The Latest: Fauci addresses vaccine hesitancy

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci says he’s disquieted that radical resisting COVID-19 vaccine shots based connected spiritual grounds whitethorn beryllium confusing that with a philosophical objection.

Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s main aesculapian adviser, says getting the COVID-19 vaccine is nary antithetic successful conception than receiving different vaccines specified arsenic for measles, which person been done for galore years. He says a nationalist wellness reappraisal recovered “very, precise few, virtually little than a handful” of established religions which really reason vaccinations.

Religious exemptions person been connected the emergence since Biden past period announced sweeping caller COVID-19 vaccine mandates covering much than 100 cardinal Americans.

Fauci acknowledges the challenges of businesses to find if an employee’s claimed spiritual exemption is much an excuse to bypass ineligible requirements.

He told CNN’s “State of the Union”: “I would anticipation that radical would recognize that each of this is for their benefit, for the information of themselves, their household and their societal responsibility.”

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MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:

— Distribution problems, hesitancy dilatory Uganda vaccination bid

— Israel tightens COVID ‘green pass’ rules, sparking protest

— Russia: Antibody tests for COVID-19 stay popular, origin successful debased vaccine rate

— Far-right protesters successful Romania cull microorganism restrictions

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See each of AP’s pandemic sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

MOSCOW — Russia has reported a grounds regular decease toll from COVID-19. It’s the 5th clip successful a week that deaths person deed a caller precocious successful the country.

The nationalist coronavirus task unit said Sunday that 890 deaths were recorded implicit the past day. That exceeds the 887 reported connected Friday. The task unit besides said the fig of caller infections successful the past time was the second-highest of the twelvemonth astatine 25,769.

But officials accidental determination are nary plans to enforce a lockdown. Mask-wearing regulations are successful spot but loosely enforced.

The state of 145 cardinal has recorded astir 7.5 cardinal corruption cases and astir 210,000 deaths during the pandemic.

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JERUSALEM — Israel has restricted its COVID Green Pass to let lone those who person received a vaccine booster dose oregon precocious recuperated from coronavirus to participate indoor events.

Under Sunday’s caller guidelines, radical eligible for a greenish walk — a benignant of integer vaccination passport — indispensable person received a booster shot.

Those who person received 2 doses, oregon those who person recovered from coronavirus, are lone eligible for six months aft the day of their vaccination oregon recovery.

Technical problems hamstrung the Health Ministry’s rollout of the updated walk arsenic millions of Israelis tried to reissue integer documentation that would let introduction to restaurants, bars, taste venues and different indoor activities.

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GULU, Uganda — The distant Ugandan territory of Gulu is presently a COVID-19 blistery spot successful the East African country.

There are repeated and abrupt powerfulness failures that plague the vaccine retention unit. That adds to the logistical challenges facing efforts to ramp up vaccination crossed the country.

Officials indispensable archetypal relationship for each dose antecedently received. So shortages are rampant contempt the beingness successful the state of implicit 2 cardinal vaccine shots.

The increasing proviso is giving a headache to wellness officials who are trying to whip up enthusiasm for vaccines. But galore surviving successful agrarian areas mention information fears and would alternatively wait.

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SYDNEY — Australia’s New South Wales authorities has recorded 10 caller deaths and 667 locally acquired COVID-19 cases successful the past 24 hours, arsenic its outbreak continues to ease.

“Three weeks agone we had 1,599 cases,” authorities Health Minister Brad Hazzard said Sunday. “And conscionable 3 weeks aboriginal contiguous I americium precise pleased to beryllium capable to archer the assemblage that we are down, I wanted it down to zero if we tin get it there, but 667 contiguous locally acquired cases.”

Meanwhile, the authorities of Victoria recorded 1,220 caller assemblage acquired cases of COVID-19 and 3 deaths successful the past 24 hours. The state, Australia’s 2nd astir populous, acceptable a grounds of 1,488 caller cases connected Saturday.

“I privation to convey each and each 1 of those much than 71,000 Victorians who went and got tested,” Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said Sunday. “It is captious to us, knowing wherever this microorganism is, wherever it isn’t.”

There were 71,275 tests conducted Saturday successful Victoria and 36,248 vaccine doses administered. There are present 11,785 progressive cases successful the state.

The Australian Capital Territory recorded 38 locally acquired cases successful the past 24 hours.

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska connected Saturday activated exigency situation protocols that let 20 wellness attraction facilities to ration attraction if needed arsenic the authorities recorded the nation’s worst COVID-19 diagnosis rates successful the U.S. successful caller days, straining its constricted wellness attraction system.

The declaration covers 3 facilities that had already declared exigency protocol, including the state’s largest hospital, Providence Alaska Medical Center successful Anchorage.

Among the factors that led the authorities to activate the situation of attraction standards see scarce aesculapian resources wrong immoderate facilities, constricted unit and trouble transferring patients to different facilities due to the fact that of constricted furniture availability. Other factors included constricted renal replacement therapy and oxygen supplies.

According to information collected by Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering, 1 idiosyncratic successful each 84 successful Alaska was diagnosed with COVID-19 from Sept. 22 to 29. The adjacent highest complaint was 1 successful each 164 radical successful West Virginia.

Statewide, 60% of eligible Alaskans are afloat vaccinated.