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Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. Older people and those with underlying medical conditions like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. Anyone can get sick with COVID-19 and become seriously ill or die at any age. The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the disease and how the virus spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by staying at least 1 metre apart from others, wearing a properly fitted mask, and washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently. Get vaccinated when it’s your turn and follow local guidance. The virus can spread from an infected person’s mouth or nose in small liquid particles when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing or breathe. These particles range from larger respiratory droplets to smaller aerosols. It is important to practice respiratory etiquette, for example by coughing into a flexed elbow, and to stay home and self-isolate until you recover if you feel unwell. Stay informed: • • • • • All information on the COVID-19 outbreak • Get vaccinated when a vaccine is available to you. • Stay at least 1 metre apart from others, even if they don’t appear to be sick. • Wear a properly fitted mask when physical distancing is not possible or when in ...

From cities to rural towns, stay informed on where COVID-19 is spreading to understand how it could affect families, commerce, and travel. Follow new cases found each day and the number of cases and deaths in Florida. The county-level tracker makes it easy to follow COVID-19 cases on a granular level, as does the ability to break down infections per 100,000 people. This county visualization is unique to USAFacts and will be updated with the most recent data as frequently as possible. The underlying data is available for download below the US county map and has helped government agencies like County 7-day avg. cases 7-day avg. deaths Cases Deaths 13 0 90,127 285 1 0 10,742 62 8 0 55,684 394 1 0 9,284 58 47 0 176,112 914 154 0 777,377 3,079 -0.7 0 4,937 45 14 0 49,499 437 8 0 39,380 463 11 0 67,543 352 23 0 106,369 551 1 0 25,812 170 2 0 11,405 97 0.4 0 4,958 24 58 0 319,190 1,483 16 0 94,972 706 6 0 29,056 114 0.1 0 3,554 20 3 0 17,929 99 0 0 5,689 44 1 0 2,325 19 1 0 5,073 45 0.7 0 4,568 25 3 0 10,452 45 4 0 13,911 87 10 0 54,260 482 9 0 31,010 366 89 0 482,818 1,832 0.6 0 6,350 49 10 0 43,028 306 0.7 0 18,278 158 0.3 0 5,009 28 0.3 0 3,156 26 20 0 109,728 663 64 0 243,842 1,009 17 0 114,122 332 3 0 12,864 56 -0.4 0 2,990 16 0 0 7,051 45 6 0 124,094 689 22 0 106,257 996 13 0 41,032 335 304 0 1,552,281 6,472 5 0 22,654 52 5 0 27,423 127 10 0 62,289 367 2 0 12,585 89 88 0 476,562 1,310 23 0 144,473 529 131 0 483,839 2,883 32 0 160,753 802 44 0 278,279 1,671 64 0 261,998 1,38...

June 6 (Reuters) - Europe's medicine regulators on Tuesday backed the World Health Organization's recommendation to update the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines to target one of the currently dominant XBB variants ahead of the upcoming autumn vaccination campaign. Advisory groups related to the WHO suggested that, while waiting for more data, the monovalent XBB-containing vaccines could be considered a reasonable choice and individuals at risk of progression to severe disease such as older adults should be given priority, according to European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). Marco Cavaleri, EMA's head of health threats and vaccines strategy, explained the thinking behind the choice of monovalent vaccines at a briefing on Tuesday. "What we learned is that individuals that have been repeatedly vaccinated with the ancestral strain... already have good immunity against all the viruses that have been circulating in the past. But this immunity is not very good for what looks like is coming up next," he said. For that reason, he said, the EMA and ECDC felt that it was important for adapted vaccines to trigger an immunity that is more directed against these new sub-variants that are dominant at the moment, like the XBB family, "to increase the chances of having good protection not only from severe disease but also from infection and the mild symptomatic disease." Novavax Inc's The company is Once authorised, these monova...

Gov. Abbott has kept the disaster declaration in place since the early days of the pandemic in 2020, despite some pushback in his own party. He has maintained that he needed the declaration to support his executive orders prohibiting local COVID restrictions, and he had promised to lift the declaration once lawmakers codified those orders. Earlier this month, Abbott signed into law “I was seeking legislation this session that would override those local jurisdictions before I took down my disaster declaration,” Abbott said at an unrelated news conference Monday in Austin. “They passed that legislation and, as a result, when the disaster declaration comes up for renewal later on this month, I will not renew it.” Abbott had made banning local COVID mandates an emergency item for the regular legislative session that wrapped up late last month. While SB 29 made it to Abbott’s desk, some Republicans say it does not go far enough because it does not extend to private entities. Legislation to do that died in the House during the regular session. Republicans like state Rep. Texas appears to be the last state with a broad COVID-19 disaster declaration, Abbott’s last 30-day renewal of Texas’ disaster declaration was May 15. Quality journalism doesn't come free Perhaps it goes without saying — but producing quality journalism isn't cheap. At a time when newsroom resources and revenue across the country are declining, The Texas Tribune remains committed to sustaining our Yes, I'll dona...

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