Original title: White House epidemic response team: Delta strain spreads rapidly across the United States
Source: CCTV news client
Rochelle Valensky (Rochelle Walensky), director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said at the White House epidemic briefing held on July 8, local time, that the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States at this stage presents some new characteristics: in areas with low vaccination rates, the infection rate and hospitalization rate have increased; there have been small-scale outbreaks in collective camps and community activities. At the same time, the Delta strain spread rapidly across the United States.
In addition, Valensky quoted data as saying that according to the analysis of epidemic data in the past few months, 99.5% of COVID-19 's deaths occurred in unvaccinated people. Valensky encourages people to be vaccinated as soon as possible to contribute to the prevention and control of the epidemic. (CCTV reporter Liu Xiaoqian)
(editor Chen Yufan)