"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. While vaccines remain scarce in much of the world, they are freely available to anyone 12 years or older in the United States, where cash prizes, new cars and other incentives have failed to motivate more than a third of the population to get immunized. In France, where the government is fighting a fourth wave of infections, thousands of people protested for a third consecutive weekend against the introduction of a mandatory health pass proving vaccination that will be required for entry to many public venues. From Monday, unarmed soldiers will help police Australia's biggest city Sydney, checking that people who have tested positive are isolating.
Some are pushing back against new restrictions. Parts of Asia that were previously relatively successful in containing COVID-19, such as the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, are now locking down hot spots. The surge in Delta variant cases is also rattling the globe. Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari told CBS' "Face the Nation" that the Delta variant was "creating a bunch of caution" among millions of out-of-work Americans and could slow the U.S. The average number of new coronavirus cases reported nationwide has nearly doubled in the past 10 days, according to a Reuters analysis.Įven if states do not resort to lockdowns again, the spread of the Delta variant could still threaten the economy. "Not enough to crush the outbreak, but I believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter," he said. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.Ī sufficient percentage of Americans have now been vaccinated to avoid lockdowns, Fauci said on ABC's "This Week".
In December 2020, Los Angeles County deputies arrested nearly 158 people at a Palmdale house party that violated state coronavirus orders.WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The United States will not lock down again to curb COVID-19 but "things are going to get worse" as the Delta variant fuels a surge in cases, mostly among the unvaccinated, top U.S. In Los Angeles, Garcetti authorized the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to shut off utilities to homes that were found to have hosted private parties. Newsom’s orders were carried out differently across the state. 28 of this year, nearly three years after his first of many lockdowns.
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A federal judge blocked the law in January following a pair of lawsuits challenging it on free speech grounds.Ĭalifornia’s COVID-19 state of emergency officially ended on Feb. 6, 2022, Newsom signed a bill punishing doctors who espouse alleged "misinformation or disinformation" related to COVID-19 that is not in line with the mainstream. (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images) A supporter of Sean Feucht kneels as homeless advocates and their supporters stage a protest against Christian musician Sean Feucht as he plans to hold a public event in Skid Row in spite of the rise of Covid-19 cases in the region, in Los Angeles on December 30, 2020.
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