The CDC said individuals who have received their booster shot do not need to quarantine following the exposure, but should wear a mask for 10 days after the exposure.
It isn’t clear if the changes seen over time are because immunity is waning in people first vaccinated many months ago, that the vaccine isn’t quite as strong against delta -- or that much of the country abandoned masks and other precautions just as delta started spreading.
As of Friday, 50 pc of US population had been fully vaccinated against the virus. Over 193.7 mn, or 58.4 pc of all Americans, have gotten at least 1 dose, showed the data, Xinhua news agency reported.
The changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear masks.
The US has recorded more than 10,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants as experts warn of another Covid-19 surge.
The Chapare virus in question is capable of human-to-human transmission. The rare virus was discovered due to ongoing efforts of scientists around the globe to avert future pandemics like COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC issued a list of six symptoms of novel coronavirus, which differs from the list released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) earlier.
New York: The deadly Ebola virus that has killed over 3,300 people in West Africa since its current outbreak was confirmed in March, was christened in 1976 after a river.The virus first surfaced and caused
Washington: The head of US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday warned of the risk that the Ebola outbreak could get out of control without a greater worldwide response."This is not just
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