N.Y. Vaccine Shortage Eases; California Cases Slow: Virus Update
- MSN
(Bloomberg) -- Governor Andrew Cuomo said more vaccines are on the way for New York, though he said the bigger challenge is getting skeptical Black and Latino residents to take the shot. Fatalities in the U.S. dropped below 4,000 for the first time in three days.
California reported a 30% drop in new Covid-19 cases compared with the state’s 14-day rolling average. Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as coordinator of the Trump administration’s Coronavirus Task Force, she “always” considered quitting her White House role as efforts to contain the pandemic became increasingly politicized.
A doctors’ group in the U.K. has urged the government to review the 12 weeks allowed for people to receive a second dose of the vaccine produced by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. The manufacturer suggests 21 days. Meanwhile, France’s top health authority recommends doubling that three-week gap as a way to stretch supplies and speed inoculations.