The 600,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to classrooms, school district officials said. In a pre-recorded briefing first reported by the Los Angeles Times, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner said the COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be “no different than students who are vaccinated…
Students in LA School District Must Get COVID-19 Vaccine to Return to Classrooms
Companies Join Push for COVID-19 ‘Vaccination Credential’
A slew of companies are pushing for a credential that would mark people who have received a COVID-19 vaccine. Microsoft, Oracle, and Salesforce are among the businesses that are part of a coalition that announced Thursday they’re working on the new project. “The goal of the Vaccination Credential Initiative is to empower individuals with digital…
Herd Immunity to CCP Virus Not Attainable in 2021: WHO
Despite vaccines rolling out in different countries, no one should expect herd immunity to the CCP virus this year, according to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan. Swaminathan stressed the need for the world to continue to implement measures to protect against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus (novel coronavirus), as the emergency roll-out of…
UK Nurse Tests Positive for CCP Virus After Second Dose of Pfizer Vaccine Canceled
A UK nurse tested positive for the CCP virus after his second dose of a two-dose vaccine was delayed. Staff Registered Nurse David Longden wrote in a Facebook post over the weekend that he had received his first dose of the vaccine on Dec. 8. But his second dose, which was due on Jan. 5,…
US Averaging 700,000 Daily COVID-19 Vaccinations, Headed to 1 Million
The United States vaccinated around 700,000 people against COVID-19 per day over the last several days and is set on a course to achieve 1 million vaccinations on a daily basis soon, health officials said Tuesday. “Only four weeks into our launch, we have gained confidence in the integrity of our distribution system, which has…
Bureau of Prisons Delivers COVID-19 Vaccine to 68 Facilities
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) said in a statement Monday that vaccine doses have now been delivered to 68 facilities across the United States. As of Jan. 11, there are 5,530 federal inmates and 2,013 BOP staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 nationwide, according to a BOP tracker. To date, there have been…
Trump Administration Directs States to Release All COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
President Donald Trump’s administration is asking states to release all COVID-19 vaccine doses, instead of holding some back. Officials had implemented a strategy of keeping doses in reserve to guard against potential manufacturing issues. “We’ve had so much success with quality and predictable manufacturing, and almost flawless distribution of the vaccine, but we have seen…
Trump Administration to Release All COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
President Donald Trump’s administration is releasing all COVID-19 vaccine doses, instead of holding some back. Officials had implemented a strategy of keeping doses in reserve to guard against potential manufacturing issues. “We’ve had so much success with quality and predictable manufacturing, and almost flawless distribution of the vaccine, but we have seen now that the…
Biden to Get Second Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden will get a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, a spokesperson said. Biden will get injected again in public, 21 days after the first dose. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will also be publicly injected again soon. “They’ll both do it publicly to continue to instill confidence in the vaccine’s safety…
Orange County DA Lashes Out Over Vaccine Wait for Police
As Orange County continues to roll out its vaccine strategy, its chief prosecutor is calling on county officials to give greater priority to police. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer accused the Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) of not “prioritizing front line law enforcement… for first tier vaccinations,” in a Jan. 6 email to…
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