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Coronavirus Updates: Restrictions to be lifted on fully-vaccinated, non-American travelers Monday

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NEW YORK (WABC) — The U.S. is lifting restrictions on foreign travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID, starting Monday.

The Biden administration is expecting long lines and delays at airports with travelers possibly pouring into the states.

When the announcement was made, online searches for international flights jumped 338%.

Delta Airlines saw bookings shoot up by 450%, and United Airlines says it will be bringing 30,000 travelers into the U.S. on Monday alone.

Here are more of today’s COVID-19 headlines:

Novavax says its vaccine could win over skeptics

The biotechnology company Novavax plans to submit complete data to the US Food and Drug Administration soon for possible emergency use authorization of its coronavirus vaccine, CEO Stanley Erck told CNN in a phone interview Friday. Novavax’s vaccine, called NVX-CoV2373, is made using somewhat more conventional methods than the vaccines already authorized for use in the US.

US cancels vaccine maker’s multimillion dollar deal
The federal government has canceled a multimillion dollar deal with Emergent BioSolutions, a Maryland-based vaccine manufacturer with facilities in Baltimore that were found to have produced millions of contaminated Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses this spring, the Washington Post reported. Emergent disclosed the development Thursday in a conference call discussing its latest financial results, the Post reported. Emergent said it will forgo about $180 million due to the contract’s termination, according to the Post. Emergent BioSolutions played a role in the Trump administration’s effort to speed up vaccine development and distribution. But after winning a contract from the previous administration, Emergent quickly ran into production problems. In March, ingredients intended for use in producing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shots contaminated 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. The problems with the vaccines caused a monthslong delay in production. After that, the Biden administration put Johnson & Johnson in direct control of vaccine production there.

15 unions reach COVID vaccine mandate deal with NYC, talks continue with outliers
New York City employees who don’t want to get vaccinated have until Friday to file for a religious or medical exemption if they have any hope of staying on the payroll, this as the city announces more deals with unions representing municipal workers. Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that 15 unions, including city’s largest, DC 37, have signed onto the deal. The unions represent more than 100,000 city workers covered by this most recent mandate that took effect last week, but the police and fire unions are not included and are still trying to hash out their own deals. Around 92% of city workers under the mandate are vaccinated, including 90% of EMS, 79% of firefighters, 85% of sanitation workers, and 85% of NYPD employees.

COVID vaccine refusal 10th highest reason for job cuts in 2021, report says
While experts say we’re still in the so-called “Great Resignation,” a recent Jobs Cut Report uncovered vaccine refusal as the 10th highest reason for job cuts this year. Numbers released by Chicago-based outplacement and business and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. came on on the same day President Biden announced new federal guidance and deadline for tens of millions of workers to get vaccinated.
“Roughly 5,000 people that lost their jobs in the last month due to COVID vaccine refusal made up actually 22% of the total number of people that we tracked being let go across the country,” the firm’s Senior VP Andy Challenger told our sister station KGO-TV.

Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill reduces risk of being hospitalized or dying by 89%, company says

A course of pills developed by Pfizer can slash the risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 by 89% if taken within three days of developing symptoms, according to results released Friday by the pharmaceutical company. In a study of more than 1,200 COVID-19 patients with a higher risk of developing serious illness, people who took Pfizer’s pills were far less likely to end up in the hospital compared to people who got placebo pills. None of the people who got the real pills died, but 10 people who got placebo pills died, according to results summarized in a Pfizer press release.
SantaCon returns
After taking a year off due to the pandemic, SantaCon is returning to New York City. The event requires a $13 donation for all-inclusive Santa Badge access to the official SantaCon venues. The location of a Yuletide kickoff party won’t be disclosed until closer to the December 11 SantaCon date.

Turkey Day troubles? Smaller birds, popular Thanksgiving sides could be harder to find in 2021
Consumers may have to trim their list of trimmings for their highly anticipated Thanksgiving meal this year. Top turkey seller Butterball said it doesn’t expect an overall gobbler shortage, but that those in search of a smaller size bird could have a hard time.
“Typically a 10- to 12-pound (turkey) up to 14 pounds is going to be more difficult,” Butterball CEO Jay Jandrain told “Good Morning America” on Friday. “Anything over 16 pounds, they’ll certainly be more readily available.”

Q&A: What to know about COVID-19 vaccines for kids aged 5-11
Vaccinations finally are available to U.S. children as young as 5, to the relief of some parents even as others have questions or fears. Late Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave the final OK for youngsters age 5 to 11 to get kid-size doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. Pediatricians and other doctors’ groups praised the move and are gearing up to help families decide whether to vaccinate their children. The shots could be available as soon as Wednesday and will be offered at pediatricians offices, clinics and pharmacies. Like COVID-19 vaccines for adults, they are free. Here’s everything you need to know.

Will the supply chain issues impact holiday shopping? Here’s what the experts say

With the holiday shopping suddenly upon us, it appears that getting that perfect gift or preparing that perfect meal will be far more challenging than in years past due to supply chain issues. Shoppers are noticing that it’s difficult to find a variety of items, and virtually everything from food to Christmas trees are more expensive. The price increase is being caused by gridlock at major seaports and a truck driver shortage across the country. Analysts say the forecast for the holiday season is not looking better.

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1 in 5 new COVID-19 infections in LA are in fully-vaccinated people. Most of them have mild symptoms, or none at all.

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Nurse practitioner Nicole Monk, 44, receives a coronavirus vaccination at the LA Mission homeless shelter on Skid Row, in Los Angeles, California, February 10, 2021. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

  • One in five people that tested positive for COVID-19 in LA County in June were fully-vaccinated.

  • Vaccinated people who caught the virus mostly had mild symptoms, or none at all, officials said.

  • The county recorded 2,767 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday – up 80% in a week, mostly caused by Delta.

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One in five people that caught COVID-19 in LA County in June were fully vaccinated, health officials said Thursday.

Most of these fully vaccinated people developed mild symptoms, or none at all, they said.

The fast-spreading Delta variant is now causing the majority of infections in the county, which is the most populous county in the US.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a press release that “in June, fully-vaccinated people represented 20% of all cases diagnosed among LA County residents, while unvaccinated and partially vaccinated people accounted for 80% of cases.”

Most vaccinated people that caught the virus got mild or no symptoms, officials said.

The number of infections in fully-vaccinated people over the week to Thursday was up 58% compared to the previous week – but the number of fully-vaccinated people requiring hospital treatment for COVID-19 increased by just 0.0014%, and deaths in fully-vaccinated people increased by 0.0001%, the health officials’ data showed.

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Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, said that if you get COVID-19 after vaccination “your chances of both ending up in the hospital, ending up in an ICU, ending up intubated are much less than the chances of that happening if you’re somebody who is unvaccinated,” the Los Angeles Times reported.

The county recorded 2,767 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, up 80% from the week before, the officials said. The numbers would be “much higher” if there weren’t as many people fully-vaccinated, they said.

Fifty-two percent of LA County residents are fully-vaccinated and 59% have had at least one dose, slightly above the nation’s average, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Vaccinated people can still spread Delta

As of Saturday, more than 85% of new cases in LA County were caused by the Delta variant, which is at least 50% more infectious than the formerly-dominant Alpha variant, and has mutations that help it avoid the immune response. The CDC said Tuesday that Delta now accounts for 83% of all new sequenced COVID-19 cases in the US.

LA County health officials said that “given that about 4 million residents in LA County are not yet vaccinated, the risk of increased spread of this variant within LA County remains high.”

They warned there was evidence that a “small number of fully-vaccinated individuals can become infected and may be able to infect others.”

For this reason, as of June 29, everyone over 2 years-old in LA County has to wear a mask in all indoor public places, regardless of their vaccination status. The CDC currently recommends vaccinated people don’t need masks, except in certain situations, such as public transport. Local areas can set their own rules.

Ferrer said that vaccinated people can be “reassured” about vaccine protection against severe COVID-19 disease, but given the “proliferation of the Delta variant,” it wasn’t clear how well the vaccines stopped people spreading the virus to others, she said.

“This is what masking up right now is really about: adding an extra layer of protection to prevent the heartache that comes from transmitting the virus to others,” she said.

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New Jersey officials say nearly 50 fully-vaccinated residents have died from COVID-19

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New Jersey health officials say that almost 50 fully-vaccinated people have died from COVID-19 according to data through July 12, NJ Advance Media reported on Wednesday.

Donna Leusner, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health, told the news outlet that all 49 people who died were over 50 years old. Thirty were over 80 years old, 13 people were between 65 and 79 years old, and six were between 50 and 64 years old.

Leusner also said many of the people who died had preexisting conditions. Seventeen people had cardiovascular disease, nine had cancer or other conditions that compromised their immune systems and seven had diabetes, the news outlet reported. Others had chronic conditions in the lungs, kidney and liver.

The number of vaccinated people who have died from COVID-19 represents a slight uptick since New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) announced on Monday that 31 inoculated people had died from the coronavirus, according to NJ Advance Media.

Anthony FauciAnthony FauciKentucky lawmaker faces scrutiny for comparing Fauci to Jonestown cult leader Overnight Health Care: Fauci clashes with Paul – again | New York reaches .1B settlement with opioid distributors | Delta variant accounts for 83 percent of US COVID-19 cases Major medical associations release PSA urging vaccination MORE, the country’s leading infectious diseases expert, has mentioned that breakthrough cases among fully-vaccinated people is inevitable but has stressed that more than 99 percent of those who died from COVID-19 in June were not vaccinated. 

In mid-June, New Jersey reported that 4.7 million people — or 70 percent of the state’s adult population — were fully vaccinated, hitting the goal about two weeks earlier than expected, ABC 7 New York reported. About 5.1 million people are fully vaccinated in the state.

According to data from John Hopkins University, the state has reported deaths in the single digits since early June.



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More than half a million Mass. residents are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19

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More than half a million Mass. residents are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, DPH says

More than half a million Massachusetts residents are fully-vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. In its daily vaccine data report, the DPH said Saturday that 504,304 people in the Bay State have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The data is gathered from the Massachusetts Immunization Information System at midnight the night before.According to the DPH, there are 1,166,889 people in Massachusetts who have received at least their first dose of the vaccine, bringing the grand total of doses administered to 1,671,193.As of Saturday, a total of 2,047,960 vaccine doses have been shipped to Massachusetts. This means that 81.6% of those doses have been administered in the state.Click here to see a graphical look at COVID-19 dataLatest town-by-town breakdown released by stateOf the doses shipped to the Bay State, 1,526,135 have been shipped to state providers, while the remaining 521,825 have been shipped directly to pharmacies by the federal government.In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 28 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 66 communities the week before.The state says there have been 494,740 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.

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More than half a million Massachusetts residents are fully-vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

In its daily vaccine data report, the DPH said Saturday that 504,304 people in the Bay State have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The data is gathered from the Massachusetts Immunization Information System at midnight the night before.

According to the DPH, there are 1,166,889 people in Massachusetts who have received at least their first dose of the vaccine, bringing the grand total of doses administered to 1,671,193.

As of Saturday, a total of 2,047,960 vaccine doses have been shipped to Massachusetts. This means that 81.6% of those doses have been administered in the state.

Of the doses shipped to the Bay State, 1,526,135 have been shipped to state providers, while the remaining 521,825 have been shipped directly to pharmacies by the federal government.

In the DPH’s weekly report released on Thursday, 28 communities were in the “Red,” or at high risk of COVID-19, down from 66 communities the week before.

The state says there have been 494,740 recoveries, according to the latest weekly report.

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