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Coronavirus 411 podcast provides daily updates, news, alerts, and information regarding the Corona virus COVID 19. Coronavirus 411 podcast collects Information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) the World Health Organization (WHO) and other news sources. This information is meant to help people stay informed and updated about Coronavirus with just the facts.
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 10th, 2021. In the U.S., the administration announced new steps, including mandates to tackle the pandemic. Those steps include mandating vaccines for federal workers, contractors and certain health care workers, mandates for employees at companies wit…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 9th, 2021. The World Health Organization is again calling for a moratorium on booster shots, saying rich countries with large supplies should not offer shots through the end of the year so first doses can go to poorer countries. So far that request has…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 7th, 2021. Like healthcare workers, they are most at risk. And like many healthcare workers, they are reluctant to get the vaccine. No national statistics show the vaccination rate for America's entire population of first responders, but police and fir…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 6th, 2021. Full steam ahead in the U.S. with booster shots, even though the EU, the World Health Organization, and even the CDC says it could be premature and possibly unnecessary right now. It’s believed boosters will be available September 20 for Pfi…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 2nd, 2021. The World Health Organization has another “variant of interest” to watch. It’s being called the Mu variant and there are concerns it may partially evade the immunity developed from past infection or vaccination. The variant has been detected…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for September 1st, 2021. The EU says it’s now hit its target of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of summer. They’re calling it a great achievement, but the World Health Organization says the pace of vaccinations in the continent now appears to be faltering…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 31st, 2021. Take an area with high concentrations of COVID, with a shortage of ICU beds, patients on ventilators, and challenges keeping health care staff working. Then hit it with a Category 4 hurricane and you have the situation in Louisiana. Hospitals …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 30th, 2021. A UK study published in Lancet says people who get the Delta variant are more than twice as likely to be hospitalized as those infected with the alpha strain. Early studies of the Delta variant found it was 50% more transmissible than other st…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 26th, 2021. The international scientists sent to China by the World Health Organization to find the coronavirus’ origin said yesterday, get ready to not be surprised, the search has stalled and the window of opportunity for ever getting to the truth is “c…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 25th, 2021. Back to school didn’t go terribly well. A few weeks in, more and more school districts have given up on in-person learning or switched to hybrid models because of rising infections. More than 80 school districts or charter networks in more tha…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 20th, 2021. The World Health Organization is making it clear it is not happy with countries like the United States moving on to third booster shots. The Africa director warned such countries “make a mockery of vaccine equity.” Less than 2% of Africa’s pop…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 19th, 2021. As expected, U.S. health officials announced booster shots of Pfizer and Moderna should be available for all U.S. adults starting next month. It is an acknowledgement that the effectiveness of the vaccines could wear off significantly in as li…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 11th, 2021. New state level data analyzed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association shows cases among children are rising, with kids accounting for roughly 15% of all newly reported cases across the U.S. for the week en…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 10th, 2021. As anticipated, members of the U.S. military will be required to get the vaccine starting next month. Memos have been distributed to all troops this is necessary to maintain military readiness. The Defense Secretary said that deadline could be…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 9th, 2021. Hospitalizations are reaching all-time highs, especially in parts of the South. Some patients and their doctors are struggling to find hospitals that will take them, even if it’s out of state. Louisiana set a new record for hospitalizations las…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for August 5th, 2021. Yesterday we had an Axios poll that shows unvaccinated Americans mostly blame foreigners visiting the United States for the surge in the Delta variant. And apparently the White House agrees with them. The administration is taking the first step…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for July 6th, 2021. A very politically charged decision in Britain, which plans to get rid of laws requiring face masks and social distancing later this month despite surging delta variant numbers. The Prime Minister has even admitted doing so will likely drive the …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 15th, 2021. The story today, a resurgence of Covid across Europe. In Italy, three-quarters of the population went into a strict lockdown today. A more contagious U.K. variant and a slow vaccine rollout led to a 15% increase in cases last week. The entire c…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 12th, 2021. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is upset over vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding, as well as side deals with vaccine manufacturers that undermine some countries’ efforts. He called this “the greatest moral test of our times.” …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 11th, 2021. Researchers say a highly infectious variant of COVID-19 first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30% and 100% more deadly than previous dominant variants. The B.1.1.7 variant has since also been found in more than 100 other countri…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 10th, 2021. A first-of-its-kind test for detecting whether someone was infected in the past that uses the body's T-cells was granted emergency authorization by the FDA. It would be a game changer for many with long term symptoms and for people who never go…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 9th, 2021. The CDC made it official fully vaccinated Americans can get together with other vaccinated people indoors without a mask or social distancing. Vaccinated people can also get together in a single household with people considered at low risk. Thin…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 8th, 2021. Dr. Anthony Fauci said it’s not widespread yet but a variant that’s shown resistance to antibody treatments and vaccines is spreading efficiently through New York City and beyond. The good news is it’s not as resistant as the quick-spreading var…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 5th, 2021. On this podcast, we regularly give the states who have done the most and least vaccinating. But what about which countries are getting most of their populations vaccinated? When you look at the percentage of citizens who are fully vaccinated, me…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for March 3rd, 2021. You would think the pandemic is completely over. Texas and Mississippi are lifting their mask mandates. And doctors and big city leaders say they’re bracing for a deadly resurgence. Business occupancy limits are also being relaxed but businesses…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 26th, 2021. Another mutated version of the coronavirus has popped up in New York City. It first appeared in the New York area in late November and has since shown up in neighboring states. City health officials and the Mayor are saying the new research …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 25th, 2021. A real-world test of Pfizer’s vaccine in more than half a million people in Israel confirms that even after one dose, it’s very effective at preventing serious illness or death. 92% effective at preventing severe disease after two shots and …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 24th, 2021. AstraZeneca has told the European Union it expects to deliver less than half the vaccines it was contracted to supply in the second quarter. That puts the EU's target of vaccinating 70% of adults by summer in apparent jeopardy. The total sup…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 23rd, 2021. Remember when the concern about schools was that kids would transmit the virus? The CDC now says kids aren’t the problem, it’s teachers. 9 elementary school clusters were studied and in only one was a student the first documented case. The s…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 22nd, 2021. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped a half a million Sunday according to NBC News. And while the death toll in the U.S. is the highest in the world, the country has less than 5% of the global population. A half a million people r…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 19th, 2021. Canadian researchers say a single dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are more than 92% effective in preventing COVID-19 illness after two weeks. And a separate study out of Israel suggests getting that second shot of Pfizer’s vaccine hi…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 18th, 2021. Another group is apparently reluctant to get a Covid-19 vaccine. The military. By the thousands, U.S. service members are refusing or delaying vaccination and their commanders are trying to figure out how they can change that. Some Army unit…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 17th, 2021. A paralyzing winter storm is creating all kinds of problems for vaccination efforts. Appointments had to be cancelled, deliveries were delayed, and mass vaccination sites couldn’t open. Snow, ice and bitter cold forced authorities to halt va…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 16th, 2021. Welcome to Hotel Quarantine. Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels got their first guests yesterday. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport from 33 high risk countries were escorted by security guards to buses that took the…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 15th, 2021. Average daily new cases in the U.S. dipped below 100,000 recently for the first time in months. The average dropped below 100,000 Friday for the first time since Nov. 4. and stayed below 100,000 Saturday. The CDC says the country is still at…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for February 8th, 2021. The CDC says it has distributed 59.3 million doses of vaccines in the United States and 39 million of those have been administered as of Saturday morning. 30.2 million have gotten one or more doses, while 8.3 million have definitely gotten th…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 29th, 2021. New York’s Attorney General reported, and the Governor’s administration confirmed, thousands more nursing home residents died of COVID-19 than official tallies previously acknowledged. This after the state refused to divulge its true numbers …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 28th, 2021. In a sign the U.S. continues to believe ending all travel is a key to beating the virus, a senior CDC official says the U.S. is actively looking at expanding mandatory testing to travelers even on domestic flights traveling within the contine…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 27th, 2021. The European Union has warned pharmaceutical companies that developed vaccines with money from the EU, the shots better come in on schedule. In fact, it threatened to impose export controls on vaccines made within its borders. Many of the 27 …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 26th, 2021. Is it suddenly over? The Governor of California lifted stay-at-home orders across the state yesterday because coronavirus conditions are improving. Southern California still has an ICU capacity of 0%, but the Governor said the move is based o…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 25th, 2021. While the coronavirus and its variants are all over the world, increasingly, world governments appear convinced that keeping each other out is part of the answer. The U.S. is banning non-U.S. citizens coming from South Africa, Brazil, the U.K…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 22nd, 2021. New policies going into effect in the U.S. The administration is asking Americans to wear masks for 100 days and a separate order will go out mandating masks on airplanes, trains, and other public transportation. Plus, all travelers coming fr…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 21st, 2021. Several states continue to report they’re running out of vaccine. Tens of thousands who got appointments for the first dose are having those appointments canceled. New shipments go out every week, and both the government and the drug manufact…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 20th, 2021. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has now surpassed 400,000. And more than 100,000 Americans have died in the past five weeks alone. In the U.S., someone now dies from COVID-19 every 26 seconds and it’s claiming more lives weekly than …
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 19th, 2021. The CDC and FDA are investigating a particular lot of Moderna’s vaccine after California paused distribution after fewer than 10 recipients at a clinic in San Diego experienced severe allergic reactions and required medical attention within 2…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 18th, 2021. It’s good to have a goal. The U.K. government plans to offer a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to every adult by September. That’s some 51 million people. They’ll soon start a trial of round the clock injections at some locations as it adds mo…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 15th, 2021. About 17.3 million doses of vaccines have been distributed in the U.S., but only about 6 million people have gotten the first dose. West Virginia has the largest portion of its population vaccinated at 5.16%. At the other end of the spectrum,…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 14th, 2021. Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300. The nation’s overall death toll is closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, which is about 407,000. California is expanding who can get the vacci…
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This is Coronavirus 411, the latest COVID-19 info and new hotspots… Just the facts… for January 12th, 2021. The United States lost more than 22,000 lives to COVID-19 last week, a record for the second week in a row. California had the most deaths at 3,315 in the week ended January 10, up 44% from the prior week. Arizona had the highest death rate p…
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New research suggests Pfizer’s vaccine can indeed protect against two easier-to-spread variants of the coronavirus that erupted in the U.K. and South Africa. What makes it more contagious is a slight alteration on one spot of the spike protein that coats the virus. But most vaccines train the body to recognize that spike and fight it. Don’t like sh…
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