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In the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the US, many independent doctors offices say they've been left in the dark. According to Business Insider, they say they don't have access to COVID-19 vaccines. What's more, they've heard little from the federal or state governments about if or when they might receive doses. Independent primary care providers have been totally left out of distribution channels and have no line of sight for when they might receive a vaccine supply. Dr. Emily Maxson Chief Medical Officer, Aledade Sources say hospitals, large retail pharmacies, and federally-qualified health centers are the main distributors of the vaccine. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says nearly 9 million individuals in the US have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. That's 11 million people less than the Trump administration's estimate of 20 million vaccinated Americans by the end of 2020.
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The World Health Organization stresses that the new coronavirus has not suddenly become less pathogenic, following claims by a leading Italian doctor that COVID-19 had lost some of its potency. "We need to be exceptionally careful not to create a sense that, all of a sudden, the virus, by its own volition, has now decided to be less pathogenic. It is not the case at all," WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan tells a virtual press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Violin solist Alexandra Conunova plays a concert for her neighbours in Lausanne while Switzerland is in semi-lockdown. More than 28,000 people in Switzerland have tested positive for coronavirus, while more than 1,200 have died in the landlocked European country of 8.5 million people. IMAGES
Emmanuel Macron holds a surprise meeting with Marseille-based Professor Didier Raoult, a proponent of chloroquine treatment for Covid-19, signalling the president's willingness to consult a broad spectrum of voices before giving his third address to the nation on the coronavirus epidemic next Monday. IMAGES
Images of the Diaconat-Fonderie clinic, where a French doctor practised medicine before contracting the coronavirus and dying from the illness. The 66-year-old gynaecologist was infected by a patient during a consultation, according to his clinic. IMAGES