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UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 10/31/21

10/31/2021

 
Welcome back to the UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest! In this week's edition, we dive into information on New Jersey hospital mandates pertaining to booster shots, national COVID cases falling, the children's COVID-19 vaccine being approved, and much more! To find out more, refer to the links below. See you next week!
New Jersey News: 
  • N.J. hospital mandates booster shots for employees who received J&J vaccine
  • N.J. reports 1,008 COVID cases, 1 death. Number of counties with ‘high’ transmission continues to shrink.

National News: 
  • America's falling Covid case rate, in 3 charts
  • As US COVID Cases Fall, Halloween Brings More Fun, Less Fear

Global News: 
  • A World Remembers: Memorials honor COVID-19's 5 million dead
  • This country just found its first Covid case. Now it's preparing for a potential lockdown
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Vaccination News: 
  • Covid Shots for Kids Will Narrow the Biggest Racial Vaccine Gaps
  • FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11, shots could begin early next week with CDC clearance

Thank you for reading!

UUP Weekly Digest: Week of 10/24/21

10/24/2021

 
Welcome to our Weekly Digest! The state of the COVID-19 pandemic is always changing, and it is important to stay informed. This week's articles will discuss the state of Covid-19 in NJ schools in regards to testing, what the Covid-19 pandemic will look going into the winter season, an up tic in cases in certain countries, and news in regards to Covid-19 vaccines for children. Read more in depth below!

​New Jersey News:
  • Still no COVID-19 testing in hundreds of NJ school districts
  • N.J. reports 23 COVID deaths, 1,243 cases. Transmission rate continues downward trend.

National News:
  • Northern states see uptick in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations as weather gets colder
  • Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of Covid-19 complications amid cancer battle

Global News:
  • New variant? No masks? Here's what's driving the U.K.'s latest Covid surge
  • COVID-19 deaths in Russia hit record for fifth straight day as lockdown looms

Vaccination News:
  • Moderna says interim data shows its vaccine produces immune response in young children
  • FDA could authorize a Covid-19 vaccine for kids by this week. Here's the most important thing to do while we wait, CDC director says
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​Thanks for reading!

UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 10/17/2021

10/18/2021

 
Hello everyone, welcome back to the Weekly Digest! We hope you are all doing well this week. We have found various articles ranging from the US opening up to foreign visitors to how New Jersey is spending its amount of federal pandemic aid. Read about these topics and more using the links below!

New Jersey News:
  • What’s the deal with NJ’s unspent COVID-19 relief? 

National News:
  • White House says fully vaccinated foreign visitors can start entering US on November 8
  • New CDC data shows the risk of dying from Covid-19 is 11 times higher for unvaccinated adults than for fully vaccinated adults

Global News:
  • No COVID-19 in Turkmenistan?
  • Melbourne to ease world’s longest Covid-19 lockdown

Vaccination News:
  • FDA planning to allow mix-and-match Covid-19 vaccine boosters
  • ​COVID-19 and pregnancy: Women regret not getting the vaccine
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Thanks for reading!!

UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 10/10/21

10/12/2021

 
Welcome back to our Weekly Digest! We hope you are well! This week's articles includes new information about the decline in U.S. COVID-19 cases, Brazil's high COVID-19 death toll, and a potential Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine. Read about these topics and more using the links below!

New Jersey News:
  • NJ orders schools to report COVID-19 case data
  • N.J. reports 20 COVID deaths, 1,566 cases. Positive tests continue trending downward

National News:
  • Covid-19 has taken the parents or grandparents of 140,000 US children, and minorities were hit harder
  • Covid cases dip below 100,000 a day in U.S. as nation faces colder weather and more closed-in spaces

Global News:
  • Brazil passes grim milestone of 600,000 Covid-19 deaths, second only to US
  • Australia's biggest city is starting to live with Covid. Asia will be watching

Vaccination News:
  • Texas' ban of vaccine mandates puts businesses in a difficult position
  • Moderna urges FDA to authorize a half-size booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine for some adults

​Thank you for reading!

UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest - Week of 9/27/21

10/5/2021

 
Welcome back to the UUP Weekly Digest! In this week's edition, we dive into information pertaining to the New Jersey's current school situation, national COVID-19 updates, rising case numbers, and much more. To read and learn more, refer to the links below. We hope you enjoy and see you next week!
New Jersey News: 
  • N.J. reports 1,642 COVID cases, 16 deaths. Transmission rate drops, remains below key benchmark.
  • With nearly 800 students in COVID quarantine, N.J. district has no plans to close schools, official says

National News: 
  • U.S. hits 700,000 COVID deaths just as cases begin to fall
  • U.S. weekly average of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations down 15%

Global News: 
  • Australian border to reopen for first time in pandemic
  • Global COVID-19 deaths hit 5 million as Delta variant sweeps the world
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Vaccination News: 
  • How a small government agency will enforce the vaccine mandate for 80 million workers
  • Gottlieb says COVID-19 vaccine fight could hurt broader vaccination efforts

Thanks for reading!

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