommendations for people ages 50 and older, is fully vaccinated and has received two boosters. Still, the White House announced Thursday that he had tested positive for COVID-19. So far, he is experiencing mild illness and is getting treated with the antiviral Paxlovid.
"Because the president is fully vaccinated, double-boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower," White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said during a news briefing Thursday.
Here are five things to know about COVID-19 infection and the effectiveness of vaccines and boosters:
Vaccines and booster doses "have been doing a very good job of preventing a substantial rise in hospitalizations and deaths," Don Herrington, interim director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote Thursday in a blog post.
"In May, adults who were vaccinated and boosted were eight times less likely to be hospitalized and 21 times less likely to die than unvaccinated individuals."
Everyone 5 and older is recommended to get a vaccinebooster dose. Individuals ages 50 and older andthose 12 and older with weakened immune systems are recommended to get a second booster dose.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published research on July 15 that showedthird and fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses offered substantial protection among adults with healthy immune systems who were eligible to receive them early in 2022, when the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus first emerged.
The findings suggest that currently available vaccines may provide protection against serious illness caused by the currently circulating BA.5 variant, CDC officials said.
COVID-19 vaccines and booster doses can be located at azhealth.gov/FindVaccine.
It's not known whether Bidenwas infected withthe BA.5 subvariant, but BA.5 is dominant both in the U.S. and Arizona.
Clinicians said many BA.5 symptoms are similar to those seen in previous variants, including congestion, headaches, cough and fever, and children tend to have more gastrointestinal symptoms, USA TODAYreported this week.
On Wednesday, state health officials added 18,135 new COVID-19 cases in Arizona and 66new known deaths over the weeklong period ending July 16. June and July have seen relatively similar weekly case additions, with this past week's slightly higher.
Case counts are still far below the winter,state data shows, but case numbers in recent months likely are not showing the full picture of infections as many more people have usedat-home test kits and may not reportpositive resultsto county health departments.
TheCDC's "community level" recommendations, updated on Thursday, for a second consecutive week sayresidents of 10 Arizona counties should be wearingwell-fitting masks indoors in public, regardless of vaccination status or individual risk, including in K-12 schools and other community settings.
The guidance is updated weekly and ranks counties as low, medium and high, or green, yellow and orange. The Arizona counties designated as high, where masks are recommended, are Maricopa, Pinal, Apache, Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai and Yuma. Greenlee, Santa Cruz,Pima, Graham and Cochise are medium.
The metrics are based on a countys COVID-19 hospital bed use, COVID-19 hospital admissions and case rates for the virus over the past week. Nearly 42% of counties in the U.S. as of Thursday were designated as "high."
Masks are not explicitlyrecommended forcommunities in the medium level except for certain people, including those who are immunocompromised, at high risk for severe disease, orhave a household or social contactathigh riskfor severe disease.
The CDC also recommends"enhanced prevention measures in high-risk congregate settings" in communities designated at the medium level.
As of July 13, there had been 2,057breakthrough deaths in fully vaccinated individuals (two doses of a two-dose vaccine), according to state health officials preliminary data, which works out to a breakthrough death rate of about 0.04% among fully vaccinated people.
Data from Mayshow that 25.6% of cases, 24.9% of hospitalizations and 19.2% of COVID-19 deaths wereamong fully vaccinated people without a booster, with much of the rest among unvaccinated people. Fully vaccinated people with a booster made up 36.4% of reported cases, 31.5% of hospitalizations and 26% of deaths in May.
The COVID-19 virus' disproportionate impact on older adults, who are also more likely to have a booster dose, could help explain why a higher percentage of people who were fully vaccinated and boosted died of COVID-19 in April than those who were fully vaccinated and not boosted. Theeffectiveness of boosters also appears to waneafter severalmonths.But the precise explanation for those percentages of deaths is unclear.
Looking at the proportions of deaths by vaccination status does not tell the risk, though.State health officials recommend considering therates of deathamong boosted individuals versus unvaccinated individuals, which show significantly lower death rates in vaccinated and boosted individuals compared with unvaccinated individuals.
Unvaccinated people 12 and older in Arizona had a 1.8times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19, 8times greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 and 21 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 in May compared withfully vaccinated people with a booster,according to a state analysis.
Arizona's rate of fully vaccinated people out of the total population was 62.5%, which was behindthe national rate of 67.1%,according to the CDCas of July 13.
A higher level of vaccinated people in acommunity will provide more protection for the community as a whole, particularly those who are more vulnerable. The point where a large portion of a communitybecomes immune to a disease is often referred to as "herd immunity."
"If more people are vaxxed and boosted, fewer people will get infected," said England, of the Arizona Partnership for Immunization. "The whole impact will be less. It's that simple."
Out ofpeople ages5 and older, 66.5% of those in Arizona were fully vaccinated, compared with 71.3% at the national level, CDC data shows.
Health experts stronglyrecommend booster shotsfor those eligible, especially with the omicron variant spreading. About 47.3% of fully vaccinated Arizonans over the age of 18 had received a first booster shot as of July 6, below the national rate of 51.3% for that same age group.
"COVID-19 has been especially dangerous for older people throughout the pandemic, but data on the current increase in cases provides even more reason for those in this age group to make sure their vaccines are up to date," Herrington wrote in his blog post.
"Compared to the winter surge driven by the Omicron variant, Arizona has since February seen a greater share of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths among those 65 and older."
"COVID-19 vaccines remain our single most important tool to protect people against serious illness, hospitalization, and death," the CDC said July 15.
"Getting vaccinated now will not prevent you from getting an authorized variant-specific vaccine in the fall or winter when they are recommended for you."
Given recent increases in deaths and hospitalizations associated with the BA.5 variant, everyone should stay up to date with recommended COVID-19 vaccinations, including additional booster doses for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised and adults over 50, officials with the federal agency say.
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Generally, public health experts and health providers say stayingup to date on vaccines and boosters will provide the best protection right now, when the virus that causes COVID-19 is still spreading.
"If you haven't already had COVID, you don't want to have COVID. ... In my view, first is worst," Dr. Joe Gerald,an associate professor of public health policyat the University of Arizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, told The Arizona Republic earlier this month.
"The greatest risk from COVID occurs in that first infection, whether it's severe illness, death, long COVID. It's avoiding that first one that provides the greatest benefit to you individually."
Republic reporter Alison Steinbach contributed to this article
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The Marine Corps on Sept. 21, 2021, ordered its active-duty troops to get vaccinated within 90 days or risk prosecution for disobeying an order. (Anna Nolte/U.S. Air Force)
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan A Marine in Japan is awaiting court-martial in August on charges she said arose from her refusal to accept the COVID-19 vaccine.
Lance Cpl. Catherine Arnett, 24, declined the vaccines on the basis they are produced using stem cell lines that descend from aborted fetuses, she told Stars and Stripes on July 1. Her request for a religious exemption, she said, was denied by the Marine Corps and again on appeal.
I believe that Im protected from not having to get a vaccine if it contradicts my moral conscience or has components of it that now goes against my religious tenets, she said.
Her trial is scheduled Aug. 3-4 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni about 25 miles from Hiroshima, according to the court docket.
The Marine Corps charged Arnett with violating articles 92 and 87 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Article 92 alleges failure to obey an order; article 87 alleges missing a movement.
Arnett said shes being prosecuted for refusing to exit the Marine Corps based on her unwillingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Neither the Staff Judge Advocates office at MCAS Iwakuni nor a base spokesman had responded by Friday to requests for information Wednesday about Arnetts case.
Lance Cpl. Catherine Arnett, 24, declined the vaccines on the basis they are produced using stem cell lines that descend from aborted fetuses. Her request for a religious exemption, she said, was denied by the Marine Corps and again on appeal. (Catherine Arnett)
Arnett said she was born in St. Louis but moved to Forth Worth, Texas, at age 4 and enlisted in the Corps at age 20 in 2018. She said the Marines formally charged her on May 23.
I was raised Catholic and then I strayed from the faith for a little while, didnt really practice, wasnt really interested, she said. And then this whole COVID thing, I kind of had a reawakening to the faith, I suppose, because the faith stands for, you know, obliging your conscience.
Arnett said shes been at Iwakuni since May 2019, first with Marine Air Logistics Squadron 12, then with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 for 2 years. Shes now back with the logistics squadron while she awaits her court-martial.
I like helping Marines but whenever it comes to these, what I consider unlawful and baseless proceedings that followed after the religious accommodation request, Im just a little bit jaded, she said.
Pharmaceutical companies Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna used fetal cell lines to test their vaccines; Johnson & Johnson used fetal cell lines to develop its vaccine, according to UCLAHealth.org. None of the vaccines contain aborted fetal cells.
Fetal cell lines are grown in laboratories and started with cells from abortions in the 1970s and 80s, according to the website. Todays lines are thousands of generations removed from the original fetal tissue.
The Vatican in a statement in September 2020 said getting vaccinated does not constitute formal cooperation with the abortion. The document accepts that some people may nonetheless refuse the vaccines out of conscience, but they should do their utmost to avoid becoming vehicles for the transmission of the infectious agent.
Arnett said she believes the Vatican declaration is Pope Francis own opinion and does not stand as church doctrine; therefore I have every right to object to it and reject Pope Francis erroneous and invalid opinions.
Several cases are making their way through federal courts that challenge the militarys stand on religious objections to COVID-19 vaccines. Federal judges have paused efforts by the Air Force and Navy to discharge or discipline service members while two cases brought by those service members make their way through the courts.
The Marine Corps on Sept. 21 ordered its active-duty troops to get vaccinated within 90 days or risk prosecution for disobeying an order. By July 6, the Corps had discharged 3,069 Marines for refusing the vaccine, the most of any service, according to a monthly update.
The Marines had approved only seven Of 3,733 requests it received for religious exceptions, according to the Corps update in July. Another 602 administrative or medical exemptions were approved.
By comparison, the Air Force by July 12 had approved 104 religious exemptions and rejected 6,803 with another 2,847 pending. It had administratively separated 834 airmen for refusing the vaccines.
The Army had discharged 1,037 soldiers for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an Army statement June 21. Another 3,464 troops were reprimanded for refusing the vaccination order.
The Navy has discharged 1,229 sailors for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Navys June 22 update, its most recent.
The Navy has approved none of the 3,368 active duty and 867 Reserve requests for a religious accommodation it has received, according to Holland & Knight, a Tampa, Fla., law firm, that tracks federal cases online.
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President Biden's chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said there is a "need" for COVID-19 vaccines that "protect against infection" Friday on "Special Report."
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DR. FAUCI: [COVID-19 vaccines continue] to do well in preventing severe disease, hospitalization, intensive care and death. And the reason we know that, Bret, [is that] the data is overwhelming. When you look at the difference between vaccinated people - particularly those who are boosted - and unvaccinated people, the hospitalization, morbidity and mortality weighs extremely heavily multifold among the unvaccinated. That's not necessarily the case because of the way the virus has evolved when you're dealing with the acquisition of infections. So what we need is I think what you're hinting at - we need vaccines that are better. That are better because of the breadth and the durability, because we know that immunity wanes over several months. And that's the reason why we have boosters. But also, we need vaccines that protect against infection.
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HONOLULU (KHON2) With school starting in just a few weeks its still not too late to get your keiki vaccinated against COVID-19.
The CDC has conducted clinical trials surrounding the safety of COVID-19 vaccines. After their trials the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration determined COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for everyone 6 months and older.
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Keiki can get really sick with COVID-19. Although most cases are mild, some can get sick enough to be hospitalized. COVID-19 vaccines can prevent children from getting seriously sick if they do come down with the virus.
If you choose to get your keiki vaccinated, they may suffer from some mild side-effects. Most common side effects one might feel are chills, tiredness, muscle pain, pain at injection site, nausea, fever and headaches.
The CDC report COVID-19 vaccine dosage is based on your childs age the day they get vaccinated. Its not based on the childs size, weight or height.
Even if your child has had COVID-19 the CDC still recommends getting vaccinated. After battling COVID-19 and choosing to get vaccinated, your body will be given added protection.
Its also important to note that children can receive other vaccines the same day they get their COVID-19 shot. An example is getting both the flu and COVID vaccine on the same day.
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By Michael Rosen
On June 21, 2022, AEI hosted a panel to discuss a compromise at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to partially waive Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) for COVID-19 vaccines. The panel consisted of Komal Kalha of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations, Patrick Kilbride of the US Chamber of Commerce, James Love of Knowledge Ecology International, and Zain Rizvi of Public Citizen.
Below is an edited and abridged transcript of key highlights from the panel. You can re-watch the full event on AEI.org and read the full transcript here.
Michael Rosen: James,what compelled you to generally favor the framework that emerged from the WTO?
James Love: The modified waiver just covers vaccines, whichis good because were currently looking at vaccinating the whole planetpossibly more than once a year. Thats a massive and expensive undertaking, andyou see a big difference in costs across countries. The US is pulling a lot offunding right now, as are the Europeansbut they didnt put up that much moneyin the first place for foreign vaccinations. They put up a lot of money for USvaccinations, but that money is going to be harder to come by. Its one thingin the middle of a pandemic to say, No ones safe until everyones safe, solets try and vaccinate everyone. Lets share some of our production. Lets sharesome money. Its an entirely different thing to say, Lets do it for the next10 years with the Europeans and Americans footing the bill for countries thatcant afford it. That didnt really happen last year, but its certainly notgoing to happen for the next 10 years, especially considering that everyone isessentially a candidate for vaccination noweven young children.
Trying to vaccinate the whole planet once or twice a year isa pretty massive undertaking. But here is the problem: The Baylor vaccine,which is open-source, is available for less than $1 a jab in India. Then youvegot Pfizer and Moderna claiming their nonprofit price is $7 a jab in developingcountries. For most of us in the West, the difference between $1 and $7 isntbig, but it would be if youre trying to vaccinate a whole country in aresource-poor setting.
Patrick, where do yousee the fault in the pro-waiver arguments?
Patrick Kilbride: Pro-waiver advocates provide four compellingarguments. First, theres the idea that from a moral perspective, intellectualproperty (IP) and the exclusivity it provides should not be a barrier to newtechnologies or products of those technologiescertainly not in a pandemic. Thesecond point is that technology transfer is a social good that should bepromoted, cultivated, and facilitated. The third is that its beneficial tohave widespread production capacity for emerging technologies to be able toreproduce quickly at scale. Lastly, many places around the world have thisproduction capacity.
The true problem is with the conclusion that the waiverproponents have drawn. They believe that waiving IP rights will do those fourthings without making the case that IP had even been a barrier to begin with.They didnt show anyone actually trying to scale up technologies and use theexisting flexibilities within the TRIPS but say, We just cant do it. IP hasbecome the overriding obstacle.
Moreover, I would argue that the waiver itself would becounterproductive to those four points. If you want local production,technology transfer, and to grow capabilities worldwide to reproduce newtechnologies at scale, the way you get there is by integrating more global playersinto the ecosystem for innovation. IP rights play an indispensable role inmaking that possible because of the basic economic functions of IP. The sort ofconventional wisdom today is that IP comes after innovation. Its a discretionaryreward that governments give as sort of a good job, champ! So I think wevegot the vocabulary of IP entirely wrong since the real function of IP comes at thefront end.
Komal, as the otheranti-waiver advocate, how would you describe your position and why?
Komal Kalha: There is an acknowledgement by WTO memberstates that IP is a barrier without any evidence. In fact, theres evidence tothe contrary, which is problematic because this sets the tone for futurenegotiations. If you buy into that misgiving, we may not have the quickestresponse in future pandemics. 18 months ago, we didnt have a single product onthe market to combat COVID-19. Today, Moderna, Paxlovid, and Pfizer arehousehold names. Strong IP protections made that possible.
The second reason is the problem with this notion that technologytransfer will suddenly happen. Its already happening; it happened even beforeIndia and South Africa put in their waiver provisions in October 2020. Today, thereare 380 technology agreements, of which 88 percent are technology transferagreements for vaccines and therapeutics. Thus, the purpose of the waiver isnot served because it was already served before the waiver.
I think the WTO has actually walked away from the responsibility it has in addressing the real barriers. At the start of the pandemic, my company did work a lot with the WTO regarding the supply of materials to make vaccinesbecause there were 283 trade barriers. There are still about 60 in place. Moderna was not allowed to export outside the US. India, during the second wave, put in place an export restriction even though they were a major supplier through COVAX. That restriction was in place for nine months, but the second wave lasted for only four.
The Indian minister himself said, We have a lot of vaccineslying on our shelves that are going to get wasted. So why are we talking abouta vaccine waiver if were going to be throwing stuff away? The second thing isthe supply chain constraints weve had. For example, I think Pfizer had to usedrone services to get vaccines to people in Africa. The WTO needs to focus onstrengthening healthcare, but they havent addressed that.
In short, people are buying into this notion that IP is abarrier and the waiver is this silver bullet that will sort everything out. Butwe havent sorted out supply issues, the shortage of skilled workers, or how thevaccine rollout is actually going to happen. Vaccination is the issue, not vaccineproduction.
Zain, youreanti-anti-waiver, but not pro-waiver. Where do you stand on the WTO compromise?
Zain Rizvi: I think this moment really is an extraordinaryfailure. At a deeper level, the waiver is emblematic of the following question: Should international lawtell sovereign nations what they can and cannot do with respect togovernment-granted monopolies in a public health emergency?
TheWTO agreement that was recently revealed seems to suggest the answer is, Yes,international law should be allowed to dictate sovereign responses bygovernments to public health crises when it comes to awardinggovernment-granted monopolies. This is painful because people in the West havemoved on in large part because we have treatments and resources. That is notthe same reality that billions of people in the world have right now. So notonly did the waiver fail to really do much on vaccine production, it has alsofailed to do anything on treatments and tests, which are actually the mostpressing needs. Thats where we have the starkest inequality.
Not to get too philosophical, but a constructive way of thinking about this is by asking what IP really is. One way to think about IP is through the lens of power. Who gets to control decisions about how health technologies are produced, at what price, for whom, and where? We have seen the superiority of mRNA vaccines due to their adaptability and ease of production. Out of all the partnerships that have been announced, the drug substance production for mRNA vaccinesbasically the meat of vaccine productionis still occurring in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, and the US; its not occurring in the Global South. Why is that? Why is the most promising technology we have all benefited from not available for people in the Global South to make themselves? Why do they not have the right to production? And what makes this particularly sad is that people in the Global South both want to and are capable of making mRNA vaccines. So Id conclude by saying there are abstract debates about IP and what role it should have, but I think it really helps to illustrate what it actually means.
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of July 22, 2022, there are currently 3,358 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There were no deaths reported to DHHR over the last 24 hours, and total deaths remain at 7,121 attributed to COVID-19.
CURRENT ACTIVE CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (18), Berkeley (180), Boone (57), Braxton (16), Brooke (19), Cabell (170), Calhoun (8), Clay (15), Doddridge (9), Fayette (115), Gilmer (11), Grant (19), Greenbrier (68), Hampshire (36), Hancock (31), Hardy (34), Harrison (143), Jackson (42), Jefferson (86), Kanawha (344), Lewis (31), Lincoln (37), Logan (82), Marion (112), Marshall (51), Mason (62), McDowell (60), Mercer (168), Mineral (47), Mingo (50), Monongalia (180), Monroe (26), Morgan (19), Nicholas (64), Ohio (46), Pendleton (4), Pleasants (11), Pocahontas (16), Preston (38), Putnam (137), Raleigh (194), Randolph (26), Ritchie (11), Roane (26), Summers (22), Taylor (26), Tucker (15), Tyler (7), Upshur (49), Wayne (56), Webster (19), Wetzel (24), Wirt (6), Wood (162), Wyoming (53). To find the cumulative cases per county, please visit coronavirus.wv.gov and look on the Cumulative Summary tab which is sortable by county.
West Virginians ages 6 months and older are recommended to get vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19. Those 5 years and older should receive a booster shot when due. Second booster shots for those age 50 and over who are 4 months or greater from their first booster are recommended, as well as for younger individuals over 12 years old with serious and chronic health conditions that lead to being considered moderately to severely immunocompromised.
Visit the WV COVID-19 Vaccination Due Date Calculator, a free, online tool that helps individuals figure out when they may be due for a COVID-19 shot, making it easier to stay up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccination. To learn more about COVID-19 vaccines, or to find a vaccine site near you, visit vaccinate.wv.gov or call 1-833-734-0965.
To locate COVID-19 testing near you, please visit https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/pages/testing.aspx.
Global equitable access to a COVID-19 vaccine, particularly for health workers and other most-at-risk populations, is the only way to mitigate the public health and economic impact of the pandemic. By the start of May 2022, more than 11 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally, and now, with a predictable supply of COVID-19 vaccines, more must be done to deliver them to those most in need.
Recognizing the urgency of turning vaccine doses into vaccinated, protected communities, WHO, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP). The CoVDP builds on existing resources to support the AMC 92 and focuses foremost on the 34 countries that were at or below 10% coverage in January 2022.Working closely with countries to understand bottlenecks to vaccination, the CoVDP offers access to urgent operational funding, technical assistance and political engagement to rapidly scale up vaccination and monitor progress towards targets.
The CoVDP builds on the substantial body of work realized by the Country Readiness and Delivery (CRD) workstream that was part of COVAX since early 2020, and which made available global guidance and coordinated technical support for the implementation of COVID-19 vaccines.
