Articles for Low Vaccination Rates

COVID-19 and flu cases are rising in California. How bad will the holiday uptick be?
1 year ago

COVID-19 and flu cases are rising in California. How bad will the holiday uptick be?

LA Times  

COVID-19 and flu are rising across California, sparking new warnings from health officials to take precautions as the wider winter holiday season looms. “Getting tested and treated early can prevent you from getting severely ill, being hospitalized and can potentially save your life.” Relatively speaking, COVID-19, flu and another ailment — respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — aren’t at the …

Health Disease Coronavirus Illness California Covid Older
Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries?
2 years, 9 months ago

Why are COVID vaccination rates still low in some countries?

Associated Press  

Why are COVID-19 vaccination rates still low in some countries? Other countries with extremely low vaccination rates include Yemen, Syria, Haiti and Papua New Guinea. “The main problem among countries with low vaccination rates is poor infrastructure to distribute shots,” says Dina Borzekowski, director of the Global Health Initiative at the University of Maryland. “What is absent are best practices …

Vaccination Countries Some Countries World Health Low Vaccination Rates Low Vaccine
Covid-19 pandemic nowhere near over, says WHO chief
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic nowhere near over, says WHO chief

India Today  

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also raised concerns over low vaccination rates in some countries and cautioned against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free. I remain concerned about countries with low vaccination rates, as unvaccinated people are many times more at …

Health Covid Health Systems Tedros Ghebreyesus Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Low Vaccination Rates
Inland Empire struggling with high COVID hospitalization rates as Omicron wave arrives
3 years ago

Inland Empire struggling with high COVID hospitalization rates as Omicron wave arrives

LA Times  

Shigeko Akita gets a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Fontana earlier this year. While hospitals are in better shape now than they were during last winter’s COVID-19 surge, Riverside and San Bernardino counties are seeing a higher rate of COVID-19 hospitalizations than other areas of Southern California. “The higher rate of vaccine hesitancy and …

Empire Patients Hospitals High County San Covid
NT COVID vaccination target for remote communities 'isn't ideal', says Indigenous health expert
3 years, 1 month ago

NT COVID vaccination target for remote communities 'isn't ideal', says Indigenous health expert

ABC  

Health experts say the Northern Territory's new target to vaccinate 80 per cent of remote residents aged five and older "isn't ideal" and the goalpost must be shifted closer to 100 per cent. Key points: Half of the residents in remote Aboriginal communities managed by NT Health are fully vaccinated In communities with low vaccination rates, the NT Government will …

Health Cent Parker Five Years Target Icu Communities
Families will be forced to isolate for 14 days at home if just one member gets COVID-19 in Queensland
3 years, 1 month ago

Families will be forced to isolate for 14 days at home if just one member gets COVID-19 in Queensland

ABC  

With Queensland slowly edging towards its vaccination targets, those who have had two doses will still have to quarantine for two weeks if they get COVID-19. Key points: Queensland is preparing for a worst case scenario of 1,200 COVID-19 cases a day when borders reopen on December 17 Restrictions and lockdowns in areas with low vaccination rates remain an option, …

Vaccination Advice Work Need Rates Queensland Fully
Queensland's health system 'will manage' a surge of COVID-19 patients, government says
3 years, 2 months ago

Queensland's health system 'will manage' a surge of COVID-19 patients, government says

ABC  

Queensland's already busy hospitals can manage the predicted worst-case scenario of 400 COVID-19 patients in intensive care units, according to Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young. Key points: ICUs can manage a surge in COVID-19 cases, Queensland government and CHO say New figures have revealed the worst-performing vaccination areas in Queensland Just 23.5 per cent of Indigenous people aged 15+ are …

Health Vaccination Indigenous Indigenous Communities Indigenous People State Rates
Covid US: 40% new cases are in Missouri, Texas and Florida
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid US: 40% new cases are in Missouri, Texas and Florida

Daily Mail  

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey said that 'it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated' for the new wave of COVID-19 cases Alabama Governor Kay Ivey called out Americans who have refused to get vaccinated against coronavirus as her state and others across the South are hammered by new infections - with three states in the region now accounting for 40 percent …

Florida Vaccination States Texas Missouri State Covid
Where Are The Newest COVID Hot Spots? Mostly Places With Low Vaccination Rates
3 years, 5 months ago

Where Are The Newest COVID Hot Spots? Mostly Places With Low Vaccination Rates

NPR  

Where Are The Newest COVID Hot Spots? Most — 9 in 10 — of the CDC hot spot counties that have seen increasing cases over the last month had lower vaccination rates than the average U.S. county. While urban and suburban counties tend to have higher vaccination rates than rural ones overall, NPR's analysis found that hot spot counties, even …

Vaccination Places States Cases Texas Hot Missouri
White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises
3 years, 5 months ago

White House doubles down on Covid-19 strategy as pressure from Delta variant rises

CNN  

CNN — The White House is doubling down on vaccinations as the main focus of its strategy to fight Covid-19 as the Delta variant and undervaccinated clusters of Americans threaten the nation. “We’re going to stay at it and continue to make progress,” White House Covid-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters on Thursday. US Centers for Disease Control and …

Vaccination White House House Biden Americans Delta Fully