The White House plans to release data about contracts between the federal government and industry to make the 500 million quick Covid-19 tests that Vice President Joe Biden claimed Americans would be able to receive for free over the following day.
"In the next 24 hours, I expect to hear more. We'll let you know as soon as we know more, and as soon as there are additional things to share "Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary stated.
Some background information: Last month, Biden unveiled a plan to purchase half a billion at-home quick tests, which Americans may request for free online. They will be available in January, according to the White House, though no specific date has been set.
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| Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, right, speaks during a briefing in Laurel, Maryland, on January 6. (WJZ) |
Officials estimate that Omicron accounts for 90 percent of Covid-19 occurrences in Maryland.
According to state officials, sample test findings reveal that Omicron is responsible for almost 90% of the Covid-19 instances that are on the rise across the state.
"Every 24 hours, as part of our aggressive sequencing program, we are analyzing more samples to detect the Omicron variant," Gov. Larry Hogan said in a press conference Thursday. "As of today, we now estimate that the Omicron variant accounts for approximately 90% of all lab-confirmed cases in the state, as well as 90% of all hospitalized cases," he added.
Hogan, speaking from a new testing site at the University of Maryland Laurel Medical Center, announced the opening of 20 additional testing facilities across the state that would be set up outside hospitals to reroute people away from emergency rooms for Covid-19 tests.
Officials are already witnessing a significant reduction in emergency room visits in hospitals where testing sites have been put up outside, according to Hogan.
On the 6th of January, Biden will denounce Trump and warn of threats to democracy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Thursday commemorating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol, criticizing former President Donald Trump's role in the riot and warning of the ongoing risks to democracy.
In a statement ahead of the president's remarks at 9 a.m. ET, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would "set out the significance of what happened at the Capitol and President Trump's singular culpability for the chaos and carnage that we witnessed."
The president's speech on Thursday, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, would lay out "the unique responsibility that President Trump bears for the chaos and bloodshed that we witnessed."
He will vehemently refute the previous president's claims in an attempt to deceive the American people and his own supporters, as well as divert attention away from his role in the events," she continued.
According to excerpts provided ahead of his address, Biden will remark that Americans must pick what type of country they want to live in.
"Are we going to be a country where political violence is the norm?" Are we going to be a country where partisan election officials may reverse the people's legally expressed will? Are we going to be a nation that lives in the shadow of lies rather than the light of truth?" Biden is expected to speak. "We can't let ourselves become that kind of country." The only way forward is to recognize and live by the truth."
Even while Trump and other Republicans continue to spread misinformation about the validity of the 2020 election results, Biden, who has frequently stated that Jan. 6 was one of the darkest days in American history, has been hesitant to condemn his predecessor by name.
According to Psaki, Biden was "clear-eyed about the threat the former president poses to our democracy and how the previous president seeks to undermine basic American principles and the rule of law on a daily basis."
"He [Biden] sees January 6th as a sad climax of what President Trump's four years caused to our country," she continued.
According to Psaki, the president will speak briefly about voting rights, but his main focus will be on the significance of January 6 in American history and what the country can do to avoid similar threats in the future. On Tuesday in Atlanta, Biden will deliver a separate speech on voting rights legislation.
Some Democrats, notably Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, had urged the White House to use the anniversary to reintroduce voting rights legislation. However, some Biden supporters claimed that the two issues should be kept separate, arguing that voting rights are about ending voter disenfranchisement of people of color, while Jan. 6 is about a violent attempt to overturn the country's democratic electoral process.
Following the president's speech, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has planned a series of festivities to commemorate the day thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in a futile attempt to prevent legislators from declaring Biden's victory in the presidential election. Some House members will provide personal accounts of the incident, while historians will debate the "historic perspective" of the attack on Jan. 6.
Even if you've been vaccinated, the CDC recommends avoiding cruise ships.
The COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level has been raised to Level 4, the highest level, by the CDC, to reflect an increase in cases on cruise ships since the discovery of the Omicron variant.
On ships, even if you've been fully vaccinated and have had a COVID-19 vaccine booster dosage, the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads rapidly among people in close quarters, according to CDC officials.
The COVID-19 Travel Health Notice level has been raised to Level 4, the highest level, by the CDC, to reflect an increase in cases on cruise ships since the discovery of the Omicron variant.
On ships, even if you've been fully vaccinated and have had a COVID-19 vaccine booster dosage, the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads rapidly among people in close quarters, according to CDC officials.
The EUA for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been updated to include children between the ages of 12 and 15 years old by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose will be given at least five months after the first immunization, according to FDA authorities.
Some immunocompromised children aged 5 to 11 will be able to get booster doses under the amended EUA.
Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement that the agency has had to fast adapt to the evolving virus that causes COVID-19 because of the need to make informed decisions with the health and safety of the American public in mind throughout the pandemic.
Woodcock underlined the necessity of maintaining long-standing disease preventive practices.
This latest wave of the Omicron variety calls on us to maintain lifesaving preventative measures including primary vaccine and boosters, mask-wearing, social distancing, etc. in order to effectively battle COVID-19, she stated.
A Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose will be given at least five months after the first immunization, according to FDA authorities.
Some immunocompromised children aged 5 to 11 will be able to get booster doses under the amended EUA.
Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock said in a statement that the agency has had to fast adapt to the evolving virus that causes COVID-19 because of the need to make informed decisions with the health and safety of the American public in mind throughout the pandemic.
Woodcock underlined the necessity of maintaining long-standing disease preventive practices.
This latest wave of the Omicron variety calls on us to maintain lifesaving preventative measures including primary vaccine and boosters, mask-wearing, social distancing, etc. in order to effectively battle COVID-19, she stated.
Mandatory vaccination for military personnel is denied by a federal judge
Judge Reed O'Connor, a U.S. District Court judge, issued an injunction against the Biden administration's requirement that military personnel receives vaccines on Monday.
Judge O'Connor imposed a preliminary injunction (PI) prohibiting the Navy from acting against 35 Navy Seals who filed a lawsuit seeking a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
According to NBC, a biology instructor in Nassau County, New York, was arrested on December 31 for giving a single dosage of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine to a 17-year-old boy.
According to a civic notice issued by the Nassau County Police Department (NCPD), defendant Laura Parker Russo, 54, injected a 17-year-old male with COVID-19 vaccination.
Upon returning home, the male victim informed his mother of the incident. The mother had not granted consent or authority for her son to be injected with a COVID Vaccine and had contacted the NCPD," the NCPD stated in a statement.
According to Johns Hopkins University, there have been over 294.1 million verified COVID-19 cases worldwide, with over 5.4 million deaths.
More than 56.6 million confirmed cases and more than 828,000 deaths have been reported in the United States.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 243.5 million people in the United States have gotten their first COVID-19 vaccination dosage, with more than 205.8 million fully vaccinated. More than 68 million people have received a booster dosage.
1/4/22 1:37 p.m. PST—The United States sets a new daily record for COVID-19 cases.
According to Johns Hopkins University data, the United States reported more than one million new illnesses on Monday – a record level for a single day.
According to UPI, this is nearly double the previous record of 590,000 instances recorded four days ago, with Maryland, Alabama, Delaware, New Jersey, and Ohio reporting the newest COVID-19 infections per 100,000 population.
According to the most recent available statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Delta variation accounted for over 40% of cases and Omicron for roughly 60% of all infections in the United States.
Pexel photo. Information source: Healthline
Chief Daddy 2: Going for Broke, full Reviews
I'm going to give a brief and candid evaluation of this film, but first, let's applaud the producer for selecting an excellent cast. That was a film brimming with talent and Nollywood's most prominent stars, and as such, we all expected more. Nonetheless, will I call this film a wonderful film? Definitely not.
The first part of the film was ok, but the second part is simply confusing. I'm not going to write much about the film because you've probably already seen the reviews online, but here's how I felt while viewing it.
Individuals who develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, or diabetes-related eye disease (DRED) may be at an increased risk of dementia, according to a study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology on Sept. 13, 2021.
The researchers collected health data on around 12,000 persons aged 55 to 73 and then followed them for up to 15 years, noting who had dementia or age-related eye disorders. They discovered that individuals with AMD had a 26% increased risk of dementia, those with cataracts had an 11% increased risk, and those with DRED had a 61% increased risk. Glaucoma, on the other hand, was not connected with an increased risk of dementia.
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