Coronavirus News
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| Moderna & Pfizer vaccines showing promising results against COVID variants | Moderna says early trial results show increased immunity against COVID-19 variants first found in Brazil and South Africa among people who took a booster shot or an experimental new vaccine. And a new study shows Pfizer's… |
2021-05-07 | |
| Whatcom reports 92nd COVID-19 related death, 24 new cases; misses both phase goals | Whatcom County saw one new death related to COVID-19 and 24 new cases reported Thursday, May 6, on the Washington State Department of Health’s coronavirus dashboard. … |
2021-05-07 | |
| Pfizer/BioNTech seek full FDA approval for their COVID-19 vaccine | Pfizer/BioNTech has initiated its application to the US Food and Drug Administration for full FDA approval of its Covid-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and older, the companies said Friday. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States to be assessed for full approval from the FDA.… |
2021-05-07 | |
| Whatcom returns to making hospitalization goal as county records 47 new COVID-19 cases | Whatcom County’s daily average of newly reported cases the past seven days is 34.3, down from an average of 35.9 one week earlier (April 21-27). To remain in Phase 3, Whatcom must make at least one of two goals set by the state on the next data evaluation date, which was originally… |
2021-05-06 | |
| CWU latest school to join Washington universities requiring COVID-19 vaccines | On Thursday, Central Washington University (CWU) announced their decision to require students, faculty and staff to get the COVID-… |
2021-05-06 | |
| WWU joins other Washington universities in making the call on required COVID vaccines | Western Washington University will require students, staff and faculty to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when in-person classes resume in fall. WWU President Sabah Randhawa made the announcement at the university’s website. “This decision was endorsed by the WWU board of trustees… |
2021-05-06 | |
| Whatcom sees 18 new COVID-related hospitalizations, now failing metric to stay in Phase 3 | Whatcom County officially has no margin for error to remain in Phase 3 of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Healthy Washington — Roadmap to Recovery plan — other than time. On the day that… |
2021-05-05 | |
| Biden aims for vaccinating 70% of adult Americans by July 4 | President Joe Biden is setting a new vaccination goal to deliver at least one dose to 70% of adult Americans by July 4, the White House said Tuesday, as the administration pushes to make it easier for people to get shots and to bring the country closer to normalcy. The new goal, which… |
2021-05-04 | |
| Governor grants reprieve from tighter COVID-19 restrictions | Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday announced a two-week pause to the state’s “Healthy Washington — Roadmap to Recovery” plan. That means counties will stay at their current level of COVID-19 restrictions, for now. The pause came the day Inslee had said any changes to counties’ phases… |
2021-05-04 | |
| Whatcom surpasses 100,000 residents starting vaccinations, but case, hospital numbers climb | On the positive side of Monday’s data release by the Washington State Department of Health’s coronavirus dashboard, Whatcom County surpassed 100,000 residents initiating a COVID-… |
2021-05-04 |