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...Clearly “man shoots cop” is not news in the US....
...We know millions of parents and caregivers are eager to get their young children vaccinated, and with today’s decision, they can,” Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, said Saturday....
...Over the past week, the US has averaged 751,000 new Covid-19 infections a day, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease and Prevention, said during Tuesday’s briefing....
...Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, said in a statement: “Our goal is to keep healthcare personnel and patients safe, and to address and prevent undue burden on our healthcare facilities....
...Hospital admissions, averaging 7,800 a day, are up 4 per cent from a week earlier and the seven-day average of deaths has risen 8 per cent from a week ago to 1,200....
...New York and New Jersey....
...Several parts of the US, including New York and New Jersey, are now experiencing higher caseloads than at any point during the pandemic....
...The US has averaged about 97,010 new Covid-19 infections a day over the past week, Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, revealed on Wednesday....
...Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, showed data indicating the average rate of new hospital admissions across the country had eased 4.1 per cent from a week earlier...
...The US is registering an average of nearly 470,000 new cases a day, according to Financial Times data....
...The average rate of new hospital admissions slid 4.1 per cent to 11,754 a day and the seven-day average of deaths was down 11.3 per cent to 1,077....
...The Montefiore medical centre in the New York City suburb of New Rochelle is known as a safety-net hospital because it cares for patients regardless of their ability to pay....
...The US reported 103,445 new Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, Walensky said. That took the seven-day average of cases to almost 89,500, an increase of 43 per cent from a week ago....
...An average of 9,700 patients have been admitted to US hospitals with Covid-19 each day over the past week, she continued, a 31 per cent increase from a week ago....
...In Missouri, the Delta strain makes up about 90 per cent of new coronavirus infections, according to a Financial Times analysis, and rising cases have forced some hospitals to move patients to other facilities...
...The US reported 46,318 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at Thursday’s press briefing....
...Michigan, New York and New Jersey have taken longer than others such as California, which overcame an acute shortage of hospital resources and has the second-lowest per capita rate of cases among US states...
...When Biden took over he installed Rochelle Walensky, the well-respected head of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, as director of the organisation....
...As new cases strain hospitals, Abbott said he would deploy 2,500 health workers, many recruited from outside the state, to Texas medical facilities....
...In New York, healthcare workers in state-run hospitals must be vaccinated if they deal with the public....
...Additional reporting by Peter Wells in New York...
...Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at the briefing that 17,724 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the previous 24-hour period — the lowest daily case...
...The new guidance comes about a fortnight after the CDC said fully vaccinated people could go outside without masks in many outdoor settings....
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