As Americans continued recieving their first dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday, the country now gears up for a possible second vaccine authorization. – By Gerald Gekara.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said officials will soon provide a dashboard with the number of Covid-19 vaccinations completed, “so we know exactly how we’re doing on getting shots in arms. “
USA reported its third highest daily death toll since the pandemic’s start, with more than 3,000 new Covid-19 deaths.
“We must all work together to prevent as many hospitalizations and deaths as possible while we wait for the COVID-19 vaccine to be widely available,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement.
The American Academy of Pediatrics said Tuesday nearly 180,000 children were diagnosed with Covid-19 between November 26 to December 10 — bringing the total number of children with Covid-19 in the US to more than 1. 6 million since the pandemic’s start.
That comes as a new study published by the CDC suggests that even among children and teens, encountering people with Covid-19 and attending gatherings with people outside their household can be associated with an increased likelihood of testing positive for the virus.
