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• COVID-19 vaccines available at hundreds of sites in Northeast Florida More than 11 million Floridians have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since the shots became available in mid-December -- first to health care workers and senior-living residents and staff. Find a vaccination site location near you by vising vaccinefinder.org. At the beginning of the year, members of the general public above age 65 began getting vaccinated. In March, the qualifying age began dropping. A month later, it was available to all adults. One vaccine -- Pfizer…
• DeSantis aims to quell COVID-19 concerns, pointing to lack of hospitalizations Aiming to dispel concerns about Florida’s surging COVID-19 infections, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday defended the state’s efforts to combat the spread of the deadly disease. DeSantis sought to assuage unease about the state’s rising caseload, chalking up the rising number of cases in Florida to a seasonal pattern throughout the Sun Belt. He also noted that a vast majority of new infections are being found among unvaccinated Floridians. “If you are vaccinated, though, the number of people that end…
• Florida, Jacksonville COVID-19 cases almost double in 1 week New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Florida and in and around Jacksonville have spiked to levels not seen in months. The White House said the state is playing an outsized role in driving up concerning national numbers. The growth in cases has risen for four weeks in a row and is now at levels not seen since winter. Over the past week, 45,603 new COVID-19 cases were identified in Florida, an average of 6,515 new cases per day, according to…
• UK set to irk EU with bid to change post-Brexit trade rules Tense post-Brexit relations between Britain and the European Union face further strain on Wednesday, when the U.K. calls for major changes to trade rules agreed on by both sides. Brexit minister David Frost will set out proposals for smoothing out trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that has a land border with the 27-nation bloc. The divorce deal agreed before Britain’s departure means customs and border checks must be conducted on some goods moving between…
• Greater Jacksonville driving Florida’s COVID-19 surge Florida’s number of coronavirus cases diagnosed last week -- 45,449 -- is nearing the increases seen in last summer’s spike. That week-to-week growth rate of infections is the highest the state has seen since June 2020. Nearly one-in-five of the nation’s new COVID-19 infections is from Florida, White House coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients said at a briefing. The rate in Jacksonville and three nearby counties are even higher, leading the state in new infections per capita and surpassing the increases…
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• Parents sound off on shorts in St. Johns County school dress code survey Earlier this month, the St. Johns County School District sent parents a survey seeking input on a dress code that has been a source of controversy for months and is now the subject of a federal investigation. News4Jax learned Tuesday the district received more than 12,000 responses to the nine-question survey, and although it wasn’t one of the questions, parents used the survey to weigh in on the issue of shorts, which mainly affects female students. The survey asked parents…
• Bay Area issued red-flag warning due to dry lightning risks at high elevations The National Weather Service has issued a red-flag warning for high-elevation areas in the Bay Area due to the risk of dry lightning sparking fires by the end of the weekend. Places that are at least 2,000 feet above sea level have a pronounced risk, according to the NWS, which identified parts of the South Bay, East Bay, Peninsula and North Bay — as well as San Benito and Monterey counties — as the focus of the red-flag attention. A…
• Jeff Bezos went to space to realize how fragile Earth is. A 10-minute flight may not be long enough to experience this 'overview effect.' Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin. Blue Origin Astronauts realize Earth is fragile when seeing it from space. This is called the "overview effect." Jeff Bezos endeavored to feel that sensation during his roughly 10-minute spaceflight on Tuesday. One expert isn't sure a short flight is enough to profoundly change the billionaire's perspective. See more stories on Insider's business page. When NASA astronaut Alan Shepard saw Earth while walking on the moon in 1971, he cried. Other astronauts who've viewed…