SANTA ANA—Orange County’s COVID-19 positivity rates and hospitalizations continued to improve Feb. 2, but the county also logged 53 more fatalities as death reports from the holiday case surge continue to roll in. The adjusted daily case rate per 100,000 population dropped from 46.6 last week to 39 on Feb. 2, and the test positivity…
Orange County’s COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Cases Continue to Decline
China Insider: Dangerous COVID-19 Variants Rage Around the World
By Jan. 30, excluding mainland China, there were nearly 103 million confirmed COVID-19 infections worldwide, and more than 2.2 million deaths. A more concerning issue is that the UK and South African variants are both raging around the world, and they are more transmissible than the previous strains. In addition, the South African variant is…
Ottawa Signs Deal With Novavax to Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Domestically
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that the federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding with drug maker Novavax to produce COVID-19 vaccines domestically in Canada. The vaccine production will take place at a new National Research Council’s Royalmount facility in Montreal, which is currently under construction and is expected to be finished by…
Scientists Find Spin-Off of UK Variant With Vaccine-Hindering Feature of SA Strain
A spin-off mutation of the UK variant of the CCP virus has emerged with the same potentially vaccine-hindering protein structure as the South African and Brazilian variants, according to English health officials. Studies show that while vaccines are effective against the South African variant, it is with less potency than with the “standard” variants or…
CDC Should Clarify Guidance on Vaccinating Those Previously Infected With COVID-19: Massie
A public health agency should clarify whether Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine showed efficacy in those with a previous infection, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory committee last month published recommendations for use of the vaccine. It said that a clinical trial showed the vaccine had consistently high efficacy…
UK Will Come Down Hard on South African Variant: Health Secretary
The UK will come down hard on the South African variant of the CCP virus, Britain’s Health Secretary said on Monday, as the government ramped up its effort to contain the variant’s spread in the country. The UK has now identified 105 cases of this variant, 11 of which do not appear to have any…
CDC: No Evidence of Safety Problem With CCP Virus Vaccines
The number of reported post-vaccination adverse events and deaths has not changed federal officials’ view on the safety of the two authorized COVID-19 vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Monday. Two hundred and eighty-eight people have died after receiving one of the vaccines, according to reports submitted to the passive Vaccine Adverse…
UK Orders 40 Million More Doses of Valneva COVID-19 Vaccine
The British government signed a deal on Monday for an extra 40 million doses of the CCP virus vaccine developed by French pharmaceutical firm Valneva. The UK government had already purchased 60 million doses of the vaccine. It has invested millions of pounds in Valneva’s manufacturing facility in Livingston, Scotland, which began production last week. UK…
Hungarians Protest Against Lockdown Despite Gathering Ban
BUDAPEST—Restaurant workers were among hundreds of people protesting against coronavirus lockdown measures on Sunday in Budapest, and at least 100 restaurants planned to re-open even as the government threatened them with heavy fines. Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has said it could only start easing the measures if the number of coronavirus cases falls sharply,…
Fake News About Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Becomes a Most Searched Trend on China’s Social Media
A negative news report on Moderna vaccines recently set off a debate on China’s social media. Moderna is a drug company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm has developed a COVID-19 vaccine. On Jan. 27, an article titled “WHO Does Not Recommend MODERNA COVID-19 Vaccines” appeared on a host of Chinese state media outlets, including…
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