According to Hartford Courant, from Dec. 23 to Feb. 7, about 650 people were vaccinated at the New Haven Department of Health clinic.
Officials said the effectiveness of the doses could have been reduced because the vaccine vials were stored below the recommended temperature.
“After consulting with Pfizer and the Connecticut Department of Health, it was recommended that those who received an improperly stored Pfizer vaccine or booster be revaccinated as soon as possible,” said Health Director Maritza Bond.
There is no evidence that the temperature mismatch has harmed health. The city said it was reviewing vaccine storage policies and procedures, as well as conducting an internal investigation.
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Here are more of today’s COVID-19 headlines:
The FDA has approved a new treatment with monoclonal antibodies
The FDA has approved a new drug to treat monoclonal antibodies from Eli Lilly, which shows promising results in the fight against the omicron variant COVID-19. Therapy will be given to patients with COVID at the earliest stage of infection. The Biden administration has said it plans to purchase 600,000 doses.
Research shows that the booster effect weakens but remains strong
An early review of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during the recent Omicron wave in the U.S. hinted at reduced efficacy, although injections continued to provide strong protection against serious disease. A report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday is considered an early and limited look at the longevity of booster protection during the amicron surge, which erupted in December and January but faded in recent weeks. “COVID-19 vaccine enhancers remain safe and continue to be very effective against serious diseases,” said Kristen Nordlund, CDC spokeswoman. The researchers reviewed patient visits to hospitals and emergency centers in 10 states. They assessed how well Pfizer or Moderna vaccinations prevented visits to emergency departments and emergency centers associated with COVID, and how well vaccines prevented hospitalization. About 10% of the people in the study were promoted. The effectiveness of the vaccine was higher in people who received boosters than in people who received only the initial series of injections.
SCOTUS refuses to hear another challenge to New York’s mandate
The Supreme Court once again refused to consider a case challenging the mandate of the city vaccine. Judge Sonia Satamayor, who is considering appeals from the region, has rejected a request for an emergency injunction filed by teachers of the city’s public schools seeking liberation from religion.
Earlier in October, Sotomayor rejected an earlier challenge to the city’s vaccine mandate. She did so again on Friday without explaining the reasons, which is normal court proceedings.
One of the teachers, Michael Kane, called the decision “a great disappointment to me and the hundreds and hundreds of teachers we work with.” He said they would continue to challenge the dismissals in the city through the courts. “We’re not going to stop fighting.”
The FDA is postponing a meeting on the Pfizer vaccine for young children
Federal health regulators on Friday postpones public meeting next week to consider Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19 for children under 5, saying they want to see more data. An unexpected report from the Food and Drug Administration raises questions about how quickly young people can get vaccinated. External FDA experts were to evaluate the first data on vaccinations against COVID-19 for toddlers and infants.
The FDA has said Pfizer has new data available from its current vaccine study – and the agency needs more time to evaluate them. An expert group was scheduled to meet on Tuesday to determine whether children under the age of 5 should start receiving very low doses of Pfizer vaccine before it becomes clear they will need two or three injections. 18 million children under the age of 5 are the only age group not yet eligible for vaccination. The FDA prompted Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply for permission to use its very low doses for toddlers before final study data were obtained because the highly contagious version of omicron suffered from children.
Officials are protesting against the termination of the vaccine mandate in New York
About 3,000 municipal workers – less than 1% of New York’s workforce – faced layoffs on Friday after refusing to comply with vaccine requirements. A demonstration against terminationA rally called “Ferry to Freedom” took place on Friday morning, in which city workers gathered in all five districts and marched to the town hall. The mandate set by the de Blasio administration extends to employees recruited after August 2, 2021, who have been told to be vaccinated as a condition of employment, as well as to unvaccinated police officers, correctional officers, firefighters and others who have chosen to resign. urban health benefits. and are now on leave because they have not been vaccinated. The mandate has reached a vaccination rate among municipal workers of more than 95%. A number of exceptions have been approved in recent months.
New York will tell kits for testing in cultural institutions
Mayor Eric Adams has announced the opening of the city’s third coronavirus site, targeting the specific communities most affected by the pandemic. They are called COVID-19 Centers of Excellence, and Executive Director of Testing and Tracing Dr. Ted Long has announced that the city will distribute hundreds of thousands of home tests to cultural institutions. The test kits will be distributed free of charge to 14 cultural facilities and 27 branches of the New York Public Library, the Queens Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library. The weekly handout will begin next week, and the list of places and hours will be available and updated daily at Test & Trace test page.
A state of emergency has been declared in Ontario due to a truck blockade in Canada
The Ontario prime minister declared a state of emergency on Friday in response to a truck blockade in Ottawa and the U.S. border and threatened severe fines for those who obstruct the free movement of goods and people. Since Monday, many drivers protesting Canada’s restrictions against COVID-19 and expressing their fury against Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have overflowed the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, disrupting the automotive industry on both sides. Hundreds more truckers have paralyzed downtown Ottawa over the past two weeks. Prime Minister Doug Ford said he was convening the province’s cabinet on Saturday to urgently take steps to make it “crystal clear” that blocking critical infrastructure is illegal. He said violators face up to a year in prison and a maximum fine of $ 100,000.
“Let me be as clear as possible: these actions will have consequences and they will be difficult,” Ford said. “It’s a turning point for our nation.”
French convoys protesting against the rules of the virus are moving towards Paris
Protesters, angry at the pandemic’s restrictions, are traveling to Paris in scattered columns of vans, cars and trucks to blockade the French capital, despite a police ban. The protesters, organized online, were partly encouraged by the truckers who blocked the Canadian capital. Authorities in the Paris region have sent more than 7,000 police officers to collection points and other key locations to try to prevent a blockade. Some French groups are threatening to continue their journey to Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and meet there with drivers from other countries on Monday. Belgian authorities have banned the threat of a blockade there. A similar convoy, scheduled for Friday in Vienna, has been canceled.
How many times can I reuse the N95 mask?
How many times can I reuse the N95 mask? It depends, but on you should be able to use N95s and KN95s multiple times. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says health workers can wear the N95 mask up to five times. But experts say how often an ordinary person can safely wear it will vary depending on how it is used. Using the same mask to run to the grocery store, for example, is very different from wearing it all day at work.
If I am contagious, if infected with omicron?
If I am contagious, if infected with omicron? This is not yet clear, but some early evidence suggests that people may become contagious sooner than with earlier options – perhaps within days of infection. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people with coronavirus are most contagious a few days before and after symptoms appear. But, according to some outside experts, this time window could happen earlier with Omicron. This is because omicron seems to cause symptoms faster than previous options – on average about three days after infection, according to previous studies. According to preliminary data, this means that people with omicron can become contagious within a day after infection.
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