Pandemic Update, 20th August 2021

Top Five Countries with the highest 24-hour new cases as reported on:

1. U.S. – 158,127
2. Brazil – 40,693
3. Iran – 39,174
4. India – 35,797
5. U.K. – 33,904

( Source: https://vaccines411.ca/en/ )

US and India retain 1st and 4th position.

Country	Fully vaccinated  ( % )	Total number of doses administered ( million)
Chile (Highest)	68	14.25 m.
Israel	63	5.87 m.
U.K	60	47.41 m.
U.S	51	199.3 m.
India	9	437.7 m.
China	16	622 m.

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( Over last 14 days.)

• Death reported till date 623,283
• In spite of vaccination of more than 50% of US population
  • Daily Deaths are   up 97%,
  • Daily Hospitalisation up 54% over 14 days
• Delta cases make up more than 98.8% of Covid cases in the US.
• A booster dose has been proposed to prevent the Delta spread.
• All Nursing home staff need to be vaccinated failing which, these will lose medicaid and medicare funding.

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• Covid Vaccines are effective against Delta variant though they cannot prevent spread of disease.
• You can catch Covid-19 twice. It seems to be milder in the second episode.
• US health officials have announced booster shots from September for all US citizens after 8 month of the 2nd dose.
• Effectiveness of both Pfizer and Moderna Vaccine is found to wear off in 8 months.

: Compiled by Dr ରମାକାନ୍ତ ମହାପାତ୍ର