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Your Coronavirus Update – Today, March 28, 2021
RHODE ISLAND & VICINITY
Additional COVID-19 vaccination appointments were posted on www.vaccinateRI.org SATURDAY, 3/27, at 5 p.m. Approximately 1,000 slots will be made available for the State-run clinic in South County (132 Fairgrounds Road, West Kingston). These appointments will be for slots on Monday. Vaccine is currently available statewide for people who are 60 to 64, people who are 16 to 64 with certain underlying health conditions, and people who were previously eligible in Phase 1. More information about eligibility is available online.
Friday night RI made 9,000 vaccinations available on the state portal, too.
Several hundred RI veterans received their vaccines Saturday in a drive-up event.
Dr. Megan Ranney: “I have taken care of a whole bunch of sick people with COVID-19 in the ER in the last week. Zero of them were vaccinated.
“We are expecting a lot of folks to be back this year.” – Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom And this time visitors can expect to see the restoration of popular National Seashore programs. “We’re seeing numbers go up and not just in Yarmouth and Barnstable but in other towns on the Cape,” said Yarmouth Health Director Bruce G. Murphy. “It’s spreading quick.”
COVID cases in Massachusetts schools increase again, with 682 students and 228 staff members testing positive.
The popular Providence Flea Sunday market will return to its outdoor spot on South Water Street starting June 6.
Phones at RIDLT are being reported as difficult to get through to – new director said 40-50,000 calls can come in some time.
$100M more in coronavirus relief headed to ‘shortchanged’ Chelsea, Everett, Methuen, Randolph
The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport yesterday announced that they will be re-opening on April 1.
Hundreds of Massachusetts residents will get refunds from Boston Sports Clubs
Massachusetts is now seeing an increase in positive COVID-19 cases among people younger than 30 years old
American Wallpaper and Design, in Fall River, is closing and moving to an online business, after over 95 years in business.
Fall River’s graffiti has increased, attributable to boredom of kids out of school – same with Providence, and much of it remains un-cleaned up.
People who fail to wear mask in Plymouth face $50 fine.
Boston Mayor Kim Janey received her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at a clinic in Roxbury.
A steep rise in new COVID-19 cases led to a campus lockdown at the University of Massachusetts Amherst last month, but data released by the school this week shows that case counts are dropping.
Boston researchers say they now have solid data that vaccines offer protection not just for moms, but for their babies, too.
Dr. Jha said that he wishes MA Gov. Baker hadn’t loosened restrictions at this moment, as upticks are happening throughout the US, including MA.
Data – March 26, 2021
Deaths: 1
Tests – 17,793 – Positives – 417 – Percent positive – 2.3%
Hospitalized – 117 – In ICU – 20 – Ventilated – 11
Deaths in hospital – 0 – New Admissions – 14 – New Discharges -15
Vaccinated – 315,865; Both shots – 194,497
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
The CDC notes a 7% increase in cases and a rise in hospitalization – mostly linked to young people.
Amazon has an emergency clearance from the FDA for an at-home test known as the Amazon Covid-19 Collection Kit. The nasal swab and PCR-based test, developed by Amazon subsidiary STS Lab Holdco, allows users to test themselves with or without a health care professional.
NASCAR opens today with 40,000 fans in the stands, still less than what the facility holds.
Face masks, hand sanitizer, and other PPE are allowed on tax forms as qualified health expenses.
The over-70s could begin getting booster shots to protect them against new coronavirus variants in September under plans for the future of the vaccine rollout – this reported in the UK.
College students in the United States, vaccinated with Moderna Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, will be part of a new study to test its effectiveness in curbing the spread of the virus.
Arizona has lifted all restrictions including mask mandates and restaurant restrictions.
COVID-19 vaccines are extremely effective at protecting pregnant women and likely provide protection for their babies as well, according to a new study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
France is having a “one-case” protocol in schools – if one case is reported, classrooms are shut down.
Rutgers University is requiring all students to be vaccinated prior to returning to school in the fall.
President Biden has upped his goal of vaccines from 100 million to 200 million.
Depending on a beard’s length and thickness, experts have said it may reduce the effectiveness of mask-wearing by creating more space between your face and the mask. Any opening “increases the chance that there is a virus that will get to the orifices, which can then obviously give you the disease.”
Dialysis centers will receive doses of COVID-19 vaccines for their patients and employees
A Chicago hospital has enlisted 50 outreach workers to promote vaccination against COVID-19 in hard-hit Black and brown neighborhoods.
Hundreds of families are in limbo as Covid-19 delays Chinese adoptions.
Spain’s coronavirus rate continues to rise
Nearly Half Of States Will Make All Adults COVID-19 Vaccine Eligible By April 15
Microsoft workers are starting to be called back in to work
Facebook will begin moving workers back in as early as Monday
Remote working has been called the “next Industrial Revolution” as workers are now able to take their jobs with them. Companies who offer remote options will be at a competitive advantage.
AstraZeneca cannot export any more COVID-19 vaccines from Europe until is makes good on its contracts with the European Union
Moderna delays shipment of about 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada
Pfizer and BioNTech have begun testing their Covid-19 vaccine in children as young as 6 months. Results are likely to come out later this year, meaning that, if the study is positive, the vaccine could be available for young children at some point in early 2022.
Pfizer is running a trial in children ages 12 to 15.
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are safe and effective for pregnant women – AJOG