Reinfections of COVID-19 after natural infection or vaccination
On April 5, Bridge Michigan reported that 246 fully vaccinated people in Michigan were later infected with the coronavirus, including 11 hospitalized and three who died. A spokesperson from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) was quoted by Bridge Michigan a week later that the deaths have since undergone a more “detailed review,” and all three had histories of earlier infections before vaccination. Moreover, neither COVID-19 nor any “other acute respiratory infection” was identified on the trio’s death certificates.
A child receives a COVID-19 test (Credit: Envato)
Vaccinations have shown to be safe and highly effective at reducing hospitalization and death. Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that out of 75 million people that had been fully vaccinated, there had been 5,800 reported infections, of which 396 required hospitalization, of which 74 die
Health experts now see a ramped up vaccination effort as key to quelling second Covid wave in India.
NEW DELHI: For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, they’re being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.
Under mounting criticism for dominating vaccine resources, the US said this week that it will help India by sending items needed to manufacture vaccines as part of an aid package. European countries are also pledging help as new cases in the South Asian country smash world records. President Joe Biden’s administration is separately vowing to share its stockpile of AstraZeneca Plc vaccines which the US hasn’t even approved for use and meeting with drug companies about boosting supply and waiving intellectual property protections on Covid-19 shots, a shift India and South Africa have been pushing for.
Vaccine Hoarding Set to Backfire on Rich Nations as India Reels
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(Bloomberg) For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, theyâre being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.
(Bloomberg) For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, theyâre being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.
Vaccine Hoarding May Backfire on Rich Nations as India Reels
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(Bloomberg) For months, developed economies have hoarded Covid-19 vaccines and the raw materials needed to make them. Now, they’re being forced to act as an explosive outbreak in India raises the risk of new virus mutations that could threaten the wider world.
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Under mounting criticism for dominating vaccine resources, the U.S. said this week that it will help India by sending items needed to manufacture vaccines as part of an aid package. European countries are also pledging help as new cases in the South Asian country smash world records. President Joe Biden’s administration is separately vowing to share its stockpile of AstraZeneca Plc vaccines which the U.S. hasn’t even approved for use and meeting with drug companies about boosting supply and waiving intellectual property protections on Covid-19 shots, a shift India
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