US pharmacy chain Rite Aid to begin Covid-19 vaccinations on Friday
From CNN s Samira Said Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rite Aid pharmacies will begin on Friday administering Covid-19 vaccines in seven US states and jurisdictions as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, the drug store chain said in a press release Thursday.
Chris Savarese, Rite Aid director of public relations, said at launch the store expects to receive 116,300 doses for about 1,200 Rite Aid locations, which is about 100 doses per participating store. Initially, vaccine appointments will still be difficult to schedule at any provider. However, we expect to see availability of the vaccine improve over time, Heyward Donigan, Rite Aid president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
CNN s Laura Jarrett is answering your questions as minorities face hurdles to vaccination
CNN s Go There is in New York as minorities face hurdles to vaccination.
For example, last month, a Covid-19 vaccination site in a Latino neighborhood in New York City hard hit by the pandemic saw an overwhelming number of White people from outside the community show up to get the shot this month, laying bare a national disparity that shows people of color are being vaccinated at dramatically lower rates.
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Cancelation of Germany s carnival will result in $1.8 billion loss nationwide, economic institute says
From CNN s Nadine Schmidt and Claudia Otto
The cancelation of Germany’s popular annual carnival celebrations, which involve stage events, stalls and parades, will lead to a
nationwide loss of 1.5 billion euro (
$1.8 billion), according to the Cologne-based German Economic Institute (IW).
Retailers and hotels will suffer the greatest economic losses, according to IW. It estimates about 330 million euro ($400 million) will be lost in the retail sector, the bulk of it from lost revenue in costume sales.
The hotel industry, which would typically take high numbers of bookings at this time of year for the celebrations, will lose an estimated 160 million euro, IW said in a press release on Monday.
Majority of Americans could be vaccinated by the middle or end of summer, says Fauci
From CNN s Naomi Thomas
Educational staff at Kettering City Schools receive the Covid-19 vaccine as a part of Ohio s Phase 1B vaccine distribution in Dayton, Ohio, on February 10. Megan Jelinger/AFP/Getty Images
The top US infectious diseases expert said Thursday that
“open season” for Covid-19 vaccination could begin in April, and that the country may be able to vaccinate the majority of Americans by the middle or end of summer.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC’s Savannah Guthrie on the Today show that he thought the pace of vaccination was going to pick up going into March and April.
New Bristol variant could re-infect previously infected or vaccinated people, UK government science adviser says
From CNN s Hannah Ritchie
People wait outside a coronavirus surge testing center at a library in Bristol, England, on February 9, following the identification of a mutated variant in the region. Ben Birchall/PA Images/Getty Images
A new coronavirus mutation known as the Bristol variant might infect people who were previously infected, or have been previously vaccinated, Professor John Edmunds, a member of the UK government s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) said Thursday. I don t know whether the Bristol variant is any more transmissible than the Kent variant. I suspect it isn t, Edmunds told ITV News.