Month: April 2021

Nearly half of new coronavirus infections nationwide are in just five states — a situation that is putting pressure on the federal government to consider changing how it distributes vaccines by sending more doses to hot spots. New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections, or nearly 197,500 new cases, in the latest available seven-day period, according to state health agency data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Total U.S. infections during the same week numbered more than 452,000. The heavy concentration of new cases in states that account for 22% of the U.S. population has prompted some experts and elected officials to call for President Joe Biden’s administration to ship additional vaccine doses to those plac...

More than 4,100 people died from the coronavirus in Brazil on Tuesday, the country’s highest ever recorded daily total of lives lost since the pandemic began, bringing the country’s death toll to almost at 337,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. At least 86,979 new infections were also recorded in the country on the same day. Brazil has the second highest death toll in the world after the United States. According to experts, the highly transmissible P.1 variant is “impossible to stop” and could soon be a problem for the entire world to grapple with as people continue to transmit the infection across borders. Access to coronavirus vaccines needed to help curb the spread are limited, with research site Our World in Data estimating that South America has only administered ...

The newer, mutating COVID strains, including the Brazilian and the Kent variants are said to be quite stronger and spawning the capability to cause more symptoms and attack the vital organs more profoundly. According to current research which has emerged from hospitals across India, people testing positive for the virus are now also reporting different viral symptoms, unlike the classic signs and symptoms of COVID-19. According to doctors in Gujarat, patients are now exhibiting unusual symptoms of the virus, including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and even developing a cold. The absence of typical symptoms, such as that of a fever and a cough is now making doctors caution patients to get tested even if they do not show classic signs. Other symptoms increasingly seen in COVID+ patient...