22 COVID Cases Reported Among Nearly 15K Fully Vaccinated Chicago Nursing Home Staff, Residents: CDC
Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that 22 coronavirus cases were reported among fully vaccinated individuals at Chicago-area skilled nursing facilities between Dec. 2020 and March 2021, with two hospitalizations and one death reported among those cases.
According to the report, 12 residents and 10 staff members were diagnosed with the virus more than 14 days after receiving their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine as part of the study. In all, 7,931 residents and 6,834 staff members received two doses of the vaccine, meaning that less than one-tenth of a percent of those individuals ultimately contracted COVID during that time.
that chased the gunman in his vehicle. it shows the vehicle crashed off the roadway, the gunman shooting himself in that vehicle after being wounded twice. this afternoon vice president mike pence will be visiting here. we expect him to go to the brooke army medical center to visit seven of the wounded victims who are there and get a debriefing from local law enforcement as well as go to a vigil at a local high school set for later tonight. the vice president spoke to our shannon bream last night on fox news at night and this is what he said about the power of prayer during this difficult time. i m a believer. and i believe in prayer. and i know that at this moment of such heartbreak and loss in that community that what most americans are most able to do is to pray for those families. all the victims names are
stay, i suppose. back to you in new york. shepard: steve brown in chicago tonight. thank you, steve. the president just left chicago and is headed to joplin, missouri i m told to speak at a high school graduation there. joplin, missouri just hours after last year s graduation a tornado tore through that town and killed 161 people. it was awful. and among them, 18-year-old will norton, a senior driving home from the ceremony. the twister said to have pulled him out of the car with his father sitting right next to him. the tornado devastated the town, flattened thousands of homes and businesses. destroyed five schools including joplin high. the students relocated to temporary classrooms at a local mall. tomorrow, one year after that twister struck, workers will break ground at a new high school set to open in 2014. the president will speak there shortly. some important news from the supreme court today. first, a former boston university student will have to pay $675,000 for illegally d