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From fighting to get shots to a surplus of appointments, a new trend in the Massachusetts vaccine rollout has some health experts concerned.
At UMass Memorial Health Care s vaccination site on Front Street in Worcester, workers went from administering 600 shots a day last week to struggling to fill 500 appointments this week. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. It s very concerning to all of us. We re not filling like we were just days ago. It s been a dramatic change, Candy Szymanski, the clinical supervisor at the site said.
NFL modifies Covid-19 protocols for vaccinated team personnel
From CNN s Jacob Lev
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell has modified the league s Covid-19 protocols due to the reduced risk of infection for vaccinated players.
Goodell outlined the amended protocols in a memo sent to all NFL teams on Friday. A source provided a copy of the memo to CNN.
The NFL said that fully vaccinated team personnel will only be tested for Covid-19 once a week instead of daily tests. Last season, every personnel member was tested for the virus daily.
The memo also says that all fully vaccinated players and staff members will not need to quarantine if they come in close contact with an infected person.
India bans supply of oxygen for industrial purposes as shortages continue amid Covid-19 surge
From CNN s Manveena Suri
Workers sort oxygen cylinders used for Covid-19 coronavirus patients at a facility in Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Ajmer on April 22. Himanshu Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
India banned the supply of oxygen for industrial purposes as oxygen shortages continue in many hospitals in the capital, New Delhi, amid a deadly second wave of Covid-19 in the country.
In an order issued by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday, it also said no restrictions are to be imposed on the movement of medical oxygen between states.
After Derek Chauvin verdict, UMass Memorial Health hopes community ‘can move toward healing and addressing the systemic racism’
Updated Apr 21, 2021;
In the wake of the guilty verdict in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, UMass Memorial Health said it hoped systemic racism “the root cause of so many tragic deaths of people of color” would be addressed.
The largest healthcare provider and employer in Worcester County released a statement following the verdict in the trial of Chauvin, who was seen on video pressing his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes.
Judge Peter A. Cahill read the jury’s verdict Tuesday afternoon in case of Floyd’s killing, announcing Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder while committing a felony, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The verdict came after two days of deliberations.