The newest variant is a warning about what will continue to happen “unless we really get serious about the endgame,” said Dr. Albert Ko, an infectious disease specialist at the Yale School of Public Health.
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President wants to require private insurers to cover the cost of at-home COVID-19 tests and he is tightening testing requirements for people entering the United States, regardless of their vaccination status.
U.S. health officials on Tuesday gave the final signoff to Pfizer’s kid-size COVID-19 shot, a major expansion of the nation’s vaccination campaign.
Florida suffered by far the most death of any state during that period, with the virus killing about 17,000 residents since the middle of June.
Confusion and controversy erupt following announcement that booster shots for the general public are coming in September.
The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Biden’s goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults — a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swamping hospitals and leading to new mask rules and mandatory vaccinations around the country.
India has confirmed 19.9 million cases of infection since the start of the pandemic, behind only the U.S., which counts more than 32.4 million.
California on Friday cleared the way for people to attend indoor concerts, theater performances and NBA games for the first time in more than a year as the rate of people testing positive for the coronavirus in the state nears a record low.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for COVID or going into quarantine.
The president also challenged states to administer at least one dose of the vaccine to all educators by the end of March.