Ten mostly rural counties scattered across California reported having no intensive care unit beds available on Wednesday, according to state health data analyzed by Reuters. In the agricultural heartland of the California’s Central Valley, Covid-19 admissions have overwhelmed some individual hospitals altogether. In Fresno County, home to 1 million people, only seven ICU beds remained unfilled on Wednesday. Britain became the first Western nation to begin mass inoculations with the Pfizer vaccine on Tuesday. Still, a sizable percentage of the US population has expressed skepticism about getting a Covid-19 vaccine, creating an additional challenge.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 10, 2020 04:29 UTC