None of the six cases is in Mississippi, state health officials said during a media briefing Tuesday.
Johnson & Johnson has not been used at Mississippi s drive-thru vaccination sites, State Epidemiologist Paul Byers said. There may be individual providers who use J&J that need to modify, delay or reschedule, Byers said. From a health department standpoint, we’re not canceling any appointments.
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced of the 6.8 million shots of Johnson & Johnson administered, six women in the United States between the ages of 18 and 48 developed a rare blood clot cerebral venous sinus thrombosis alongside low blood platelet levels.
Increasing variants threaten progress against COVID-19 fight, Dobbs says Dobbs says Mississippi has detected 147 UK variants, 1 South African variant, and 3 Brazilian strains of the virus. By Sharie Nicole | April 12, 2021 at 11:32 AM CDT - Updated April 12 at 12:39 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs is optimistic about Mississippi’s downward trend of COVID-19 cases, but admits the risks against our progress are real.
Dobbs said online, “Cases, deaths, and patients with COVID symptoms continue to decline. Good news for MS but increasing variants threaten our progress.”
Cases, deaths and patients with COVID symptoms continue to decline. Good news for MS but increasing variants threaten our progress pic.twitter.com/p1wm0AQVMo thomas dobbs (@TCBPubHealth) April 12, 2021
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While several parts of the United States are seeing spikes in COVID-19 infections, Mississippi s cases and deaths have dropped. With more variants creeping into the state, health officials said Friday cases could rise. There s a lull in cases that we don’t think is going to last forever, State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs said during a regularly scheduled Friday roundtable discussion.
State Epidemiologist Paul Byers announced the Brazil variant had made it to Mississippi. Though, Byers did not specify how many Mississippians tested positive for the variant. Like other COVID-19 variants, it is easier and faster to spread.
Mississippi has around 170 COVID-19 variant cases, Byers said during the discussion. The UK variant makes up the majority. Experts in Britain say the variant may be associated with an increased risk of death compared to other variant viruses, according to a CDC report.