A Covid-19 vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Canada’s Medicago Inc. demonstrated 71% efficacy against multiple variants of the disease in a positive outcome for the pandemic latecomers.
Brazil Hits 400,000 Deaths as Shortage Blunts Vaccination Effort
Bloomberg 4/29/2021 Rachel Gamarski and Caroline Aragaki
(Bloomberg) Brazil recorded more Covid-19 deaths in the first four months of the year than in all of 2020, breaching the 400,000 mark as it grapples with a shortage of shots that’s threatening mass vaccinations.
The Health Ministry reported 3,001 deaths on Thursday, pushing the total to 401,186 since the pandemic started a little over a year ago. It’s the second highest tally globally, trailing only the U.S. Cases rose by 69,389 in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll to 14.6 million, behind India and the U.S.
Covid Surge in Oregon Shows U.S. Fight Against Pandemic Not Over Bloomberg 4/29/2021 Nic Querolo and Olga Kharif
(Bloomberg) A Covid-19 surge in Oregon is sweeping through a partially vaccinated population, with steep rises in case rates among the young an indication that the U.S. may struggle with distinct outbreaks for months to come.
The state reported 888 confirmed and presumed cases on Tuesday and a 6.5% test positivity rate, bringing the seven-day average to 832, according to the Oregon Health Authority.
Those levels are still below peaks reached this winter, but Governor Kate Brown has elevated more than a dozen counties to the most extreme risk category, effective Friday, shuttering indoor dining and warning of strain to the state’s hospitals.
Where Covid Kills the Young: Brazil Shows What May Await Others Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Andrew Rosati, Martha Beck and Simone Iglesias
(Bloomberg) Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. Covid was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.
His cough started a few days later and wouldn’t quit. He went to an emergency clinic where, his lungs down to half their capacity, he was diagnosed with Covid. In the two days he waited for a hospital transfer, he was witness to an infernal scene patients his age dying on either side of him.
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