Newest Coronavirus Information
THURSDAY, March 31, 2022 (HealthDay Information)
The Biden administration introduced Wednesday that it has launched a brand new web site that features assist for folks looking for free COVID prevention and therapy rapidly.
COVID.gov will carry into one place a number of varieties of crucial COVID-19 data, from discovering high-quality masks to testing necessities for worldwide journey.
“We couldn’t have finished this six or eight months in the past, as a result of we did not have all of the instruments now we have now,” Jeff Zients, the White Home coronavirus response coordinator, instructed NPR.
This new software may even present data on neighborhood threat ranges, in addition to vaccination websites and types for ordering eight free at-home assessments per family.
“Right now, I am saying the launch of COVID.gov… a one-stop store the place anybody in America can discover what they should navigate the virus: free vaccines and boosters, free at-home assessments, high-quality masks. And for the most recent details about the extent of COVID-19 unfold in your neighborhood, you may get that instantly,” Biden stated in a White Home news release concerning the web site Wednesday.
“Now, you will additionally be capable of discover our new test-to-treat places, which I introduced in my State of the Union Deal with. These are pharmacies and different locations in your neighborhood the place you may get examined,” he added. “And should you’re optimistic, you may get lifesaving therapies multi function cease. We have already stood up 2,000 test-to-treat websites… throughout the nation.”
Folks may also be examined and handled by their very own well being care suppliers, who can prescribe the antiviral capsules.
These drugs embody each Evusheld, a drug that seems to spice up immunity for many who are immunocompromised, and Paxlovid, which is extremely efficient at stopping hospitalization and dying amongst folks at excessive threat of extreme illness.
The web site data is accessible in English, Spanish and Chinese language. It may also be discovered on the nationwide vaccine hotline at 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489). The hotline helps over 150 languages.
Common day by day COVID-19 instances have decreased 12% in the USA up to now two weeks, in accordance with The New York Occasions. Hospitalizations have dropped by 33% and deaths by 44% in that point interval.
Extra data
Observe extra COVID-19 data on the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention‘s COVID Data Tracker.
SOURCES: White Home, information launch, March 30, 2022; The New York Occasions; NPR
By Marianne (Shopper)Madeiros and Cara Murez HealthDay Reporters
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