FDA Clears Pfizer Shot for Teens; U.S. Cases Slow: Virus Update
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15. The number of new cases in U.S. rose last week at the slowest pace since the pandemic began, as more Americans are vaccinated and the nation recovers from a winter spike fueled by holiday travel.
India’s capital of New Delhi extended its lockdown for another week as it battled a wave of infections and warned about a potentially deadly fungal infection in Covid-19 patients. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization sees the highly contagious variant spreading in India as a global concern.
Arwady and other officials will be announcing the launch of a Vaccine Ambassador course, providing free online training for Chicagoans to become trusted vaccine education ambassadors in their own communities, CDPH said.
The new program comes as the city looks to expand ways in which it brings COVID vaccinations to different populations and communities across Chicago.
Chicago and Illinois officials announced Monday that teams to vaccinate people will be dispatched to workplaces and commercial buildings in a new effort.
The workplace vaccinations will begin in mid-May with 10 sites in Chicago, Schaumburg and Rockford in the first wave of the program. The Chicago sites are: