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| The federal government is not inclined to ship extra vaccine supplies to Michigan to combat the state's severe surge in cases, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday. |
| Dr. Rochelle Walensky noted that it takes two to six weeks from the time vaccines are jabbed until the impact could be realized. |
| "When you have an acute situation, an extraordinary amount of cases like we have in Michigan, the answer is not necessarily to give vaccine, the answer is to really close things down," Walensky said at a White House COVID-19 response briefing. "If we tried to vaccinate our way out of what is happening in Michigan we would be disappointed that it took so long for the vaccine to work, to actually have the impact." |
| It's Thursday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know: |
| • | The U.S. set a one-day record on Saturday by administering 4.6 million vaccine doses, White House senior COVID-19 adviser Andy Slavitt said Monday. | | • | Illinois opened up vaccine eligibility to those 16 and older Monday, and on Thursday Washington state and California will join the more than 40 states providing vaccine access to all adults. | | • | For the first time in months, shops, hairdressers and pub "gardens" reopened Monday in England. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged people to "behave responsibly." Northern Ireland's "stay-at-home" order is ending and some rules are being relaxed in Scotland and Wales. | | • | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced that a Phase 3 trial of its antibody cocktail offered strong protection against COVID-19 for people living with someone infected with the coronavirus. | |
| Today's numbers: The U.S. has more than 31.1 million confirmed coronavirus cases and 562,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: 136.1 million cases and 2.93 million deaths. More than 237.79 million vaccine doses have been distributed in the U.S. and 187 million have been administered, according to the CDC. More than 45% of adult Americans have had at least one dose, and 28% are fully vaccinated. |
| See the numbers in your area here, check out where cases are rising here, and see how many vaccines your state has received here. |
| – John Bacon, USA TODAY rewrite chief, @realjohnbacon |
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