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Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 10 May 2023 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 984,444,295. Total Doses Administered = 676,728,782. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 270,227,181. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 230,637,348. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
CDC’s Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.Walensky's last day will be June 30, CDC...
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, when the...
WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it’s no longer emergency
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 03 May 2023 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 982,117,925. Total Doses Administered = 676,006,980. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 270,129,677. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 230,582,699. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
COVID dropped to 4th leading cause of death in US last year
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando U.S. deaths fell last year, and COVID-19 dropped to the nation's No. 4 cause, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.COVID-19 deaths trailed those caused by heart disease, cancer and injuries such as drug...
WHO fires scientist who led COVID search over sex misconduct
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The World Health Organization says it has fired the scientist who led a high-profile delegation from the U.N. health agency to China two years ago to jointly look into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, citing sexual...
Mexico develops own COVID-19 vaccine, 2 years late
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Mexican officials celebrated Wednesday the announcement that the country finally developed its own COVID-19 vaccine, more than two years after inoculations from the U.S., Europe and China were rolled out.It was unclear what use would be...
US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday.Vaccine requirements for federal...
Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Chinese authorities were preparing Sunday to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicizing videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the COVID-19 outbreak, a relative and another person familiar with his case...
Japan to lift COVID-19 border controls before holiday week
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Japan will lift most of its coronavirus border controls, including a requirement that entrants show proof of three vaccinations or a pre-departure negative test, beginning Saturday as the country’s Golden Week holiday season begins and a...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 979,617,855. Total Doses Administered = 675,442,636. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 270,047,396. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 230,533,196. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates