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Out of the more than 22 million doses of vaccine that have been distributed to hospitals and pharmacies so far in the United States, only about 6.7 million people have received their first dose.
12:01 a.m. ET, January 11, 2021
Japan says travelers from Brazil carried mutations similar to Covid-19 variants seen in UK and South Africa
From CNN’s Junko Ogura, Flora Charner and Philip Wang
Japan’s Health Ministry says passengers who traveled from Brazil, quarantined, and tested positive for Covid-19 in early January were later found to have been infected with virus-carrying mutations that appear similar to variants of the coronavirus first seen in Britain and South Africa.
The travelers had been in the Brazilian state of Amazonas and landed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on January 2, the ministry said in a statement Sunday. They tested positive at the airport quarantine.
Cuomo Expands Vaccination Network, Widens Eligibility Criteria to Accelerate Rollout
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has expanded the vaccine administration network and widened eligibility criteria to accelerate the statewide pace of inoculations against the CCP virus following a slow rollout and reports that narrow guidelines have led to some vaccine doses being discarded.
Cuomo made the announcement at a Jan. 9 press briefing, in which he said that, starting Jan. 11, the criteria would be broadened to include 3.2 million more New Yorkers, including additional categories of essential workers and people aged 75 and older.
“Over the past week, we have seen hospitals increase their vaccination rates, and I thank them for their efforts, but it’s still not enough, so we’re going to accelerate the distribution,” Cuomo said in a statement.