China
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/china-covid-cases-jump-ahead-of-who-investigation-team-arrival
National Health Commission, cases + 55 + 115
Local transmission, 107 of the new cases
Hebei
Heilongjiang, 16 new cases
WHO expert panel, arrive tomorrow
China Sinovac Biotech, Sinovac
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/13/brazil-trial-finds-efficacy-of-sinovac-vaccine-at-50-4-percent
Brazil, Efficacy, 50.4 percent effective at preventing symptomatic infections, (many HCWs)
Turkey, 91.25 %
Indonesia gave emergency-use approval on Monday
Interim data showing it is 65 %
Oxford Astra Zeneca vaccine
EMA received the application from AZ for approval today.
There has been a rolling review
https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/articles/2020/update-on-application-for-conditional-marketing-authorisation-for-the-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-to-the-european-medicines-agency.html
Netherlands has reserved 11.7 million, option for a further 3.9.
US, phase 3 completed in March
https://www.c-span.org/video/?507916-1/hhs-secretary-azar-announces-covid-19-vaccination-guidelines
United States
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm
https:/covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases
https://covidtracking.com
https://covidtracking.com/data
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-us-cases-deaths/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5
Cases, + 193,857 + 213,885 = 22,538.426
Up 12.9 % in past 7 days
National positivity, 12.7%
Hospitalizations, 121,326 (23,881) (7,879)
Down 0.1% in past 7 days
Deaths, 371,449
Up 24.3% in past 7 days
US, Vaccinations
First does, 9,744,000
Second dose, 902,000 (0.28%)
San Diego
https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/pressroom/news-releases/gorilla-troop-san-diego-zoo-safari-park-test-positive-covid-19
January 6, two of the gorillas began coughing
January 8, tests detected virus in troop.
Aside from some congestion and coughing, the gorillas are doing well
The troop remains quarantined t..
