The novel coronavirus is “out of control” in Alabama, a state health official warned this week.
About 225,910 cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Alabama to date, according to state health department data. The daily rolling average of new cases has risen to 4,684 in the last two weeks, representing a 0% jump. Current estimates show that one in every 342 people in the state has tested positive for the virus in the past week alone.
Dr. Donald, president of the Alabama Hospital Hospital Association and former director of the state health agency. “It’s not out of control,” Donald Williams told a news conference during a news conference. “We have lost our ability to contain the virus.”
“There needs to be a disaster between now and the end of December,” Williamson warned as a Thanksgiving and holiday approach approaches. “
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With only 1 %% of intensive care beds in state hospitals empty and few people appearing to be flu-infected, fewer COVID-19 patients need ICU space due to improvements in treatment, Williamson said. Of the approximately 1,400 intensive care beds used statewide on Tuesday, only 368 were filled by CVD-19 patients.
He said some hospitals are still hiring workers traveling from outside the state to care for patients, and some are trying to recruit workers from other countries to fill the vacancies caused by caseloads and workers who have taken themselves ill. The virus or fatigue after months of fighting the epidemic.
“The biggest problem I have in the hospital I’m talking about is staffing,” Williams said.
Hope to falsify the coronavirus epidemic with two promising coronavirus vaccine candidates developed by Moderna and Pfizer, respectively. Both have proven extremely effective in late-stage clinical trials, said the nation’s leading infectious disease specialist, Dr.
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Shortly after Pfizer’s news broke, however, an Alabama official warned against too much excitement.
“Even if we find, say, in three to four weeks, the Pfizer vaccine looks good, they continue to analyze the data and … they show safety in the months after the vaccine, how many people. Do you think they are ready for vaccination by the end of the year? Dr. Ginny Marazzo, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Hospital, said in a recent briefing.
“It turns out it’s only been 10 to 15 million people globally, so it’s a small drop in the bucket, which I think is one reason to keep our hats on about the excitement around the vaccine.”
The news comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published updated guidelines on Thanksgiving urging Americans not to travel to see family and friends.
“Meetings with family and friends who do not live with you can increase your chances of getting COVID-19 or the flu,” the guide said.
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In addition, U.S. Coronavirus deaths reached 250,000 on Wednesday evening, with more deaths from the virus reported in the country than in any other country in the world.
Texas, California and Florida are also on the rise, with the highest number of reported cases in the country. Overall, the U.S. More than 11,529,818 cases of the disease have been reported so far.
The report is contributed by Fox News’ Kaila Rivas and the Associated Press.
