Month: January 2021

In Riverside County, people 65 years and older can start getting their coronavirus vaccine Thursday, along with adults of all ages if they work in education, law enforcement, food and agriculture, and emergency services. That group makes up Phase 1B in the county's vaccine distribution framework. People in all tiers of Phase 1A can also be vaccinated. NOTE: For employees in Phase 1A and 1B – Tier 1, an appointment and employee ID badge/letter from place of employment required or you will not be vaccinated For those 65 years and older, an appointment and ID is required. Vaccines will only be given out to those who made appointments ahead of time. You can find the latest information on vaccination distribution, including locations and how to register at ruh...

In Riverside County, people 65 years and older can start getting their coronavirus vaccine Thursday, along with adults of all ages if they work in education, law enforcement, food and agriculture, and emergency services. That group makes up Phase 1B in the county's vaccine distribution framework. People in all tiers of Phase 1A can also be vaccinated. NOTE: For employees in Phase 1A and 1B – Tier 1, an appointment and employee ID badge/letter from place of employment required or you will not be vaccinated For those 65 years and older, an appointment and ID is required. Vaccines will only be given out to those who made appointments ahead of time. You can find the latest information on vaccination distribution, including locations and how to register at ruh...

Patients arrive in ambulances at the Royal London Hospital, on January 05, 2021 in London, England. The British Prime Minister made a national television address on Monday evening announcing England is to enter its third lockdown of the covid-19 pandemic. This week the UK recorded more than 50,000 new confirmed Covid cases for the seventh day in a row. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — People who have been infected with Covid are likely to have some form of immunity for at least five months, according to early results of a major new study in the U.K. The preliminary findings in Public Health England's SIREN study — which has surveyed thousands of U.K. health-care workers in a bid to establish whether prior infection protects against future i...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The search for a missing two-year-old is over tonight after officers found the boy just a couple blocks from where they believe he was taken. Investigators flooded the area around the *Kids Kare Facility* daycare on Olive Avenue just after 5:30 when a vehicle was stolen with the child inside. Fresno officers say they found the boy and the car abandoned just a block away. No information has been provided on a possible suspect. Copyright © 2021 KFSN-TV. All Rights Reserved.

The SIREN research examined the impact of infection on more than 20,000 volunteer health workers from across the UK and a pre-print of the study found only 44 cases of reinfection among 6,614 people. Two groups of people, one with no evidence of previous infection and the other with evidence of past infection, were followed for up to six months. The study -- which has not yet been peer reviewed -- concluded that past infection reduces the chances of catching the virus again by 83% for at least five months. The cohort were tested regularly for Covid-19. "About 6,000 of the healthcare workers were people who had evidence of having had SARS-CoV-2 infection... and about 14,000 of the healthcare workers were people who had no evidence of previous SARS-CoV-2 infection," Tom Wingfield, senior ...