The Vaccination Campaign

The Local Vaccination Campaign Total People Fully Vaccinated (two doses of Moderna or Pfizer or one dose of Johnson & Johnson) Massachusetts: 4,959,190 (up 21,185 from Tuesday) Rhode Island: 780,494 (up 4,434 from Tuesday) Reported changes from the last issue of this newsletter. View all vaccine news and numbers on Globe.com Top Stories: Vaccinations Hundreds of COVID-related nursing home deaths could have been prevented over the summer if more nursing home staffers had been vaccinated, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Vaccine companies are working to update their vaccines, even before they know whether they need to.

 

 

 

 

The Local Impact Massachusetts:  896,423 cases (up 10,875 from Tuesday)  ·  19,190 deaths (up 39 from Tuesday)  ·  1,239 hospitalizations (up 88 from Tuesday) Rhode Island:  200,197 cases (up 2,161 from Tuesday)  ·  2,951 deaths (up 2 from Tuesday)  ·  222 hospitalizations (up 19 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 A local biotech based in Waltham is looking at ways to combat all variants of the coronavirus. Rhode Island's governor hasn't imposed an indoor mask mandate, but the state's largest hospital group is in favor of one, the Globe's Alexa Gagosz and Brian Amaral report. Hospitals in New Hampshire and Maine have been struggling with a winter COVID-19 surge and have activated the National Guard.  COVID detected in Boston-area wastewater has reached it's highest level since the beginning of the pandemic, the Globe's Amanda Kaufman reports.

 

 

Across the US and Around the World US 477,433,765 vaccinations 49,613,909 cases 793,946 deaths Sources: Johns Hopkins Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Most and Least Vaccinated US States (% of population fully vaccinated) Top Ranked Vermont (74.5%) Rhode Island (74.3%) Maine (73.7%) Connecticut (73.1%) Massachusetts (72.6%) Bottom Ranked Idaho (45.6%) Wyoming (46.4%) Alabama (46.7%) Mississippi (47.5%) Louisiana (49.4%) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Worldwide  8,323,628,494 vaccinations 268,393,653 cases 5,285,485 deaths Source: Johns Hopkins  Top Stories: US and Worldwide Required coronavirus tests for international travel can vary in price depending on where they are administered. A World Health Organization panel recommended choosing two doses of the same COVID vaccine. An early scientific report out of South Africa gives a picture of the Omicron variant's impact on vaccines.

 

 

What's Next Researchers have found that the world is not ready for another pandemic.