The global tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 climbed above 189 million on Friday, as the highly transmissible delta variant continued to spread across the world, pushing new infection numbers higher in many countries, including the U.S.
Experts continue to express concern about the stalled vaccine program, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine tracker showing that 48.3% of the overall U.S. population is fully vaccinated, up from 48.2% on Thursday. That means they have had two doses of the vaccines developed by Pfizer PFE, +0.09% with German partner BioNTech BNTX, +3.70% and by Moderna MRNA, +8.62% or one shot of Johnson & Johnson’s JNJ, +0.33% single-dose regimen. The AstraZeneca AZN, +0.73% AZN, -0.
“This is an all-hands-on-deck moment,” said Los Angeles County’s public health officer, Dr. Muntu Davis, at a virtual press conference. div.youtube { height:0; position:relative; padding-bottom:56.25%; } div.youtube > iframe { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Elsewhere, the European Union’s disease agency is predicting a sharp increase in COVID cases by Aug. 1, due to the delta variant, AFP reported. The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control expected to see 420 cases per 100,000 inhabitants for the week ending Aug. 1, up from just under 90 last week, it said in a weekly report.
In the U.K., there is growing concern about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to fully reopen England on Monday, even as new delta cases are climbing rapidly. Earlier this week, a group of 1,200 scientists published a letter in the Lancet, warning that the strategy could create new variants. See also: WHO head slams countries for ordering millions of COVID booster shots, when much of the world has not even vaccinated the most vulnerable
Fear & propaganda. This is a lie my wife is in medical research and they can barely find Covid patients to work with because there are very low numbers.
smh get vaccinated. Isn’t it Trump’s vaccine?
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