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UK: 43,000 may have received false negative COVID results
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando British health officials said Friday that 43,000 people may have been wrongly told they don’t have the coronavirus because of problems at a private laboratory.The U.K. Health Security Agency said the Immensa Health Clinic Ltd. lab in the...
Russia marks pandemic’s record of daily deaths, infections
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Russia's daily tolls of coronavirus infections and deaths surged to another record on Friday, a quickly mounting figure that has put a severe load on the country's health care system.The government’s coronavirus task force reported...
The Latest: Sri Lanka begins vaccinating 18-19 age group
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka is vaccinating 18- and 19-year-olds against the coronavirus as it expands the shots to students.After beginning with older people, Sri Lanka has now vaccinated 57% of its 22 million population.Vaccinations...
Russia struggles to meet global orders for Sputnik V vaccine
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Esperita García de Perez got her first vaccination against COVID-19 in May. That, along with her Catholic faith, made her feel better protected against the virus, and she had hoped to get her second shot of the Russian-developed Sputnik...
Made in India virus kits boost testing, and local industry
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando As the first wave of the pandemic began to take hold in India, Sanchi Jawa and her 59-year-old father, Harish Jawa, realized that they had the symptoms of a COVID-19 infection. They decided to isolate and get tested — but this was no...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Thu, 14 Oct 2021 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 490,951,045. Total Doses Administered = 405,444,558. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 217,953,275. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 188,281,747. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
FDA unlikely to rule on Merck’s COVID pill before December
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it will ask its outside experts to meet in late November to scrutinize Merck’s pill to treat COVID-19.The Nov. 30 meeting means U.S. regulators almost certainly won't issue a decision on the...
US reaffirms support for easing WTO rules on COVID vaccines
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando A top U.S. trade official said Thursday the Biden administration remains committed to an easing of rules that protect the technology behind coronavirus vaccines so that they can be produced more widely.But ambassador Katherine Tai...
Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a...
FDA panel debates lower-dose Moderna COVID shots for booster
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando U.S. health advisers are debating if millions of Americans who received Moderna vaccinations should get a booster shot -- this time, using half the original dose.Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six months ago...
Africa detecting just 1 in 7 COVID-19 cases, says WHO study
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Only one in seven COVID-19 infections in Africa are being detected, meaning the continent's estimated infection level may be 59 million people, according to a new study by the World Health Organization.“With limited testing, we’re still...
Tuberculosis deaths rise for 1st time in years, due to COVID
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people got tested and treated as resources were diverted to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health...
