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<ul><li>The Indian government is set to role out the second phase of <keyword id="10820295" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccination-from-march-1">COVID-19 vaccination from March 1</keyword>.</li><li><keyword id="20566" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="senior-citizens">Senior citizens</keyword> above the age of 60 years and those over 45 years old with comorbidities will be eligible for the vaccine. </li><li>The vaccine doses will be given free of cost at government hospitals and will also be available at private clinics, but the price tag for private distribution is yet to be decided.</li></ul>The Indian government announced today that COVID-19 vaccine doses for senior citizens will be available starting March 1. This includes anyone who is above 60 years of age and people above 45 years of age with comorbidities. “The COVID-19 vaccine will be available across 10,000 government facilities and many private hospitals,” said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar during the cabinet briefing. While the vaccine will be given free of cost at government hospitals, the cost of the vaccine at private hospitals is yet to be decided by the Health Ministry. According to Javadekar, the benchmark for this will be decided within the next two to three days after consulting with the vaccine manufacturers. This comes after the first phase of COVID-19 vaccine drive, which was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/covid-19-vaccination-in-india-health-ministry-releases-list-of-potential-side-effects/articleshow/80278217.cms">initiated on January 15</a>, has been completed. According to Javadekar, over 1.07 crore people were vaccinated during this time — most of them frontline workers. Among them, around 14 lakh have gotten the second dose as well. As the vaccination reaches out to the masses, the world’s largest vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has been asked to focus on India’s needs, tweeted its CEO Adar Poonawalla. <div type="twitter" handle="adarpoonawalla" handlename="Adar Poonawalla" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1302181254746509313/Kn1fTCv6_normal.jpg" favoritecount="28398" retweetcount="2609" status="Dear countries &amp; governments, as you await #COVISHIELD supplies, I humbly request you to please be patient,… https://t.co/tQQsGkPtVW" createdat="1613882072000" id="1363346341275967488"></div> Those opting for the COVID-19 vaccine will either receive SII’s Covishield or Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The potential, but mild, side effects of the vaccines include headache, fatigue, myalgia (pain in muscle), injection site tenderness, malaise (weakness), pyrexia, chills, arthralgia, and nausea, according to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/covid-19-vaccination-in-india-health-ministry-releases-list-of-potential-side-effects/articleshow/80278217.cms">Health Ministry. </a> SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/news/covid-19-vaccines-in-india-are-at-risk-of-expiring-while-anxious-senior-citizens-wait-for-their-turn/articleshow/81127178.cms">COVID-19 vaccines in India are at risk of expiring while anxious senior citizens wait for their turn</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/indian-government-wants-its-it-hardware-industry-to-be-as-globally-successful-as-tcs-hcl-tech-and-infosys-announces-pli-scheme-worth-7250-crore/articleshow/81189588.cms">Indian government wants its IT hardware industry to be as globally successful as TCS, HCL Tech and Infosys — announces PLI scheme worth ₹7,250 crore</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/nse-halts-trading-after-data-glitches-stop-nifty50-and-bank-nifty-from-updating/articleshow/81186539.cms">India’s largest stock exchange halts trading after data glitches stop Nifty50 and Bank Nifty from updating</a>

COVID-19 vaccination for senior citizens to start from March 1 in India — will be free at government hospitals

<ul class="summary-list"><li>59% of older women said they have gotten a <keyword id="8904563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword>, per a <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-march-2021/">Kaiser Family Foundation</a> poll. </li><li>70% of older men, meanwhile, reported getting at least one shot of the vaccine.</li><li>The CDC found women reported experiencing worse symptoms after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.</li></ul>A <keyword id="456269" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="gender-gap">gender gap</keyword> might be forming among older COVID-19 vaccine recipients. Though 70% of older men said they received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose as of March 22, just 59% of older women say the same, according to a <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-march-2021/">Kaiser Family Foundation poll</a>. The group conducted a nationally representative survey of 1,82 adults between March 15 and March 22. The 19th <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> <a href="https://19thnews.org/2021/03/covid-vaccination-rates-older-women/">first reported</a> the trend.The vaccine distribution disparity represents a shift in attitude from December 2020, when KFF <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/report/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-december-2020/">found</a> men were more likely to say they would not get a jab than women. The share of adults who say they have gotten or are planning to get a COVID-19 has risen significantly since December. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/women-worse-side-effects-from-covid-19-vaccine-cdc-study-2021-3">recently found</a> vaccine side effects impacted women more than men. The reason could be due to women having stronger immune systems, as well as men underreporting the severity of pain, AARP <a href="https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/women-covid-vaccine-side-effects.html">reported</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/alzheimers-disease-scientists-new-approaches-treat-2021-3">Scientists are coming around to a surprising new understanding of Alzheimer's disease, and it could supercharge drug development for the $1.1 trillion problem</a>The White House announced <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-all-us-seniors-received-a-covid-19-vaccine-2021-3">half of US seniors had been fully vaccinated</a> as of March 31, an important milestone after eight out of every 10 COVID-19 deaths were among <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html">people 65-years-old and up</a>. President Joe Biden expects <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-90-percent-americans-eligible-covid-19-vaccine-april-19-2021-3">90% of Americans</a> to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by April 19.But demographic gaps among vaccine recipients could pose a threat to <a href="https://www.insider.com/what-is-herd-immunity">herd immunity</a>, or the point when the number of immunized people in a community make a disease less likely to spread. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the president, estimates herd immunity against COVID-19 could require up to <a href="https://www.insider.com/fauci-says-herd-immunity-could-require-nearly-90-to-get-coronavirus-vaccine-2020-12">90% of people</a> getting a vaccine.The Kaiser Family Foundation found Black adults saw the largest increase in vaccine enthusiasm, with the portion of those who have had gotten or will get a vaccine jumping to 55% from <a href="https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/report/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-december-2020/">20% in December</a>. Experts said Black Americans had received <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">fewer initial doses</a> of the vaccine due in December and January due to vaccine hesitancy, a lack of sites in communities of color, and poor communication from health systems. Republicans, however, continue to be more hesitant of the vaccine, as fewer than half of Republicans said they have received at least one dose of the vaccine or intend to, and about 30% said they will "definitely not" get vaccinated. Older generations tend to lean more Republican than Millennials and Gen Z, according to <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2018/03/20/1-trends-in-party-affiliation-among-demographic-groups/">Pew Research Center</a>.

Older women are less likely to get COVID-19 vaccines than older men

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="8785701" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="COVID-19-cases">COVID-19 cases</keyword> and deaths plunged in US nursing homes from December to March, a report said.</li><li>The decline is faster in nursing homes than elsewhere, said the industry group behind the report.</li><li>This drop can be attributed to the fast vaccine rollout in the US, the authors said.</li></ul>COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes dropped by more than 90% in the months since vaccinations became available, a report from a trade association said on Tuesday. The decline can be linked to prioritization of <keyword id="54639" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="vaccination">vaccination</keyword> in nursing homes, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) <a href="https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Press-Releases/Pages/Nursing-Homes-See-96-Percent-Decline-In-COVID-Cases-Since-Vaccine-Rollout.aspx">said in a statement.</a>The AHCA/NCAL is a trade association which represents 14,000 member facilities caring for some 5 million people. It <a href="https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Fact-Sheets/FactSheets/Report-Nursing-Homes-Cases-Mar7-2021.pdf">published its findings</a> on Tuesday, covering the period from late December to early March.The report looked at data from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) between December 20, 2020 and March 7. Here are the figures: <ul><li>Weekly new cases of COVID-19 dropped by 96%, with 33,540 cases on December 20 vs. 1,349 cases on March 7.</li><li>Weekly confirmed COVID-19 deaths also dropped, by 91%, with 6,037 deaths in late December vs. 547 deaths early March.</li><li>The number of cases in nursing homes is falling faster than in the general population, with a decline of 96% in nursing homes compared to 72%, the report says.</li></ul>The association said that the March 7 figures were the lowest numbers of weekly cases and of weekly deaths in nursing homes since data collection began in late May. The huge decline is "thanks to initial vaccine allocations prioritized for nursing homes" the AHCA/NCAL said.Both deaths and cases peaked in late December, a couple of weeks after the US vaccination campaign <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/first-covid-19-vaccine-in-us-administered-to-ny-nurse-2020-12">started (the first COVID-19 vaccine in the US was given on December 14, 2020)</a>. People <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/frontline-essential-workers-people-75-and-older-priority-cdc-vaccines-2020-12">over 75 were prioritized</a> in the US vaccination campaign.As of April 1, 23% of people over 75 and 28% of people between 65 and 74 were fully vaccinated in the US, <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-demographic">according to CDC data</a>. Twelve states are now expanding their vaccination campaigns to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/when-can-i-get-a-covid-vaccine-map-by-state-2021-3">all people over the age of 16</a>, and all 50 states are racing to meet President Joe Biden's target for all adults to be <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-could-beat-bidens-vaccine-goal-as-10-of-americans-are-vaccinated-2021-3">eligible for the vaccine by May 1</a>."We are not out of the woods yet, but these numbers are incredibly encouraging and a major morale booster" for healthcare staff, Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL, said <a href="https://www.ahcancal.org/News-and-Communications/Press-Releases/Pages/Nursing-Homes-See-96-Percent-Decline-In-COVID-Cases-Since-Vaccine-Rollout.aspx">in a statement</a>.

COVID-19 deaths and cases in US nursing homes plunged more than 90% since vaccinations began, a leading industry group said

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11893994" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19" source="Orion">COVID-19</keyword> increases the risk of <keyword id="12109016" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stillbirth" source="Orion">stillbirth</keyword> among pregnant women, a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047e1.htm?s_cid=mm7047e1_w">new CDC report</a> found.</li><li>Around 1.3% of babies born to women with COVID-19 were stillborn from March 2020 to September 2021.</li></ul>The data has been clear for some time: Pregnant women are at increased risk of developing severe COVID-19. They're also <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6944e3.htm?s_cid=mm6944e3_w">nearly twice as likely to die from COVID-19</a> as women the same age who aren't pregnant.But until now, researchers were unable to confirm whether COVID-19 increased stillbirth risk — meaning the loss of a baby on or before the 20th week of <keyword id="6357793" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pregnancy" source="Orion">pregnancy</keyword>. A <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047e1.htm?s_cid=mm7047e1_w">report</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Friday, adds clarity. Pregnancy loss is indeed a risk factor for pregnant women who contract COVID-19, the <keyword id="11917544" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="cdc" source="Orion">CDC</keyword> found — particularly amid the Delta variant's takeover in the US.CDC researchers examined the relative risk of stillbirth from March 2020 to September 2021 in the US, and found that around 1.3% of babies born to women with COVID-19 were stillborn, compared with 0.6% of babies born to women who weren't infected with COVID-19. Stillbirths were more strongly associated with COVID-19 from July to September of this year, after the Delta variant became dominant. During that time, 2.7% of babies born to women with COVID-19 were stillborn, whereas the rate of stillborn deliveries among women without COVID-19 remained relatively unchanged.Overall COVID-19 death rates were higher among pregnant women once Delta became dominant. A second <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7047e2.htm?s_cid=mm7047e2_w">CDC report</a> released Friday identified 25 deaths for every 1,000 <keyword id="11893194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus" source="Orion">coronavirus</keyword> infections during pregnancy in Mississippi from July to October of this year, compared with five deaths for every 1,000 coronavirus infections during pregnancy from March 2020 to June 2021.The CDC suggests a possible explanation for those preterm and stillborn deliveries: COVID-19 may <a href="https://www.ajogmfm.org/article/S2589-9333(21)00163-4/fulltext">reduce blood flow to and increase inflammation</a> in the placenta — conditions that make it difficult for a fetus to survive. CDC researchers called for additional study into whether vaccines could help prevent stillbirths linked to COVID-19 infections.<h2>Vaccines are a critical tool for reducing COVID-19-linked stillbirths</h2><div type="image" title="a pregnant woman, sitting and clutching her belly, getting a covid 19 booster shot stuck into her arm." height="1400" width="2100" msid="87808937" hostid="261"></div>While the researchers weren't able to determine the vaccination rates among pregnant women who gave birth to stillborn babies, they suggested that most women with COVID-19 at delivery likely weren't vaccinated. That's because vaccines lower the risk of COVID-19, and vaccination rates are considerably low among pregnant women in the US.As of November 13, around 65% of pregnant women weren't fully immunized prior to or during their pregnancy, according to CDC data.Getting vaccinated before or during pregnancy "is critical to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on stillbirths," the CDC researchers wrote.Previous studies have shown that pregnant women with COVID-19 are at increased risk for delivering preterm babies, born earlier than 37 weeks. A <a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(21)00019-3/fulltext">July study</a> in The Lancet Regional Health, for example, found that a COVID-19 diagnosis increased the risk of preterm birth during pregnancy by 40%, and very preterm birth (before 32 weeks) by 60%.

COVID-19 increases the risk of stillbirth for pregnant women — 65% of whom still aren't vaccinated

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="31480" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dolly-Parton">Dolly Parton</keyword> on Friday received her second dose of Moderna's <keyword id="8904563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword>.</li><li>The music star donated $1 million in 2020 to research that led to the development of Moderna's shot.</li><li>Parton wore a sweater with a shoulder cutout in one sleeve, underscoring "vaccine-friendly" <keyword id="6" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="fashion">fashion</keyword>.</li></ul>Dolly Parton said on Friday that <a href="https://twitter.com/DollyParton/status/1378126628941934595/photo/1">she got a "(second) dose of her own medicine"</a> - meaning the Moderna <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-vaccines-compared-vaccine-pfizer-oxford-moderna-astrazeneca-side-effects-2021-2">COVID-19 vaccine</a>.In April 2020, the music legend and philanthropist donated $1 million to a Vanderbilt University research fund <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dolly-parton-funded-donation-coronavirus-vaccine-moderna-vanderbilt-2020-11">that led to the Moderna vaccine production</a>, which was developed in conjunction with the US National Institutes of <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">Health</keyword>.The Tennessee-born star thanked Vanderbilt physician Dr. Naji Abumrad and staff members Andrea Calhoun and Heather O'Dell for administering her second COVID-19 vaccine.According to the <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2021/03/02/dolly-parton-gets-covid-19-vaccine-in-tennessee/6892724002/">Nashville Tennessean</a>, Parton's first vaccine in March was also administered by Abumrad. The singer met Abumrad in 2013 after a car wreck, and they've remained close since then. Their friendship is what inspired Parton to donate to the vaccine research fund that contributed to the Moderna shot, according to the Tennessean.For her second COVID-19 vaccine appointment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Parton, 75, wore a sparkly tan sweater with a subtle embellishment: a hole cut out in one sleeve to reveal the upper arm where she received the shot.<div type="image" title="dolly parton shirt covid vaccine" height="959" width="1279" msid="81888894" hostid="261"></div>During <a href="https://www.insider.com/dolly-parton-received-her-first-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-2021-3">her first COVID-19 vaccine appointment on March 2</a>, Parton wore a top with a similar combination of style and substance - except the blue sparkly sweater she wore that day had cutouts in both sleeves, not just the arm in which she was vaccinated.Both of the singer's shirts fall into what seems to be <a href="https://www.insider.com/revolve-vaccine-ready-tops-sleeveless-shirts-for-appointment-2021-3">an emerging style category of "vaccine-friendly" looks</a> - or shirts that are convenient for <keyword id="79555" type="TECHNOLOGY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Vaccines">vaccines</keyword> that are administered in the upper arm.Other stars have seemed to take a note from Parton's vaccine appointment style. Comedian Amy Schumer recently got her COVID-19 vaccine <a href="https://www.insider.com/amy-schumer-cut-out-sleeve-dress-for-covid-vaccine-2021-3">while wearing a glittery dress with a cutout in one sleeve.</a>

Dolly Parton made a subtle fashion statement to get her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine she helped fund

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Half of US seniors have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.</li><li>Andy Slavitt, the White House COVID Response senior advisor, confirmed the milestone on Tuesday.</li><li>Seniors face the highest risk for death and hospitalization from COVID-19.</li></ul>The US has fully vaccinated half of all seniors against COVID-19.Andy Slavitt, the White House COVID Response senior advisor, <a href="https://twitter.com/aslavitt46/status/1376964216696012800">tweeted</a> 50% of all seniors have now been fully vaccinated on Tuesday afternoon.More than one in five adults over 18 have received a full dose of the <keyword id="8904563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword> as of Tuesday, while 28.9% of the total population have received at least one dose, according to the <a href="https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biotech-stocks-svb-leerink-porges-warns-regulators-could-damp-market-2021-3">A top Wall Street analyst just downgraded 6 pharma stocks and warned there could be 'significantly more downside' for biotech</a>There were more than 54 million US residents over 65-years-old as of July 1, 2019, according to the <a href="https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/12/by-2030-all-baby-boomers-will-be-age-65-or-older.html">US Census Bureau</a>. US seniors suffered the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html">highest death tolls and hospitalizations</a> from COVID-19. The rate of death is 1,100 times higher for people 65 to 74 compared to people between 5-years-old and 17-years-old, per the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/investigations-discovery/hospitalization-death-by-age.html">CDC</a>.The Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines require two doses given three to four weeks apart. The US authorized a third COVID-19 from Johnson &amp; Johnson in February that requires <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fda-expert-panel-recommends-johnson-johnson-coronavirus-vaccine-for-ok-2021-2">just one dose</a>.President Joe <keyword id="60973" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Biden">Biden</keyword> has set a goal of administering 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by his 100th day in office on April 30. He initially set a goal of 100 million doses in his first 100 days, but surpassed that milestone on March 19.

Half of all US seniors have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19

<ul class="summary-list"><li>BioNTech is testing its <keyword id="11895018" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-vaccine" source="Orion">COVID vaccine</keyword> against a rapidly spreading variant, the Financial Times said.</li><li>The <keyword id="12609897" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="b-1-1-529" source="Orion">B.1.1.529</keyword> variant has been detected in South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong, and Israel.</li></ul>BioNTech said it's testing the <keyword id="11896806" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine" source="Orion">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword> it developed with <keyword id="11897118" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="pfizer" source="Orion">Pfizer</keyword> against the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-track-covid-variant-high-number-mutation-botswana-south-africa-2021-11">new variant</a> that appears to have emerged in southern Africa, and that it would know in two weeks whether the vaccine works against the variant, the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8245c992-4a4d-4110-b10c-b294c41d501c">Financial Times</a> first reported.Scientists and health officials are closely tracking the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-track-covid-variant-high-number-mutation-botswana-south-africa-2021-11">B.1.1.529 variant</a> detected in South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong, and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-israel-coronavirus-first-case-worrying-variant-southern-africa-2021-11">Israel</a>.The variant has 32 mutations in the part of the virus that attaches to human cells, called the spike protein — the target for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/delta-variant-covid-vaccine-effectiveness-protection-pfizer-moderna-astrazeneca-2021-7?r=US&amp;IR=T">existing vaccines</a> and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/astrazeneca-antibody-drug-azd7442-reduced-severe-covid-19-risk-study-2021-10">antibody treatments</a>. This means there is a greater risk that those vaccines and treatments won't be as effective against it, Insider previously <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-track-covid-variant-high-number-mutation-botswana-south-africa-2021-11">reported</a>."We understand the concern of experts and have immediately initiated investigations on variant B.1.1.529," BioNTech told Insider. "We expect more data from the laboratory tests in two weeks at the latest."The company said the variant "differs significantly from previously observed variants.""Pfizer and BioNTech have taken actions months ago to be able to adapt the mRNA vaccine within six weeks and ship initial batches within 100 days in the event of an escape variant," the company said."To that end, the companies have begun clinical trials with variant-specific vaccines (alpha and delta) to collect safety and tolerability data that can be provided to regulators," the company continued.It's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-track-covid-variant-high-number-mutation-botswana-south-africa-2021-11">unknown</a> whether the mutations make the B.1.1.529 variant more infectious or deadly.The variant is rapidly spreading. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-israel-coronavirus-first-case-worrying-variant-southern-africa-2021-11">Israel</a> reported its first case of B.1.1.529 on Friday — someone who returned to Israel from Malawi.Data shared by South Africa's Department of Health on Thursday showed that B.1.1.529 made up about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-variant-overtook-south-african-province-2-weeks-chart-2021-11">75% of cases</a> detected in Gauteng province on November 22, just two weeks after the variant first emerged. Its ascent was much faster than that of the Beta and Delta variants, which each took months to become dominant, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-variant-overtook-south-african-province-2-weeks-chart-2021-11">Insider reported</a>.

BioNTech says it will know in 2 weeks whether the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer works against the new variant rapidly spreading in southern Africa

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="151277" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="CVs">CVS</keyword> has given more than 10 million <keyword id="8904563" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19-vaccine">COVID-19 vaccine</keyword> doses across 44 states.</li><li>CVS said it now has the capacity to administer up to 25 million shots per month.</li><li>Walgreens has administered <a href="https://investor.walgreensbootsalliance.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2021/Walgreens-Boots-Alliance-Fiscal-2021-Second-Quarter-Results-Exceed-Expectations/default.aspx">8 million COVID-19 vaccine shots</a> so far.</li></ul>CVS just surpassed 10 million <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> vaccine doses given to people in the US.The company announced April 1 it had given more than 10 million vaccine shots in about 2,000 stores across 44 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC. CVS said it now has the capacity to administer up to 25 million shots per month.The US has administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 97,226,718 adults - or 37% of the population - as of Thursday. The White House announced this week <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/half-of-all-us-seniors-received-a-covid-19-vaccine-2021-3">more than half of all seniors</a> are fully vaccinated against the disease."We're working hard to help America fight COVID-19 by breaking down barriers to equitable health care, especially in communities suffering most during the pandemic," CEO Karen Lynch said in a <a href="https://cvshealth.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/cvs-health-surpasses-10-million-covid-19-vaccine-doses">release</a>.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-chief-medical-officer-dr-thomas-van-gilder-is-leaving-2021-3">A top Walmart healthcare exec is leaving the retail giant</a>Black, Hispanic, and Native American individuals represent 34% of all in-store vaccine appointments, CVS said, a 12% increase its stores' baseline community representation for those groups. Experts said Black people had received <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-black-latino-poc-are-getting-fewer-covid-19-vaccines-2021-2">fewer initial doses</a> of the COVID-19 vaccine due to few sites in neighborhoods of color and lack of community outreach.In February, the US authorized thousands of pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/where-to-get-covid-vaccine-cvs-walgreens-pharmacy-local-2021-2">free of charge</a>. Though nursing homes initially <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-walgreens-nursing-home-vaccine-rollout-going-slowly-2021-1">complained</a> CVS and Walgreens had been slow to administer doses to residents, the pace of the vaccine rollout sped up since March.Walgreens said on an earnings call Wednesday the <keyword id="6379262" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Pharmacy">pharmacy</keyword> has administered <a href="https://investor.walgreensbootsalliance.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2021/Walgreens-Boots-Alliance-Fiscal-2021-Second-Quarter-Results-Exceed-Expectations/default.aspx">8 million COVID-19 vaccine shots</a> so far, including 4 million just in March.

CVS has given more than 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="6379474" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="cdc">CDC</keyword> reported this week on a March COVID-19 outbreak at a <keyword id="92555" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Kentucky">Kentucky</keyword> <keyword id="390591" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="nursing-home">nursing home</keyword> that killed 3.</li><li>Investigators determined that the outbreak was caused by an unvaccinated health worker.</li><li>All the residents and workers at the facility had been offered a vaccine. </li></ul>An unvaccinated health worker started a <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> outbreak at a Kentucky nursing home in March, which led to three residents dying, a <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7017e2.htm?s_cid=mm7017e2_x" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report</a> released on Wednesday found.The CDC looked into the March outbreak to evaluate the effectiveness of the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-vaccines-compared-vaccine-pfizer-oxford-moderna-astrazeneca-side-effects-2021-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pfizer-BioNTech two-shot vaccine</a> in a skilled nursing facility setting. It found that most of the fully-vaccinated people in the facility who tested positive ultimately avoided hospitalization.When the outbreak was first identified through regular testing on March 1, all residents and healthcare personnel at the facility had been offered the Pfizer vaccine, though some declined or were not fully vaccinated yet, the report's authors said.Ninety percent of the residents were fully vaccinated - meaning they received their second dose more than 14 days prior - compared to 52.6% of the health care workers at the facility. <h2>An unvaccinated, symptomatic worker</h2>The outbreak was traced to an unvaccinated, symptomatic healthcare worker, who then spread the virus to 46 residents and workers at the facility, the CDC report said.Of the 26 residents who tested positive, 18 had been fully vaccinated, the report said. Four of the 20 health care workers who tested positive were also fully vaccinated. Three residents died in the outbreak, one of whom was fully vaccinated, the CDC said.One of the residents who died had contracted COVID-19 about 10 months prior, the report said. It is not clear if this resident had been vaccinated.The investigators found that the vaccine proved mostly effective at stopping symptomatic COVID-19 cases and curbing hospitalizations. More than 86% of the fully-vaccinated residents who tested positive for COVID-19 were asymptomatic, compared to more than 87% of health care workers.More than 94% of fully-vaccinated residents who tested positive avoided going to the hospital, and no healthcare workers who tested positive had to be hospitalized. <h2>The importance of getting vaccinated</h2>The authors of the CDC report said the case "underscores the importance" that everyone get vaccinated, "including those who have recovered from COVID-19." The authors added that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-heres-why-healthcare-workers-are-turning-down-the-vaccines-2021-2">low vaccination rates</a> among healthcare personnel could lead to more outbreaks at nursing facilities in the future, pointing out that just 37.5% of health workers in long-term care facilities had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of mid-January 2021. While the vaccination rate among health workers at the Kentucky facility surpassed this rate at the time, it still led to a serious outbreak. In order to protect <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-cases-rose-dramatically-in-nursing-homes-this-summer-2020-8">nursing facility residents</a>, the authors said "it is imperative" that health workers and nursing-home residents "be vaccinated."Vaccination doesn't fully protect a person from getting COVID-19, but it drastically reduces the chance of getting a serious infection, the CDC has said. Of the 75 million Americans that were vaccinated as of April 13, there were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/infected-after-covid-vaccination-cdc-numbers-breakthrough-infections-2021-4">5,800 "breakthrough cases" and 74 deaths</a>, the agency said last week.A CDC report released last month also found that vaccinations were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cdc-pfizer-and-moderna-vaccines-effective-in-the-real-world-2021-3">90% effective</a> at preventing infection among healthcare and frontline workers, meaning they were 90% less likely to catch COVID-19 despite their constant exposure to the virus on the job.

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