COVID-19 are living updates: Biden administration urges schools to provide pictures, information

as the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, greater than 5 million individuals have died from the ailment global, together with over 755,000 americans, according to true-time records compiled via Johns Hopkins university's center for techniques Science and Engineering.

simply sixty eight.3% of americans ages 12 and up are wholly vaccinated towards COVID-19, based on data from the U.S. centers for ailment handle and Prevention.

  latest trends Nov 8, 7:07 PM Pfizer to request good enough for boosters to all adults: supply

Pfizer is likely to are seeking for authorization from the meals and Drug Administration for a coronavirus vaccine booster shot for individuals 18 and older as soon as this week, a govt reputable with advantage of the situation told ABC news.

The U.S. centers for ailment handle and Prevention suggested the Pfizer booster shot for definite companies of sufferers six months after their 2d dose.

these eligible patients include seniors, adults with certain clinical circumstances and adults who work in environments that put them at greater risk for publicity to COVID-19.

-ABC news' Eric Strauss

  Nov 8, 5:50 PM competencies TSA firings may not have an effect on Thanksgiving flights: supply

despite a looming threat that lots of Transportation protection Administration worker's may be terminated over the federal executive's vaccine mandate, Thanksgiving flights won't be affected, an individual with knowledge of the agency's plans instructed ABC news.

Federal people have unless Nov. 22 to get vaccinated or face termination. After the closing date, TSA employees who don't seem to be wholly vaccinated will get known as to have a dialogue with supervisors and be suggested and proficient on getting vaccinated, the supply referred to.

© Scott Olson/Getty pictures Transportation protection Administration (TSA) people display passengers at O'Hare foreign Airport in Chicago, Nov. eight, 2021.  

If people don't get vaccinated following the first meeting, they will receive a warning, in line with the supply. Following the warning, workers may be field to termination, the supply mentioned.

Three weeks ago, the TSA referred to 40% of its body of workers was unvaccinated. The agency hasn't offered up-to-date numbers.

-ABC information' Mina Kaji and Amanda Maile

  Nov eight, 4:43 PM Jill Biden visits little ones's vaccination hospital  

First woman Jill Biden and Surgeon usual Dr. Vivek Murthy visited a babies's vaccination clinic Monday at Franklin Sherman elementary faculty in McLean, Virginia, to promote pediatric vaccinations.

"The vaccine is the optimal way to offer protection to your babies towards COVID-19," Biden noted. "It's been fully reviewed and carefully proven, it's secure, it's free, and it's available for every newborn during this nation, 5 and up."

  © Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters First lady Jill Biden meets with babies as she visits a pediatric COVID-19 vaccination sanatorium at Franklin Sherman basic college in McLean, Va, Nov. 8, 2021.

Franklin Sherman elementary turned into the primary faculty to manage the polio vaccine in 1954.

Sixth-grader Everett Munson, who brought Biden, said, "i'm excited to be vaccinated because now i'll be able to consult with my cousins and grandfather. ... i'm eager for going locations without worrying that I may get COVID and provides it to my family unit, pals or teachers."

Munson also pitched an idea inspired by means of the school's heritage.

"might be we should even take an idea from the polio vaccine at Franklin Sherman: each person may still get ice cream after their pictures," Munson mentioned.

 

-ABC information' Michelle Stoddart

  Nov 8, 4:17 PM US sees moderate uptick in pediatric cases after weeks of declines  

The U.S. saw 107,000 pediatric cases ultimate week, an uptick following eight consecutive weeks of declines, in accordance with a weekly document from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the toddlers's health facility association.

 

however here is nonetheless a good deal reduce than the pandemic height -- 252,000 baby instances inside one week – which became recorded in early September.

 

closing week, little ones accounted for twenty-four% of the instances. toddlers make up 22.2% of the U.S. inhabitants.

 

about 45.eight% of young people ages 12 to 17 have been thoroughly vaccinated.

 

extreme affliction as a result of COVID-19 remains "exotic" amongst infants, both companies wrote within the document. however, AAP and CHA continue to warn that there's an urgent deserve to collect extra information on the lengthy-term consequences of the pandemic on toddlers, "together with approaches the virus may additionally damage the long-term actual fitness of infected infants, in addition to its emotional and mental fitness outcomes."

 

-ABC news' Arielle Mitropoulos

  Nov 8, 1:forty PM LA's vaccine mandate goes into impact

los angeles' new vaccine mandate goes into effect Monday, requiring proof of vaccination to enter most public indoor spaces, including: any enterprises the place meals or beverages are served; gyms and health venues; enjoyment and pastime venues; own care organisations; and structures owned or operated by means of the city.

  © Aaronp/bauer-griffin/GC photographs shoppers store indoors at the Hollywood & Highland shopping core in Hollywood, Calif., March 19, 2021.  

The mandate additionally requires proof of vaccination for massive outside events with 5,000 or greater attendees.

Enforcement will begin on Nov. 29.

-ABC information' Catherine Thorbecke

  Nov eight, eleven:16 AM Regeneron monoclonal antibody lowers COVID risk via essentially eighty two%, company says  

Regeneron's monoclonal antibody medication can decrease the possibility of contracting COVID-19 by using basically 82% for up to eight months, the enterprise observed.

Regeneron's monoclonal antibody remedy, given as an intravenous infusion or a subcutaneous injection, is already FDA-licensed as a way to evade COVID-19 amongst people who've recently been exposed and are regarded "excessive possibility" for extra serious sickness. This new statistics suggests that once given as preventative measure, it dramatically reduces the chance of an infection for up to eight months. 

© SOPA photographs/LightRocket by way of Getty photographs, FILE A box and vial of the Regeneron monoclonal antibody is considered at a COVID-19 medication website opened by way of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at camping World Stadium in Orlando, Fla., Aug. 19, 2021.

Regeneron and the FDA say that vaccination is the choicest option to keep away from infection and critical ailment. although, Regeneron's antibody treatment can be an outstanding choice for individuals who're immune compromised or have not installed an ample immune response throughout the vaccine.

 

-ABC information' Sony Salzman, Sasha Pezenik

  Nov eight, 11:fifty five AM US reopens borders to vaccinated tourists  

The U.S. reopened borders to vaccinated travelers on Monday after 20 months of being closed to many international locations, together with the UK, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and most of Europe.

© Lindsay Dedario/Reuters tourists who crossed the Rainbow bridge by using foot enter the U.S. from Canada, because the U.S. reopens air and land borders to utterly vaccinated travelers for the primary time because COVID-19 restrictions had been imposed, in Niagara Falls, N.Y., Nov. 8, 2021. © Henry Nicholls/Reuters Performers interact with travelers as they queue to determine into Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air strains flights at Heathrow Airport Terminal three, following the lifting of restrictions on the entry of non-U.S. residents to the U.S., in London, Nov. eight, 2021.  

In January, as the vaccine turned into distributed on each side of the Atlantic, the ban became saved in location, with the Biden administration declaring concerns about the delta variant.

On Oct. 20, the Biden administration announced it turned into lifting the ban on vaccinated travelers.

The ban, which simplest applies to vaccinated tourists, nevertheless excludes many nations the place the vaccine is not yet quite simply available or diagnosed by means of the U.S.

© Henry Nicholls/Reuters individuals queue to examine into Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air strains flights at Heathrow Airport Terminal 3, following the lifting of restrictions on the entry of non-U.S. citizens to the U.S., in London, Nov. eight, 2021.  

-ABC news' Zoe Chevalier

  Nov 8, 8:30 AM global COVID-19 instances true 250 million in below 2 years

The worldwide number of individuals who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 surpassed 250 million on Monday, according to a count kept by Johns Hopkins college.

the U.S., India and Brazil account for roughly a third of the recorded cases, Johns Hopkins data suggests.

© Sergei Supinsky/AFP by means of Getty pictures, File FILE A health care employee gives clinical suggestions to a COVID-19 affected person inside the intensive care unit at a health facility that treats sufferers infected with the novel coronavirus in Kiev, Ukraine, on Nov. 1, 2021.

The grim milestone came as some countries in japanese Europe, including Russia, Ukraine and Greece, grapple with list degrees of newly reported instances.

The pandemic started less than two years ago after the virus changed into first detected in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

  Nov eight, 8:04 AM Biden administration urges schools to supply COVID-19 shots, data

The Biden administration sent letters to superintendents and principals throughout the united states on Monday, urging them to deploy COVID-19 vaccination clinics internal their basic faculties.

"folks count on their children's lecturers, principals, college nurses, and other college personnel to help retain their students protected and in shape every school year," U.S. Secretary of health and Human services Xavier Becerra and U.S. Secretary of schooling Miguel Cardona wrote in the letters. "We need your support now more than ever to continue to offer protection to our communities and our infants."

They also asked the school leaders to distribute information "from depended on sources" about COVID-19 vaccines to all households with children a while 5 to 11, and to host neighborhood engagements with fogeys in partnership with native pediatricians and "different depended on clinical voices" in the neighborhood.

"The communications you problem -- in languages attainable to your fogeys -- might be crucial in assisting families be trained extra about the vaccine," Becerra and Cardona wrote.

© Ross D. Franklin/AP, File FILE Oliver Estrada, 5, right, receives the first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from scientific assistant Patricia Munoz at an Adelante Healthcare community vaccine health facility at Joseph Zito fundamental college in Phoenix, Arizona, on Nov. 6, 2021.

The letters went out on the same day that first woman Jill Biden and U.S. Surgeon standard Vivek Murthy plan to visit an fundamental school in McLean, Virginia, that became used as some of the first sites in the nation to start administering the polio vaccine in 1954.

school officers would now not be responsible for coping with COVID-19 vaccines or giving pictures to college students. as an alternative, they would accomplice with a local vaccine provider already administering shots, equivalent to a pharmacy or neighborhood fitness medical institution.

The faculties would be allowed to use federal bucks through the American Rescue Plan to offset any charges with featuring the house and organizing the vaccine power.

-ABC information' Anne Flaherty