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Pfizer study says updated COVID boosters rev up protection
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults’ virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots.Booster doses tweaked to target the most common omicron...
Reports say China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Chinese officials are trying to quell an outcry over the death of a 3-year-old boy from a quarantined residential compound that added to public anger at anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes.The boy...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 928,460,585. Total Doses Administered = 640,913,400. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 266,401,911. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 227,377,753. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
China closes zone around iPhone factory after virus cases
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Access to an industrial zone in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou was suspended Wednesday after the city reported 64 coronavirus cases and workers who assemble Apple Inc. iPhones left their factory in the zone following outbreaks.The...
Education secretary tests positive for COVID-19
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando President Joe Biden's education secretary has tested positive for COVID-19.Miguel Cardona, who has been vaccinated and boosted against the virus, tested positive Tuesday and has mild symptoms, the Education Department said in a...
Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando Shanghai Disneyland was closed and visitors temporarily kept in the park for virus testing, the city government announced, while social media posts said some amusements kept operating for guests who were blocked from leaving.The park...
CDC director tests positive for COVID again
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive again for COVID-19. Dr. Rochelle Walensky had mild symptoms Sunday and is isolating at her home in Massachusetts, the CDC said Monday. Walensky, 53,...
Shanghai district orders mass COVID-19 testing, lockdown
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando China’s largest city of Shanghai is ordering mass testing Friday on all 1.3 million residents of its downtown Yangpu district and confining them to their homes at least until results are known. The demand is an echo of measures ordered...
Overall US COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Administration Update as of Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:00:00 EST
Total Doses Distributed = 890,758,935. Total Doses Administered = 636,871,557. Number of People Receiving 1 or More Doses = 266,031,472. Number of People Fully Vaccinated = 226,933,827. COVID-19 Vaccination Data Updates
China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouth
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for...
Biden to get updated COVID-19 booster shot, promote vaccine
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando President Joe Biden was scheduled to get his updated COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday and urge the public to get theirs to ensure a healthy holiday season. Biden was to appear at the White House with the doctors who are leading...
WHO head in Middle East ‘disturbed’ by abuse reported by AP
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando The head of the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an internal email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by the Associated Press last week that the U.N. health agency’s Syria director...