![]() Moderna intends to enroll 6,750 children in the study. Moderna announced this morning that the phase 2/3 study of the company's COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to 12 years has begun, with five participants receiving their first dose. In total, the nation has confirmed 29,512,462 cases and 536,068 fatalities. Yesterday the country reported 56,649 new COVID-19 cases, and 740 deaths, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker. National Public Radio reports roughly 60% of US colleges have canceled spring break this year and are urging students not to travel, but many students taking online courses are traveling anyway and bringing their computers with them to Florida and other spring break destinations.Īt the University of California, Davis, administrators are offering students $75 "staycation" grants if they don't travel over the break.ĭaily new cases of COVID-19 are still high across the country. "It's like a triple threat: We've got too many people, too many coming with a desire to go wild, and we have the virus," Gelber told the newspaper. In Miami Beach, visitors have "forgotten there's a pandemic" Mayor Dan Gelber told USA Today. The White House continues to urge states to go slow with reopening efforts, warning that tossing aside mask mandates and indoor limitations too soon will only contribute to more cases.ĭespite the warning, some states are reporting a rush of spring break travelers. Spring break activity to test national progress According to CNN, the White House is preparing for the surge by planning to rush vaccines to virus hotspots, and potentially administer monoclonal antibody treatments in hotspots as a prophylactic treatment. The White House is motivated to vaccinate as many Americans as quickly as possible to avoid a fourth surge of virus activity, one influenced by highly transmissible variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) COVID Data Tracker shows 142,918,525 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been delivered in the US, and 110,737,856 doses have been administered, with 38,335,432 Americans fully vaccinated.Īccording to the New York Times, about 12% of the US population is fully vaccinated, and at least 21% have one dose. That's important," Biden said at the White House. He said the vaccines, along with 100 million stimulus checks, are signs that America is on the road to recovery. Yesterday President Joe Biden said in the next 10 days, he would meet his campaign promise of 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered during the first 100 days of his presidency, with about 40 days to spare. ![]()
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