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Severe winter storms in Texas as well as the Midwest have actually postponed distribution of at the very least 6 million doses of COVID -19 vaccinations, White House authorities claimed Friday in a rundown.
White House elderly consultant for COVID -19 reaction Andy Slavitt claimed the 3 days of postponed delivery produced the stockpile of doses. Delivery centers at UPS, FedEx, as well as McKesson have actually reported staffing lacks, as well as roadway closures have actually contributed to the trouble.
“As weather conditions improve, we’re already working to improve this backlog,” he claimed, including that 1.4 million doses get on their means today.
More than 2,000 vaccine circulation websites remain in places influenced by the interruptions, Slavitt claimed. UPS as well as FedEx will certainly deal with Saturday distributions today.
He reported the opening of 4 brand-new inoculation facilities in Florida, which will certainly have the ability to immunize 12,000 individuals daily, as well as one brand-new website in Pennsylvania that will certainly offer 6,000 doses daily.
The brand-new facilities in Florida will certainly remain in Orlando, Miami, Jacksonville, as well as Tampa, as well as Pennsylvania’s website will certainly go to the Pennsylvania Convention Center in (*6 *). They will certainly all be up as well as running within the following 2 weeks, Slavitt claimed.
Anthony Fauci, MD, the White House COVID -19 Response Team’s primary clinical consultant, likewise reported that Pfizer will certainly research vaccine results on youngsters as young as 5 or 6 years of ages beginning in April, with Moderna researching youngsters as young as 6 months old beginning inMarch Though both firms will likely have information over school-aged youngsters by the autumn, the results on more youthful youngsters will not be reported up until the initial quarter of 2022.
Finally, Fauci called into question a brand-new research study that reveals a solitary shot of the Pfizer- BioNTech COVID -19 vaccine can be extremely reliable. The research study has actually left some individuals wondering about the requirement momentarily dosage.
“Even though you can get a fair degree of ‘protection’ after a single dose, it’s clearly not durable,” he claimed.
The research study, released by Israeli scientists in the Lancet clinical journal, discovered the initial dosage of the Pfizer COVID -19 inoculation to be 85% reliable versus infection 2 as well as 4 weeks after it was provided.
But according to Fauci, the results of the initial dosage might not last without an increase from the 2nd one.
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White House COVID -19 Response Team rundown,Feb 19, 2021