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December 18, 2020
SEOUL, South Korea Long lines are snaking from coronavirus testing sites in the South Korean capital of Seoul on Saturday as the country reports 1,053 more confirmed cases, the fourth straight day over 1,000.
Thousands are taking advantage of free tests being offered temporarily in the capital area. The government is struggling to decide whether to increase social distancing to maximum levels, which officials fear would further shock the economy.
The new cases brought the national caseload to 48,570. Nearly 7,000 of those cases have been added over the past week.
Fourteen COVID-19 patients died in the past 24 hours to bring the death toll to 659. There are concerns fatalities will continue to rise because of a shortage of intensive care beds in the Seoul area, which is being hit hardest by the virus.
A Fairbanks, Alaska clinician came down with anaphylactic symptoms 10 minutes after receiving Pfizer s shot
The worker was treated with epinephrine and released from the hospital about six hours later
She said she would still recommend it to anyone, despite my reaction, to help our country get immunized
Two health care workers in Juneau suffered reactions when they got the shot earlier this week
Pence, top congressional leaders get vaccines; Trump absent 1 in 5 prisoners in the US has had COVID-19, 1,700 have died Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has announced a partial lockdown nationwide for most of the Christmas holiday season out of concern that gatherings of families and friends would reignite the virus’s spread. Doctors say increasingly desperate California hospitals are being “crushed” by soaring coronavirus infections. One Los Angeles ER doctor is predicting rationing of care is imminent. T ens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas. That’s despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in coronavirus cases.
updated: Dec 19 2020, 08:19 ist
A second healthcare worker has experienced a severe reaction after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine, officials said Friday.
Both cases were in Alaska.
In the latest, a worker, identified only as a female clinician, began experiencing probable anaphylactic symptoms about 10 minutes after receiving the shot Thursday in Fairbanks. Symptoms included tongue swelling, hoarse voice and difficulty breathing.
She received two doses of epinephrine at the emergency department at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital and was discharged about six hours later. Allergic reactions, though uncommon, can occur with injections of medications and vaccines, Chief Medical Officer Dr Angelique Ramirez said in a statement.
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