Health officials say the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to surge and accounts for an estimated 83% of U.S. COVID-19 cases.
That’s a dramatic increase from the week of July 3, when the variant accounted for about 50% of genetically sequenced coronavirus cases.
“The best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 variants is to prevent the spread of disease, and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday.
The delta variant is a mutated coronavirus that spreads more easily than other versions. It was first detected in India but now has been identified around the world.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Monday, February 10, 2020.
A hospital in China says a doctor who got in trouble with authorities for sounding an early warning about the coronavirus outbreak has died of the illness. Dr. Li Wenliang, 34, was reportedly reprimanded for “spreading rumors” in late December.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Wednesday, February 5, 2020.
Large white sheets covering them head-to-knee, people infected with a new virus were led by gloved and masked officials Wednesday off a Japanese cruise ship that's being quarantined amid growing worry about the spread of an outbreak.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Tuesday, February 4, 2020.
DirecTV's Spaceway-1 satellite is launching itself into a band of space junk called the graveyard orbit. The emergency measure became necessary after an unexplained battery malfunction in December put it in jeopardy of exploding.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Monday, February 3, 2020.
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The Committee met twice last week but held off making the designation that allows the organization to ramp up the international response to the coronavirus.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Thursday, January 30, 2020.
