
It calls on residents to stay home unless it is essential to go out, stop having. Germany, to a lesser extent, is also planning one. "It just makes common sense in a community where the virus is spreading, and that's pretty much all of Florida right now, to do everything you can to prevent that, which includes mask wearing for kids in schools," Collins said. Chicago officials announced Thursday that a stay-at-home advisory for the city will go into effect on Monday. Across the Channel, France has admitted its regional approach is not working, by announcing a new national lockdown.

However, Governor Ron DeSantis has blocked mask mandates in the state's schools, saying parents should decide. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issued a stay-at-home advisory on Thursday after a 36 percent spike in coronavirus cases in the past two weeks, making Chicago the first major U.S. In just 4 days, there’s been a 3.2 uptick in COVID-19related deaths, to 170,434, giving the disease a No. "That's what desperately needs to happen if we're going to get this Delta variant put back in its place, because right now it's having a pretty big party in the middle of the country."įlorida has one of the worst outbreaks in the nation, based on new cases per capita and has seen infections rise 50% week-over-week. August 17 COVID-19 Now the Third-Leading Cause of Death in the US. How concerned should we be about the omicron variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus, asked President Joe Biden in a speech to the nation this. "The silver lining of this is that people are waking up to this and this may be a tipping point for those who have been hesitant," National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told CNN on Sunday. Is Not Going Back Into Lockdown Over Omicron.

"We have 100 million people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who are not getting vaccinated," said Fauci, who is also director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesĪbout 58% of Americans have received at least one dose of vaccine, ranging from a high of 76% in Vermont to a low of 40% in Mississippi.Īfter declining for weeks, the number of Americans getting vaccinated has started to rise again.
