US Coronavirus: More Americans say they are willing to take a vaccine, but delivery issues remain

A Gallup poll released Wednesday found that 71% are willing to get vaccinated, up from 65% at the end of December and the highest number since July. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 10% – or 33 million Americans – have received at least one dose of the two-part vaccines so far. About 9.8 million people are fully vaccinated.

This is true of any major stadium or arena, be it a hockey, baseball, soccer, football or music venue, Cuomo said.

There is a 10% capacity limit for locations with 10,000 or more seats, and all attendees must pass a negative PCR test. They will have to wear masks, observe social aloofness, and sit in assigned seats.

White House response coordinator Covid-19 Jeff Zients, along with Cuomo, also announced that two massive vaccination centers will open in Queens and Brooklyn.

“We meet communities where they are in places they know and trust,” said Zients. “We look forward to building on these partnerships with states and localities to scale innovative models that meet the needs of the communities we serve.”

In Texas, three new major vaccination centers will open in Dallas, Arlington and Houston, Zients announced.

And Arizona is getting a third state-sponsored vaccination site scheduled to serve 6,000 people a day, Governor Doug Ducey announced Wednesday.

“Demand for vaccine doses is high, and Arizonans have made it clear they want it. We are working hard to get more doses from the federal government and are working with private and public organizations to distribute the vaccine and protect Arizonans” , said Ducey. .

On Tuesday, Biden’s government said it increased weekly supplies of vaccines to states, tribes and territories to 11 million doses, and said it continues to work with manufacturers to increase supply.

Walmart between stores that will offer vaccine

According to Walmart, more than 1,000 Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies in 22 states will begin administering the vaccine as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program. It is unclear how many doses will be available.

The company said Tuesday it had worked with the CDC to identify pharmacy locations based on factors such as population density and infection rates, as well as locations in medically disadvantaged areas.

According to the company’s press release, Walmart and Sam’s Club pharmacies are already vaccinating under state allocations in 11 states.

The Biden government announced last week that the federal government will begin shipping coronavirus vaccines directly to pharmacies starting Thursday, with a total of 1 million doses going to approximately 6,500 stores before eventually expanding.

CVS and Walgreens have said they will receive about 420,000 doses of the 1 million available doses.

82% of educators have not been vaccinated, research shows

Amid nationwide talks about the steps needed for safe reopening of schools, the country’s largest teachers’ union released a survey showing that about 82% of the educators it represents have not yet received a vaccine.

After surveying more than 3,300 of its members, the association found that about 70% said they would feel safer returning to personal learning had they been vaccinated. About 64% said they currently work in school buildings all or part of the time.

Covid-19 risk perception is lowest in months

Wednesday’s Gallup poll found Republicans and Democrats are willing to get vaccinated – 51% and 91%, respectively.

Of those who were unwilling, 25% said they were concerned about the rushed vaccines; 22% want to see if they are safe for others; 16% do not trust vaccines in general; and 9% want to see how effective they are. The poll also found that two-thirds of Americans were unhappy with how vaccination efforts are going.

Variants complicate the prospects and concern experts.

CDC data updated Tuesday shows more than 940 cases of Covid-19 variants first spotted in the UK, South Africa and Brazil have been reported in the US – most of the highly contagious variant known as B.1.1.7, originally detected in the UK.

That number is worrying enough. But the CDC says it probably doesn’t represent the total number of variant cases, just those found by analyzing Covid-19 positive samples.

Americans’ risk perception is the lowest in months, according to a new poll by Axios-Ipsos. About 66% of those surveyed reported that they believed there was a moderate or high risk of returning to a pre-pandemic life. The last time that number was so low was in October.