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BA.2 now behind 72% of all US COVID-19 cases

The subvariant of the Omicron strain—BA.2—now accounts for 72.2% of all COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Covid comeback seen in parts of US as BA.2 Omicron variant becomes dominant

Covid-19 deaths are running at around 900 per day -- with a total of one million deaths from the disease expected withing about a month.

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COVID-19 cases soar in Asian hot spots; US gets new COVID czar

South Korea today reported a massive jump in COVD-19 cases, which topped 600,000, as Omicron surges continue in a handful of Asian hot spots.

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Test to treat, variant vaccines part of new federal COVID-19 plan

Today members of the Biden COVID-19 preparedness team addressed the nation unmasked and from the same room as they spoke about the country's move to a "new normal" stage of the pandemic, where COVID-19 is no longer a national emergency.

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Rate of US COVID-19 cases continues to drop

Today during a White House press briefing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, said she was cautiously optimistic about the trajectory the United States was currently on, 2 months after the Omicron variant became the dominant strain in the nation.

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US donates 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVAX

The White House today confirmed the United States has donated 400 million COVID-19 vaccine doses — towards a goal of 1.1 billion — to low-income countries via COVAX, the global vaccine sharing program.

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CDC director on face-covering guidance: ‘Any mask is better than no mask’

WASHINGTON - Officials across the U.S. are again weighing how and whether to impose mask mandates as COVID-19 infections soar and the American public grows weary of pandemic-related restrictions.The U.S.

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US donates more COVID vaccine as new states confirm Omicron

Today the Biden administration's COVID-19 response coordinator, Jeff Zients, said the United States would be shipping 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Africa in the coming days, as the global threat of the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant continues to grow.

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10% of US kids 5 to 11 received COVID-19 vaccine in 1st 2 weeks, White House says

WASHINGTON - The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since its approval for their age group two weeks ago.At least 2.6 million kids have received a shot, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Wednesday, with 1.7 million doses administered in the last week alone, roughly double the pace of the first week after approval.

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10% of US kids ages 5 to 11 have started COVID-19 vaccine

By the end of today 2.6 million American children ages 5 to 11 will have gotten their first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, meaning 10% of that age-group will have started the two-dose series in the first 10 days the vaccines have been available.

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White House: COVID-19 vaccine requirements are working

Today, White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said vaccine requirements are working, as the nation is averaging 300,000 first shots per day, the highest rate since early this summer. This week, 9 million vaccines were administered in the United States.

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Biden to extend FEMA-backed COVID-19 aid until April 2022

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is extending the federal government's 100% reimbursement of COVID-19 emergency response costs to states, tribes and territories through April 1, 2022, the White House is announcing Tuesday.On a conference call Tuesday morning, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients informed governors that Biden is approving the extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency support to help continue FEMA-backed efforts like vaccination clinics and public education campaigns surrounding the shots.The extension also continues 100% federal reimbursement for National Guard personnel deployed to help combat the virus, including those tasked with assisting local hospitals treating coronavirus cases.The extension into early

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Feds tout COVID-19 pediatric vaccines as way back to normal

Today during a White House press briefing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, said now that she has authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, American schoolchildren have the chance to experience school "as we once one knew it, and as it should be."

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US can start giving Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11: CDC

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White House prepares for pediatric COVID-19 vaccines

The Biden administration has procured enough Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate the 28 million American children ages 5 to 11 who are set to become eligible for vaccination as soon as this week.

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COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5-11 to be ‘fully up and running’ next week, White House says

WASHINGTON - The program to vaccinate children between 5 and 11 years old is expected to be at full strength next week, according to the White House. "Starting the week of November 8, the kids’ vaccination program will be fully up and running," White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said Monday.

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White House readies nation for pediatric COVID-19 vaccines

During a briefing today White House officials said they are preparing to vaccinate up to 28 million American children aged 5 to 11 as soon as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine gains approval from regulators.

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White House lays out plan for COVID-19 vaccine rollout for children 5-11

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients laid out the administration’s plans Wednesday for rolling out vaccines to children aged five to 11 ahead of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision on whether to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech jab for this age group.

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White House: Mandates are boosting COVID-19 vaccination rates

Today during a White House press briefing, Jeff Zients, the coordinator of the Biden administration’s COVID-19 pandemic response, said vaccine mandates are driving up vaccination rates across the country.

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Biden administration boosts at-home COVID-19 test supply

President Biden today announced he is investing $1 billion dollars to quadruple the national supply of at-home COVID-19 tests by December.

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USA travel ban to be scrapped for covid vaccinated Brits in November

Boris Johnson ahead of his meeting with the US President the White House announced that vaccinated passengers from the European Union and the UK will be able to enter the country from November. It marks the end of an 18-month blanket ban imposed by Donald Trump at the height of the Covid pandemic that has kept tourists, business people and separated families out.

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US COVID-19 vaccine mandates met with mixed response

"Vaccination requirements work; that's why so many organizations have supported the president's plan," Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator said today, a day after President Joe Biden announced the most sweeping mandates Americans have seen during the pandemic.

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Half of US kids between 12 and 17 have received COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - Half of children aged 12 to 17 in the United States have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccination, the White House confirmed Friday. "We have now hit a major milestone in our effort to vaccinate adolescents — 50 percent of 12 to 17-year-olds now have at least their first shot," White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said at the news briefing. Later, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki echoed this update saying, "Importantly we’ve hit another major milestone in our effort to vaccinate adolescents at a particularly important time as people go back to school." A 15-year-old receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA on

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Half of US teens partially vaccinated against COVID

Half of US 12- to 17-year-olds have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, and their vaccination rate is rising higher than any other age-group, said White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients during a White House briefing today.

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New US COVID-19 cases at 6-month high

The fourth wave of COVID-19 continues to crash across the country, with the United States reporting 103,445 new cases yesterday, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH.

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US COVID-19 cases climb steadily all week

Today in a White House news briefing, public health officials spotlighted the COVID-19 surges appearing across the country and reiterated the urgency for people to get vaccinated.

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Unvaccinated people account for 'virtually all' COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths, White House says

WASHINGTON - COVID-19 cases continue to amass in parts of the United States and the White House said unvaccinated people are the most impacted.At Thursday’s news briefing, Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, said "virtually all COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in the United States are now occurring among unvaccinated individuals."According to data collected by the U.S.

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Delta variant: ‘Surge response’ teams to deploy to US hot spots, White House says

WASHINGTON - Amid rising concerns over the delta variant of the novel coronavirus, the White House plans to deploy "surge response" teams to help combat potential outbreaks as well as work to get more shots in arms in areas where vaccination rates are low, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said during a Thursday COVID-19 press briefing. "As both Dr. Walensky and Dr.

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180 million Americans have had at least 1 COVID vaccine dose

Today during a White House press briefing, Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 coordinator, said 180 million Americans now have had at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and White House Chief Medical Advisor Anthony Fauci, MD, reassured the country that the three vaccines with emergency use authorization in the United States are likely effective against the Delta (B11617.2) variant.

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White House: 70% of adults 30 and up have 1 dose of COVID vaccine

Today, Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 coordinator, announced that among adults age 30 and older, 70% have met President Joe Biden's goal of receiving at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine before the Fourth of July.

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70% of people over 30 have received 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine in U.S., officials say

Jeff Zients, the coordinator for the U.S. COVID-19 task force, announced on Tuesday that 70 per cent of people aged 30 and over have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

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White House announces $3.2 billion toward antivirals

Today, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, announced during a White House press briefing that the Biden administration is investing $3.2 billion in the research and development of oral antiviral therapies for COVID-19 and other viruses with limited treatments.

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COVID-19: White House says more vaccine doses arriving in Canada on Thursday

Speaking to the media on Thursday Jeff Zients, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, said that the U.S.

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With ample supplies, US to lift priority ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sanofi Covid vaccines

Covid-19 vaccines in the country, the Biden Administration has removed Defense Production Act priority ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax and Sanofi vaccines, a top US official said.The move would let companies take their own decision on whom they want to sell their vaccines.“We have secured enough vaccine supply for all Americans.

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In US, 100 million now vaccinated against COVID-19

In 100 days, President Joe Biden has made good on his promise of delivering 100 million COVID-19 vaccines in arms. In fact, the United States has administered 237 million vaccines in 100 days, and 100 million Americans have now received all vaccine doses.

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White House responds to calls to pause Johnson & Johnson vaccine over blood clot reports

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US COVID-19 vaccine allotment to stay the course, despite upticks

Today during a White House COVID-19 pandemic response briefing, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, Jeff Zients, said, “Now is not the time to change course on vaccine allocation,” in the face of some states reporting dramatic spikes in virus activity.

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More than 30 states expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

With national vaccinations ramping up to more than 2.5 million people per day, at least 34 states have made all adults eligible to receive one of three approved COVID-19 vaccines—or plan to by mid-April— as the United States continues to race to vaccinate as many people as possible while variant cases continue to rise.

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White House: All US adults to be eligible for COVID vaccine by May 1

A Fourth of July with family and friends. That's what President Joe Biden said was possible last night during his first televised address to the nation on his 50th day in office, on the 1-year anniversary of the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Airline industry pushes US to standardize health papers

Leading airline and business groups are asking the Biden administration to develop temporary credentials that would let travelers show they have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, a step that the airline industry believes will help revive travel.

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US ready to distribute J&J COVID vaccine, White House says

Today leaders of the White House COVID-19 response team said they are ready to distribute Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine when and if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues an emergency use authorization (EUA)—which could come as early as this weekend.

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COVID-19 bill would scale up ability to spot virus mutations

WASHINGTON – ATTN DESK: CAN BE ILLUSTRATED WITH FILE ART OF WHITE HOUSE COVID COORDINATOR JEFF ZIENTS.

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Airline passengers may have to take COVID-19 test before boarding flight

ORLANDO, Fla. – As Florida reports 347 cases of a more contagious strain of COVID-19, talks have increased about a new requirement to board a flight.

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Airlines push White House to reject testing for US flights

WASHINGTON – Leaders of several major U.S. airlines met online Friday with White House officials to press their case against requiring coronavirus tests for passengers on domestic flights, saying it would undermine the already fragile industry.

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'We're at war with this virus': Inside Biden's response to Covid-19

coronavirus cases, people in hospitals, deaths. But they also include the latest signs of progress: Covid-19 tests administered, vaccine doses shipped, shots injected.Also Read | Inside the Mindtree makeover strategyWhere the last administration addressed the pandemic with the vernacular of a natural disaster — using the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mantra of a “federally supported, state managed and locally executed" response — Biden's team is borrowing from the Pentagon and the doctrine of overwhelming force.“We're at war with this virus," Covid-19 coordinator Jeff Zients said in an interview with The Associated Press between Sunday morning meetings on the response.

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New vaccine sites in urban California to tackle COVID-19 disparities

California communities especially hard hit by the coronavirus, as state and federal officials try to tackle racial and economic disparities hindering US immunization efforts.Joint plans to launch the two sites on Feb.

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CDC says schools can reopen without teachers getting COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - The Director of the CDC says schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus.RELATED: New study vindicates UK's delay of 2nd AstraZeneca vaccine doseAs some teachers’ unions balk at resuming in-person instruction before teachers are inoculated, Dr.

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Things to Know: Vaccine shipments coming to US pharmacies

Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0