The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 4,725,208 (up 7,141 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 737,765 (up 2,183 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Some US adults who are immunocompromised and received their third COVID-19 vaccine dose from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, may become eligible to get a fourth COVID vaccine dose by next year, according to guidance for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers have found that pregnant and breastfeeding women react to COVID-19 vaccines more slowly than other women after receiving their first vaccine dose.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  793,137 cases (up 2,706 from Tuesday)  ·  18,589 deaths (up 26 from Tuesday)  ·  528 hospitalizations (down 18 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  179,171 cases (up 525 from Tuesday)  ·  2,878 deaths (up 2 from Tuesday)  ·  91 hospitalizations (down 4 from Tuesday) Reported increases or decreases from the last issue of this newsletter. Sources: Massachusetts Department of Public Health Rhode Island Department of Health View all COVID-19 news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: COVID-19 Impact Two Massachusetts-based companies, Raytheon and General Electric have workers who don't plan to comply with the Biden administration's vaccine requirements, potentially risking their employment.  More than 800 Boston city workers were placed on unpaid leave Tuesday for noncompliance with COVID-19 requirements, writes Globe reporter Danny McDonald. Westerly, Rhode Island's school district is starting a new program that will let unvaccinated students, Pre-K through sixth grade, stay in school after COVID exposure if they test negative for virus.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 417,795,537 vaccinations 45,799,895 cases 742,481 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (71%) Rhode Island (70.6%) Connecticut (70.5%) Maine (70.3%) Massachusetts (69.4%) Bottom Ranked West Virginia (41%) Idaho (43.6%) Wyoming (43.7%) Alabama (44.5%) Mississippi (45.5%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  6,947,883,074 vaccinations 245,386,525 cases 4,977,785 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide At least 59,000 meat packers in the United States caught the coronavirus last year, according to a US panel's findings. China has used a "zero COVID" policy to keep down coronavirus cases and deaths with the goal of eliminating the virus.

 

 

What's Next Rhode Island kids, ages 5 to 11, should be able to get their COVID vaccines by Nov. 4, according to Globe reporter Alexa Gagosz. There is an impending shortage of billions of syringes in low- and middle- income countries as COVID-19 vaccine doses increase. The shortage could "paralyze progress," according to a WHO official.