This Week in MMWR - Vol. 70, March 19, 2021

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Reports on School Instruction & Parent-Child Experiences, Malaria, & more

March 19, 2021 

Check out the latest COVID-19 reports here.

Surveillance Summaries

Malaria Surveillance — United States, 2017 CDC received 2,161 reports of confirmed malaria cases among persons tested in the United States and its territories with onset of symptoms in 2017. This number continues a decades-long increasing trend.

WEEKLY REPORT

Association of Children’s Mode of School Instruction with Child and Parent Experiences and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic — COVID Experiences Survey, United States, October 8–November 13, 2020 Virtual instruction might present more risks than does in-person instruction related to child and parental mental and emotional health. Children not receiving full-time, in-person instruction and their parents might need additional supports.

• Minimal SARS-CoV-2 Transmission After Implementation of a Comprehensive Mitigation Strategy at a School — New Jersey, August 20–November 27, 2020
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine Second-Dose Completion and Interval Between First and Second Doses Among Vaccinated Persons — United States, December 14, 2020−February 14, 2021
• Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Among Residents of Two Skilled Nursing Facilities Experiencing COVID-19 Outbreaks — Connecticut, December 2020–February 2021
• Notes from the Field: SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Football Team Members — Florida, September–October 2020

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QUICKSTATS

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injury — United States, 2019

PDF of Surveillance Summary (link) and the Weekly Issue (link).

CONTINUING EDUCATION

 

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of March 8

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live. This week’s episode covers three reports, including reports on racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 rates among people younger than 25, how severe COVID-19 illness is linked to elevated BMI, and more. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.