Category: America
American Coronavirus News
USA: All Federal employees must be vaccinated
“I have determined that to promote the health and safety of the Federal workforce and the efficiency of the civil service, it is necessary to require COVID-19 vaccination for all Federal employees, subject to such exceptions as required by law.” More...
USA: 13 western lowland gorillas test positive for COVID-19 in Atlanta
Zoo Atlanta is treating 13 western lowland gorillas who have tested positive for COVID-19.
WHO: Vaccines won’t save us. We’ll have to learn to live with the virus
The World Health Organization has thrown in the towel and surrendered to Covid. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 8th September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 8th September 2021. More...
USA: children now account for more than one quarter of new weekly US COVID-19 cases
For the first time during the pandemic, children now account for more than one quarter of new weekly US COVID-19 cases, according to the latest report from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). More...
The stunning rise of the Mu variant
The new Mu variant, B.1.621, detected for the first time in Colombia, surpasses Lambda and Delta and is already ranked as the second with the highest circulation in Chile. More...
Oregon: 13,166 vaccine breakthrough cases, 650 hospitalized, 113 deaths
There have been 13,166 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon. More...
84% reduction in humoral immunity among healthcare workers and nursing home residents after 6 months
We report on humoral immunity from 2 weeks to 6-months post-vaccination in 120 nursing home residents and 92 ambulatory healthcare worker controls with and without pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection. More...
California: 112,000 vaccine breakthrough cases, 3,000 hospitalized, 306 deaths
The latest vaccine breakthrough figures for California make sobering reading, showing the extent of the vaccine breakthrough crisis now engulfing the state. More...
USA: Illinois vaccine breakthroughs – 1,371 hospitalized, 288 deaths
Illinois State Coronavirus Dashboard has been recently updated showing the latest figures for vaccine breakthrough hospitalizations and deaths. More...