Florida, Texas, Missouri account for 40% of new COVID cases: Updates
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The White House said Thursday that more than 40% of states have contributed to three positive cases as the number of COVID-19 cases increases across the country.
White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Giants said Florida, Texas and Missouri are contributing to the highest number of cases, one of five positive cases in Florida for the second week in a row.
Those states also have the lowest vaccination rates, “within communities, these cases are primarily among unknown people,” Giants said.
But in Florida and a greater number of other states, such as Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Nevada, people are being vaccinated at a higher rate than other parts of the country, which is a encouraging trend.
“People in these states feel the impact of being unaffected and respond to action,” Giants said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently said he would not impose another mask order, while some other states and local authorities have enacted them to combat delta diversity.
According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost half have been vaccinated nationwide, but the increase in the number of cases The most pervasive delta variant.
Giants said that while breakthrough infections occur among vaccinated people, 97% of hospital admissions and deaths are among undiagnosed individuals.
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Italy requiring a health pass for public activities
The Italian government on Thursday approved a measure requiring individuals participating in public life from August 6 to present health passes containing information about their COVID-19 status.
We have received at least one vaccine dose in the last nine months, and those who have recovered from COVID in the last six months or have tested negative in the last 48 hours will be given “green” passes.
People must have a pass to access public places such as restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and sporting events.
Daily cases are on the rise in Italy due to the big celebrations that took place after Italy won the European Football Championship against England earlier this month.
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Bass’ goal was to keep the economy open, ensuring that people could enjoy public life “with the assurance that they would not be next to epidemics.”
China rejects WHO plan to study OOVID-19 origin
China on Thursday rejected the World Health Organization’s plan for a second phase study of the origin of COVID-19, dismissing the theory that the virus may have leaked from a Chinese laboratory as a scientifically unsupported rumor. A previous joint investigation, including by the WHO and China, found that the virus’ escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology laboratory was “highly unlikely”.
WHO President Tetros Adonom Caprais last week unveiled a plan to revisit labs and markets in Wuhan where cases have been identified. Tetros called for more transparency from Beijing.
“It is not possible for us to accept a plan that looks like this,” Zheng Yixin, deputy minister of the National Health Commission, told a news conference.
The United States and some allies say China has not commented on the details of the outbreak. Former Vice President Mike Pence, who led President Donald Trump’s viral response team, says last week the evidence strongly suggests that the corona virus “got out of the Chinese lab.”
Critics accuse China of politicizing an issue that should be left to scientists.
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