Is detected in the United States just as there are new predictions of a much higher potential death toll. Donald trump left the white house, but many republicans are refusing to leave him. We have the latest as some Party Members swear their loyalty to the former president. And the sub reddit page that has wall street in a spin. The latest on gamestops Crazy Ride On wall street. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching here in the United States, canada and around the world. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. A new forecast warns that more contagious strains of the coronavirus could cause an additional 85,000 deaths in the u. S. By may. The first two cases of the variant first detected in south africa have now been confirmed in the u. S. Its already circulating in at least 30 other countries. Two americans who have it dont know each other and havent traveled abroad. Now this variant may make at least one potential new vaccine less effective. Drug
Pandemic. The Biden Administration is deploying 1,110 active duty service members, including teams from army, air force, navy, and marines to support five fema covid19 Vaccination Centers across the country. The first team set to arrive in california in ten days. The Biden White House also says it will soon utilize Defense Production Act in several ways to procure equipment and supplies for pfizer to make additional vaccine, to tap Six Companies to make 61 million at home covid19 tests by end of summer, and built factories to produce Raw Materials needed for nitrile surgical gloves. A billion pairs a month. All of that means jobs. All of that should have been done a year ago. The Biden Administration also isnt ruling out using Defense Production Act to aid in production of Johnson Johnsons one shot vaccine which is currently awaiting Emergency Use Authorization from the fda. That should come any day now. The federal government is set to ship 10. 5 million vaccine doses a week for the n
Administration is preparing a Sweeping Campaign to encourage americans to take the covid19 vaccine when its available to them and as vaccine supply increases. And it all cant come soon enough. The centers for Disease Control and prevention report more than 600 cases of the more contagious covid19 variants from the united kingdom, brazil and south africa across 33 states. According to the latest forecast models, an estimated 631,000 americans would have died from covid19 by june 1st. The mounting of a real federal response to the covid pandemic for the first time comes alongside the Historic Second Impeachment Trial of the former president who failed and refused to lead that fight. The second Impeachment Trial of the accused insurrectionist donald j. Trump begins on tuesday. It does not appear that there would be enough Senate Republicans to join in convincing the former failed president of his role in inciting the mob that attacked the capitol one month ago on january 6th and thats not
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