This Week in MMWR - Vol. 71, March 4, 2022

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    Reports on COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage, HIV In Malawi, and more
March 4, 2022    
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WEEKLY REPORT
Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Between Urban and Rural Counties — United States, December 14, 2020–January 31, 2022 

COVID-19 vaccination coverage with the first dose of the primary vaccination series was lower in rural than in urban counties; disparities have increased nearly threefold since April 2021. Receipt of booster or additional doses was similarly low in both rural and urban counties.

Geospatial Transmission Hotspots of Recent HIV Infection — Malawi, October 2019–March 2020
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant Transmission Within Households — Four U.S. Jurisdictions, November 2021–February 2022
Safety Monitoring of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Doses Among Persons Aged 12–17 Years — United States, December 9, 2021–February 20, 2022
Effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19–Associated Emergency Department and Urgent Care Encounters and Hospitalizations Among Nonimmunocompromised Children and Adolescents Aged 5–17 Years — VISION Network, 10 States, April 2021–January 2022
Notes from the Field: First Reports of Locally Transmitted Seoul Hantavirus Infection — District of Columbia, May 2018–December 2018
Notes from the Field: Readiness for Use of Type 2 Novel Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Response to a Type 2 Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreak — Tajikistan, 2020–2021

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QUICKSTATS

Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Kidney Disease, by Age Group and Sex — National Health Interview Survey, United States, July–December 2020

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MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing Podcast: Week of January 31

The latest MMWR Weekly COVID-19 Briefing is live. This episode covers 5 reports, including reports highlighting the effectiveness of masks in indoor settings, clinical characteristics and outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 and more. Listen and subscribe on: Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and Google Play.