The Covid-19 pandemic has affected everyone around the world since its arrival in 2020. Most of us have been affected by Covid-19, whether it be knowing someone who has experienced it or known people who have lost a loved one because of it. At present, it shows no sign of abating.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, a new study published in the US CDC’s Emerging Infectious Diseases journal describes in-flight transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among passengers on a flight from Dubai, UAE, to Auckland, New Zealand—with a stop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Upon arrival in New Zealand, all passengers were subjected to mandatory 14-day quarantine, with testing conducted at approximately Day 3 and Day 12. Testing identified 7 SARS-CoV-2 infections among the passengers, including 5 that tested negative prior to their departure. Genomic analysis of specimens collected from each passenger found that the viral genome in 6 of the 7 passengers was identical, with 1 mutation present in the seventh passenger. Combined with the timeline of symptoms and positive tests, this suggests that the infection was transmitted among the passengers, rather than from multiple sources prior to travel. While testing negative prior to travel will likely decrease the number of imported cases, by denying travel for those who are already infectious, negative tests only indicate the current state of infection and cannot detect individuals who will be infectious after that point. Travel screening can mitigate the risk of importing cases or transmission during travel, but it cannot prevent them.
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Ridgewood NJ, Any resident who wishes to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine must register on the State of NJ site, which is: covid19.nj.gov/vaccine. Once registered, an email will let you know if you are eligible at the present time or if you will have to wait for a future date, based on the current guidelines (the current guidelines are attached to this email). If you are eligible for a vaccine at this time, a list of sites where the vaccine is being given will be provided. Choose the location where you wish to go, and register for that site. Continue reading Any resident who wishes to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine must register on the State of NJ site
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Trenton NJ, as of Tuesday, 233,555 vaccine doses have been administered in New Jersey . Of those doses, more than 212,000 were the first dose, while more than 21,000 people had received their second dose of the vaccine. The dashboard will be updated daily with the latest numbers reported as of 9:30 a.m.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in December 2020, the US CDC updated its COVID-19 quarantine guidance to offer several options that allow individuals to shorten their 14-day quarantine period following a known exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Specifically, individuals who are unable to quarantine for the full 14 days can end their quarantine after 10 days if they exhibit no symptoms or after 7 days if they test negative on Day 5 or later. The CDC’s MMWR published 2 recent studies that provide analysis of the transmission risk associated with shorter quarantine periods.
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Ridgewood NJ , according to the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ,since the onset of the pandemic, health experts and officials have studied the role of immunity conferred by natural infection. While reports of are relatively rare, the potential for reinfection does exist. In light of this risk, the US CDC emphasizes that individuals who were previously infected and recovered should still get vaccinated due to the “severe health risks” and uncertainty regarding the duration of natural immunity. Additionally, the degree of natural immunity “varies from person to person.” The duration of the immunity conferred by vaccination remains uncertain as well, but research is still ongoing via clinical trials. Depending on the duration of immunity following vaccination, it may be necessary for individuals to receive regular boosters to provide longer-term protection.
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New Brunswick NJ, Interim Phase 1/2a data were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrating that the Company’s single-dose investigational COVID-19 vaccine candidate (JNJ-78436735) – being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson – provided an immune response that lasted for at least 71 days, the duration of time measured in this study in participants aged 18-55 years. A preview of part of these interim data was posted on medRxiv in September 2020.
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Ridgewood NJ, Staying home with only members of your household is the best way to keep SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) particles out of your home. However, if a visitor needs to be in your home, the CDC says improving ventilation (air flow) can help prevent virus particles from accumulating in the air in your home. Good ventilation, along with other preventive actions, like staying 6 feet apart and wearing masks, can help prevent you from getting and spreading COVID-19.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security ,a study published in The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology evaluated the risk of COVID-19 disease and death among patients with diabetes. The researchers collected data on the entire population of Scotland, and focused on the country’s “first wave” of COVID-19 (March-July 2020). The researchers compared the cumulative COVID-19 mortality and the incidence of COVID-19 cases that required critical care among individuals with and without diabetes. The combined odds of requiring critical care or dying from COVID-19 (in or outside of a hospital) was significantly higher among individuals with diabetes (aOR=1.4). The odds of requiring critical care or dying was even higher for patients with Type 1 diabetes (aOR=2.4). Diabetes has been previously identified as a preexisting condition associated with elevated risk of severe COVID-19 disease and death, and this study provides further quantitative data to support that association.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to a recent column by Stephen Moore ,California the state with the strictest lockdowns over the last two months has the biggest outbreak of the virus. New Jersey could learn a lot from this data .
Continue reading More Evidence Lockdowns are Ineffective at best and Counterproductive at Worst
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Trenton NJ, An extensive scientific study of close to 10 million people in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, yielded encouraging news about the spread of the virus and undermined the case for preventative lockdowns. The study included scientific institutions in the U.K. and Australia, as well as China.
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London UK, AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency supply in the UK, with the first doses being released today so that vaccinations may begin early in the New Year. The approval was hailed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson as “a triumph for British science.”
The shot is expected to be rolled out next week and would be added to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which has so far been given to 600,000 people in the U.K., according to government statistics.
The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has provided authorisation for emergency supply of COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca, formerly AZD1222, for the active immunisation of individuals 18 years or older. The authorisation recommends two doses administered with an interval of between four and 12 weeks. This regimen was shown in clinical trials to be safe and effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, with no severe cases and no hospitalisations more than 14 days after the second dose.
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Newark NJ, it’s starting to sound like the roaring 20’s with “speakeasies” popping up all over the place. In Newark two women who served alcohol to over 200 people at an illegal “makeshift bar” in New Jersey were arrested over the weekend. According to Newark’s Department of Public Safety , a 26-year-old Denisse Tinizaray and 28-year-old Katherine Tinizaray were unable to provide paperwork that proved they had a license to sell alcohol at a warehouse on Libella Court where people ate, drank and gambled illegally.
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Old Bridge NJ, Governor Phil Murphy, joined by New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli and CVS Health Regional Director Kat Kingston, today visited Roosevelt Care Center in Old Bridge to mark the launch of New Jersey’s vaccination effort of residents and staff of long-term care facilities. The vaccinations are being administered pursuant to the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a partnership between the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), CVS, and Walgreens to facilitate on-site COVID-19 vaccination services. Through the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, New Jersey already has 291 long-term care facilities scheduled and over 83,000 residents and staff slated to receive vaccinations through the beginning of February 2021, with more sites to be added in the coming weeks.
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Ridgewood NJ, Did you know suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death of 10-14 year old’s in the US? Often normal healthy and happy kids who are unprepared for social isolation. Suicide among children during Covid-19 pandemic is an alarming social issue. A perfect storm of routine disruption, social isolation, increased gaming, and a pressure stack of activity cancellations, created by the government’s mandated stay-at-home orders in the wake of the COVID-19 global pandemic.
