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ISRAEL: Using carrots and maybe some sticks to persuade the remaining COVID-19 vaccine holdouts

Fri, 2021-02-26 14:01 — mike kraft

Israel turns to carrots, and maybe some sticks, to persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts Israel boasts the world's fastest COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with half the population inoculated. Reaching the other half presents challenges. Los Angeles Times

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Iceland: Countering the pandemic, bringing life back to normal

Fri, 2021-02-26 13:51 — mike kraft

The Keys to Iceland’s Success Here’s the latest news from the global pandemic. Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir Bloomberg.com

While the rest of the world grapples with mass vaccinations and fear of the new coronavirus variants, life in Iceland is getting closer to normal.

Since the beginning of the month, not a single person has been diagnosed with Covid-19 domestically apart from a handful of people who were already in quarantine.

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ANALYSIS: There is a chance to stop the coronavirus from making a big comeback after recent decline

Fri, 2021-02-26 13:39 — mike kraft

Across the United States, and the world, the coronavirus seems to be loosening its stranglehold. The deadly curve of cases, hospitalizations and deaths has yo-yoed before, but never has it plunged so steeply and so fast.

Is this it, then? Is this the beginning of the end? After a year of being pummeled by grim statistics and scolded for wanting human contact, many Americans feel a long-promised deliverance is at hand.

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Vaccination passports, a growing idea? EU considering, Israel using

Fri, 2021-02-26 12:27 — mike kraft

Coronavirus: EU urged to adopt 'vaccine passports' Greece and Austria want coronavirus-free tourists this summer, but other EU states have concerns. BBC News

Greece and Austria are urging other EU states to adopt coronavirus vaccination "passports" which could help revive Europe's stricken tourist industry.

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WHO release on beginning of COVAX vaccine shipments

Fri, 2021-02-26 12:15 — mike kraft

COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marking beginning of global rollout COVAX announces 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine licensed to Serum Institute of India have arrived in Accra, Ghana

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COVIS-19 Survivors have estimated 10 fold increase in protection--study

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:55 — mike kraft

https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-covid-19-survivors-appear-195207766.html

COVID-19 survivors tend to have a roughly tenfold increase in protection against the virus, according to a government-funded study published Wednesday.

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Pharmacists say "pooling" of leftover vaccines would provide more shots

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:47 — mike kraft

Pharmacists say 'heartbreaking' waste of Covid vaccines has a simple solution The FDA says leftover Covid-19 vaccine cannot be combined because neither Moderna's nor Pfizer's products contain preservatives to prevent contamination. NBC News

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OVERVIEW: Europe, Africa Developments--Reuters

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:37 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus European Union leaders will meet on Thursday to try to speed up the production and rollout of vaccines in a race against the emergence of new variants that some fear could bring a third wave of the pandemic across the continent. Reuters Staff U.S.

* The World Health Organization is working with the European Commission to coordinate vaccine donations for other countries on the continent, the head of its European office said.

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Asia Developments, South Korea first shots, China approves 2 more vaccines

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:25 — mike kraft

Asia Today: 1st vaccines reach arms in S. Korea, Hong Kong South Korea administered its first available shots of coronavirus vaccines to people at long-term care facilities Friday, launching a mass immunization campaign that health authorities hope will... AP NEWS

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State Governors relax restrictions as Covid infection numbers fall.

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:01 — mike kraft

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/26/world/covid-19-coronavirus#governors-relax-restrictions-as-infection-numbers-fall

With the coronavirus slowly receding, governors around the United States are beginning to relax pandemic restrictions.

But the rules ae being eased much in the same way as they were imposed: in a patchwork fashion that largely falls along party lines. Republicans are leaning toward rollbacks, and Democrats are staying the course or offering a more cautious approach.

On Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas said he was considering lifting a statewide mask mandate that has been in place since July.

“We’re working right now on evaluating when we’re going to be able to remove all statewide orders, and we will be making announcements about that pretty soon,” Mr. Abbott said.

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