Coronavirus Update: CDC says delta variant has changed nature of war vs. virus
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release data later Friday about the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19 that informed its decision earlier this week to recommend that even vaccinated people resume wearing face masks in public settings in areas with high rates of transmission.
The document says health officials must “acknowledge the war has changed,” with delta rapidly spreading across the U.S. and rest of the world, according to the Washington Post, which obtained a copy. iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } Read: Pfizer says immunity drops to 83% within four months in people who got its COVID-19 shot, further bolstering the company case for a booster
One slide estimates 35,000 symptomatic infections a week among 162 million vaccinated Americans, though it finds a far greater risk of disease, hospitalization and death among the unvaccinated. Elsewhere, China’s eastern city of Nanjing reported 13 new domestically transmitted COVID-19 patients on Thursday, bringing the total to 184 since July 20, as the country’s latest major outbreak caused by the delta variant continues, Reuters reported. Thousands of Chinese people are in lockdown to combat the spread.
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