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Feb 8, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 8, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted Sunday that vaccine supplies would improve by March, with increased doses of approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna and a new vaccine candidate from Johnson & Johnson.

Feb 8, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
CISA COVID-19 call series continues

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's series of teleconferences on COVID-19 and vaccine distribution continues this week.

Feb 5, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 5, 2021

Johnson & Johnson on Thursday submitted to the Food and Drug Administration an application for emergency authorization for its one-dose coronavirus vaccine, putting the company on track to potentially begin shipping it by early March.

Feb 5, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
PPP borrowers most successful with community banks: study

Community banks were the most common source for Paycheck Protection Program loans among employer firms, and they were the source from which applicants were most successful in obtaining PPP funding, the Federal Reserve Banks said.

Feb 5, 2021 | NewsWatch Today
ICBA-backed foreclosure assistance introduced in Senate

ICBA-supported legislation to prevent avoidable foreclosures, evictions, and utility shut-offs was introduced by Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).

Feb 4, 2021 | Coronavirus Update
FS-ISAC Coronavirus Update, Feb. 4, 2021

At the current rate of 1.32 million shots a day, every adult in the US could be fully vaccinated in about a year, and assuming 75% of adults must be fully vaccinated to achieve herd immunity, the country could reach the threshold around Halloween.