Prioritizing who gets the COVID-19 vaccine
A CDC advisory committee has voted to recommend prioritizing health care workers and individuals in long-term care facilities to receive the first COVID-19 vaccine when approved. source
ABC News Live Update: UK becomes 1st nation to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
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CDC warns virus ‘has entered a phase of high-level transmission’ in US
COVID-19 cases have reached an all-time high and hospitalizations are on the rise in 40 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. source
CDC: US has ‘entered a phase of high-level transmission’ of COVID-19 | WNT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning after daily virus cases nearly doubled in just over a month from 100,000 on Oct. 30 to 196,000 on…
By the Numbers: Rich countries hoard COVID-19 vaccines; global poor to miss out
Poor countries could only vaccinate 10% of their populations in 2021, while rich countries could vaccinate their whole populations 3 times over, study says. source
The Rundown: Top headlines Wednesday: Dec. 9, 2020
Stay up to date on the developing stories making headlines. source
Data collection, surveillance help South Korea keep COVID cases low
ABC News’ Joohee Cho reports on South Korea’s use of stringent methods to tame the virus, but a recent rise in cases will put the effectiveness of those methods to…
Pfizer prepares to ship 2.9M COVID-19 vaccine doses across US
The company has been holding mock scenarios, test runs and test shipments to all 50 states since March, to be ready once the FDA authorizes the vaccine. source
New concerns as COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record high
In California, with ICU beds at a record low, one hospital turned its parking garage into a makeshift unit. source
Health care workers given COVID-19 vaccine after months of tirelessly fighting virus
Staffers at a hospital in New York City and a nursing home in New Jersey are given the COVID-19 vaccine. Nursing home residents, who are also vulnerable to the virus,…