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Coronavirus Watch: What do you want to know about vaccines?

Grace Hauck   | Paste BN

Vaccines are on the way, and we're here to answer any questions you have. Tell us what you'd like to know through this online form and we'll give you answers in an upcoming article.

It's Tuesday, and this is the Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's what to know today, as of 12 p.m. ET:

  • An advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets today to vote on who should get the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA will consider the first vaccine candidate Dec. 10, and Vice President Mike Pence told governors the first vaccines could be shipped out in two weeks.
  • More coronavirus restrictions: A modified stay-at-home order begins Tuesday in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. And California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned a stay-at-home order could soon be implemented in counties with widespread transmission.
  • Chicago officials shut down a 300-person basement party early Sunday where attendees were not wearing masks or social distancing. Last month, officials also closed a sports complex for hosting a party with over 600 people and a ballroom for hosting a party with over 200 people.
  • Florida public schools will remain open in 2021 and families will continue to have the option to keep students at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. Meanwhile, New York City's public schools will start offering in-person classes Dec. 7, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday.
  • A small town in southern Spain is carrying out COVID-19 testing on its entire population after a random screening suggested 70% of its inhabitants were infected with the virus.
  • It's Giving Tuesday, and donations are up 20% already this year. "People are finding generosity as an antidote to fear, uncertainty, division," said Woodrow Rosenbaum, chief data officer for Giving Tuesday. 

Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 13.5 million cases and 268,000 deaths. Globally, there have been 63 million cases and 1.47 million fatalities. In November alone, one of every 76 Americans tested positive for COVID-19, and the country reported 36,918 deaths – a toll greater than American losses in the Korean War. See the numbers in your area here, and check out where cases are rising here.

– Grace Hauck, Paste BN breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck

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