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COVID-19: California Sets Sights On Full Reopening In June

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 7, 2021
A doctor shows an empty vial of AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19) are seen at a drive-in for vaccinations in Schwelm, western Germany, on April 7, 2021, amid the ongoing pandemic. - Because the appointments at the vaccination centre in the Ennepe-Ruhr district are booked up for weeks, the administration reacted and set up the temporary vaccination drive-in (approx. 500 metres long, two vaccination tents, 40 employees) on the car park of a sports hall on the Easter weekend. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
A doctor shows an empty vial of AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19) are seen at a drive-in for vaccinations in Schwelm, western Germany, on April 7, 2021, amid the ongoing pandemic.
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INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images
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COVID-19: California Sets Sights On Full Reopening In June

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Tim Brewer from UCLA.

Today’s topics include: 

  • AstraZeneca vaccine paused in adolescents after blot clot concerns 

  • Double mutant variant found in California

  • More than 40% of new cases coming out of five states 

  • Young Angelenos head to Bakersfield for vaccine

  • Study: 1 in 3 develop neuropsychiatric conditions after COVID-19

  • U.S Army developing vaccine, begins testing in humans  

  • Most children with inflammatory syndrome had mild COVID-19

Guest: 

Timothy Brewer, M.D., epidemiologist and professor of medicine at UCLA’s school of public health; has served on the advisory boards of the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention