Over 3,500 Americans died due to long Covid-related illness: US CDC
Long Covid played a part in 3,544 deaths in the US from January 2020 till the end of June 2022, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Long Covid played a part in 3,544 deaths in the US from January 2020 till the end of June 2022, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In a first, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has in a draft recommendation proposed for a powerful antibiotic pill for prevention of bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STI).
The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 85 per cent of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the latest estimates of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Although overall health risk to the public remains low right now, according to CDC's Jennifer McQuiston, the cases present a community level spread in the US, CNBC reported.
People are required by federal law to wear masks on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation.
He noted that some local areas where infection rates are surging are already urging individuals to wear masks in public irrespective of their vaccination status
About 1,000 counties have a vaccination rate below 30 per cent and the federal government has warned that these could become the next hot spots as virus restrictions ease. The Biden administration is sending “surge” teams to Colorado and Missouri.
The CDC recommended schools maintain at least 3 feet of physical distance between students within classrooms
Roughly 152.2 million people were fully vaccinated
New CDC data released on Saturday indicates that more that half of all adults in the US, or more than 51 per cent, are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, marking another milestone in the country's pandemic recovery, reports dpa news agency.
