Biden health officials warn of substantial increase in Covid-19 cases

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WASHINGTON - Federal health officials on Wednesday warned that one-third of Americans live in areas where the threat of Covid-19 is now so high that they should consider wearing a mask in indoor pub

lic settings.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the seven-day average of hospital admissions from Covid-19 rose 19 per cent over the previous week. About 3,000 people a day were now being admitted with Covid-19, she said, although death rates, a lagging indicator, remain low.

The warnings from Walensky and other federal health officials seemed somewhat at odds with President Joe Biden's own stance. The attitude in the West Wing more closely mirrors that of most Americans, who have eagerly moved away from mask-wearing and other strategies to prevent infection. If the pandemic appears to be a lesser concern, experts argue, that also makes it harder for the White House to make the case that it needs tens of billions in new funding from Congress to replenish its supply of tests, treatments and vaccines in time for autumn. The administration has said it wants to launch a booster campaign at that point, hopefully with vaccines retooled to work better against the latest version of the virus.

 

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