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The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive on Monday in an optimistic improvement in the fight against the virus. Several doses of the vaccine will be sent from a Pfizer plant in Michigan.
In the first round of shipments, thousands of doses of the vaccine will be received at 145 locations in 50 states. Across North Carolina, hospitals are preparing to receive 85,000 doses. UNC Rex and Duke Hospitals expect to receive 2,925 doses in their first departure with Spitals Wakemade. 3,900 doses are expected between its Raleigh and Carrie campus.
Frontline healthcare workers will be able to start getting their shots as early as today. Families and the general public are not expected to be vaccinated in early 2021.
The Wake County Public School System will meet Monday at 3 p.m. for consideration of a return to virtual learning exclusively.
More than 800 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state on Monday, the second highest number of epidemics.
Free drive-through Covid-19 test sites are opening this week at Green Road Park, Barwell Road Park and Lions Park in Raleigh.
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Dr. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Robert Redfield has accepted the advisory committee’s recommendation that the Pfizer-Bayonet Tech Covid-19 vaccine be given to people 16 and older, meaning vaccine shots can now be given at United. States.
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Health officials in North Carolina are reporting 6,819 more COVID-19 cases, up from a total of 436,595 to date. This is the second highest single-day case after 7,540 on Friday.
Across the state, more than 27 people have died from the virus, bringing the total to 5,823.
With 95 percent of hospitals reporting, 2,520 people are hospitalized for COVID-19. The first decline in the state since the end of November is down 57 per cent. However, it remains the highest number of hospital admissions during an epidemic.
The positive percentage of daily percentage tests is currently 11.6%, slightly lower than Saturday’s 11.7%.
About 6 million tests have been completed across the state since March.
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More than 16 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States since March, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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The Michigan loading facility of drug maker Pfizer is loading millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine into COVIDERs.
First Appearance: The Covid-19 vaccine leaves Dodge Pfizer’s Michigan facility
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North Carolina hospitals will receive 85,800 doses of the Pfizer vaccine in the first week.
“The fingers are crossed, we send it and we can start rolling it,” said Dr. Linda Butler, chief medical officer at UNC Rex Healthcare.
UNC RX Healthcare in Raleigh expects to receive 2,925 doses on Monday, with vaccinations starting as early as Tuesday.
Dr Butler said frontline workers would be the first to receive the vaccine, treating Kovid-19 patients and healthcare workers in high-risk areas.
It’s. “It doesn’t stop them from getting bored,” Butler said. “It won’t stop patients from coming to our bed but at least it saves them from illness.”
Combined, UNC health locations will receive more than 14,000 doses of the vaccine in the first week.
Duke University Hospital expects 2,925 doses to be stored in their ultra-cold freezers with vaccinations starting Tuesday.
The Cape Fear Valley Health System is preparing to receive about 5,000 doses in the first week.
Chief Medical Officer of Cape Fear Valley Health System Dr. Fischer Dr. “We intend to distribute the flu vaccine to our employees in the same way,” said Sam Fleischmann. “After that, we will have to develop a long-term plan of how we will distribute it to the rest of the community.”
Dr. Fleischmann said it would take some time before the general public gets vaccinated.
“We want people to be patient, to understand that there is optimism on the horizon,” Dr. Fleischmann said. “We’re almost there but we need them to be smart in the interim. Right now, our health systems across the state are being challenged.”
In the meantime, Dr. F. Fleischman reminds everyone to practice COVID-19 safety protocols, such as social distance, wearing masks and hand washing.
“This thing isn’t done,” he said.
D first. “We need to do what we need to do to get this vaccine, first, our colleagues who are caring for these covid patients, and then other colleagues and the community in general,” Butler said. “This is the first disease we can really do to prevent this epidemic. So we are excited and hopefully, it will be a pleasure to deliver the vaccine on Monday.”
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Health officials in North Carolina have been reporting a total of 15,966 COV-1 cases since March, including 6,133 new cases. This is the fifth time in a week that cases have risen to more than 6,000 in a single day.
Across North Carolina, COVID-19 has killed more than 44 people. This brings the total to 5,796.
A total of 5,577 patients were hospitalized with COVID-19, with hospitals reporting percentages. Which is up 63 from Friday.
The NCDHHSA said the percentage positive test rate rose to 11.7% from 10.4% on Friday.
U.S. Says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in the states on Monday
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There have been 15,851,735 Covid-19 cases in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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