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Despite the demand from millions of Americans to get their COVID-19 vaccine, Georgia health officials were forced to destroy over 110,000 vaccine doses because they were not being used.
The plant employed 1,400 workers. Local public health officials announced that over 90 workers had tested positive for coronavirus, and one had died. Tyson executive Steve Stouffer said, "Unfortunately, the closure will mean reduced food supplies and presents problems to farmers who have no place to take their livestock.
Sites in Colorado, North Carolina and Iowa also had temporary shutdowns this week.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity intensified in many places. In the second quarter of 2020, there were multiple warnings of famine later in the year. [3] [4] In an early report, the Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) Oxfam-International talks about "economic devastation" [5] while the lead-author of the UNU-WIDER report compared COVID-19 to a "poverty tsunami". [6]
To address the question of why some racial groups are disproportionately affected by COVID-19, the CDC compiled a list of factors linking a racial group to increased risk of COVID-19 exposure. [31] These factors are well-linked to the social determinants of health , the social contributors that influence heath outcomes for a particular group.
The findings in the new report come from the analysis of nearly 1,300 death certificates of Oregon residents ages 16 to 30 who died from any heart condition or unknown reasons between June 1, 2021 ...
Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
The U.S. Senate has given the green light for a $21 billion dollar disaster relief fund which can help Georgia farmers recover from the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene.