CLEVELAND, Ohio In a relatively short time, Ohio has gone from a place where many struggled to find open vaccine appointments to one where some areas are scaling back, or even completely shutting down, mass vaccination clinics.
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The sudden plunge in demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in Ohio has left some health officials scratching their heads. Of the more than 9 million Ohioans available for a vaccine, less than half are completely vaccinated. Still, appointments are now readily available in all parts of the state. In local news, four Ohio Congress members have asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to re-open the investigation into the death of Tamir Rice; FirstEnergy Corp. executives said Friday the utility will likely end up having to pay a financial penalty to avoid criminal charges related to the House Bill 6 bribery scandal.
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New Cases281 new cases have been reported, for a total of 395,431
Testing4,096 additional tests have been performed, for a total of 2,530,491. The rolling seven-day average of positive test results is now 383 per day, or roughly 6.1% of those tested.
Hospitalizations157 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19. Since March of 2020, 16,061 Utahns have been hospitalized in connection to the virus.
DeathsTwo new deaths have been reported, for a total of 2,182. The newly reported deaths include:
Vaccinations7,518 additional vaccines have been administered, for a total of 2,039,298. Of those, 870,592 people are now fully vaccinated against the virus.
(NEXSTAR) Spanish police arrested a man after he allegedly infected 22 people with COVID-19.
The 40-year-old Manacor man infected eight people directly and 14 indirectly at his workplace and gym, police said in a report.
The man reportedly told colleagues, Im going to give you all the coronavirus, while lowering his face mask and coughing, police said.
Agents began investigating the unnamed man at the end of January, when they learned of an outbreak at a well-known establishment in Manacor.
The man underwent a PCR test for which he tested positive, police said, though he continued to go to the gym and show up to work, defying his bosses orders.
Police said when they arrested the man, he had a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
None of the people the man allegedly infected have been hospitalized.
Police said he faces a charge for crime of injuries.
A nurse draws a Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at East Valley Community Health Center in La Puente, California, U.S., March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
U.S. drugmaker Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) on Monday filed an application for emergency use authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines, Food and Drug Administration chief Rolando Enrique Domingo told reporters.
The Philippines expects the delivery of 194,000 doses of Moderna's vaccine in May, and another one million shots in July.
The Philippines, which is battling one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, has so far approved the emergency use of six vaccines in the country.
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WASHINGTON The U.S. political divide on whether to get the coronavirus vaccine suggests that maybe theres been too much finger wagging, said the head of the National Institutes of Health.
Ive done some of that; Im going to try to stop and listen, in fact, to what peoples specific questions are, NIH Director Francis Collins said Sunday on NBCs Meet the Press.
An NBC News poll released Sunday showed that 82% of Democrats had already been vaccinated or plan to be as soon as possible, against 45% of Republicans.
Almost one-quarter of Republicans said they wont get vaccinated and another 10% said theyll do so only if required. That hesitancy has been seen as a roadblock to the U.S. achieving herd immunity against COVID 19.
Were all in this together. And clearly, if were going to be able to put COVID-19 behind us, we need to have all Americans take part in getting us to that point, Collins said.
Anthony Fauci, President Joe Bidens chief medical adviser, has been among the U.S. health officials singling out Republicans, terming their attitude toward vaccines and public health measures like mask mandates and lockdowns frustrating.
Its almost paradoxical that, on the one hand, they want to be relieved of the restrictions, but, on the other hand, they dont want to get vaccinated. It just almost doesnt make any sense, Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a week ago on CNN.
One Republican senator, Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, said last week that he was skeptical of the big push on vaccinations. Fellow GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Sunday said Johnsons comments hampered the effort to reach herd immunity in the U.S.
I definitely think that comments like that hurt, Capito, of West Virginia, said on CNNs State of the Union.
Collins said it was still unclear exactly what level of protection would confer herd immunity with this particular virus. But parts of the country are getting close to a 75% or 80% level of those with immunity, when vaccinations are combined with people whove already had COVID-19.
But there are other places that are way behind, and those are the places we all worry about as the next hot spot, he said. Whats the next one? You can look at the map and say, Where are vaccines lagging? Those are the places to worry about. And we can change that, if we can really inspire everybody to get engaged.
About 90% of Americans now live within five miles of a vaccination site, Collins said.
Donald Trump is among those in the GOP whove recently urged supporters to get vaccinated. In an interview with the New York Post on Thursday, the former president called the shots a miracle.
Some 226 million vaccine doses have been given in the U.S. so far, with almost 42% of Americans having received at least one dose. That coverage ranges from 59% in New Hampshire to 30% in Mississippi, according to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- While COVID vaccines a few months ago were almost impossible to find, appointments are now available in every corner of the state.
Were talking about whether demand may grow as people feel more informed and confident about the vaccines on This Week in the CLE.
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Here are the questions were answering today:
Why has demand for the coronavirus vaccine plummeted in Ohio?
Is there a chance the Justice Department could reopen the civil rights investigation into the police killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 after it was summarily closed without explanation in the waning days of the Donald Trump administration?
Why is the multi-county agency that makes decisions on transportation issues ready to nix three Interstate 271 interchanges that are on the drawing board, and where are they?
How bad is Ohio Gov. Mike DeWines relationship with his fellow Republicans who control the Legislature?
How is former Northeast Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge helping transgender people in her new role leading the. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development?
Is the Armond Budish administration breaking the rules with how it accounts for $2.4 million paid by Huntington Bank for the naming rights to the countys convention center?
How is Ohio going to change one of the ways it reports on the coronavirus to provide more localized information?
Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan first suggested removing Major League Baseballs antitrust exemption to retaliate for the moving of the All Star Game out of Georgia, but now hes getting more specific in his attack. How?
Has a decades-long error with a historical marker for the home of pioneering football coach John Heisman finally been corrected?
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