As COVID-19 cases rise, health officials urge Americans to get vaccinated
and last updated 2021-07-26 15:37:04-04
It had all the makings of a picture-perfect vacation. For Joe Woolley and his husband, Jim Schmidt, a recent trip to Provincetown, Massachusetts seemed like the perfect chance to travel after being locked up for nearly a year and a half because of COVID-19.
But for Woolley, that recent trip to Provincetown is serving as a painful reminder that the pandemic is far from over.
In the last few weeks, health officials in this coastal community filled with tourists have reported more than 256 new COVID-19 cases. Most of those cases are turning out to be from the highly contagious delta variant, and many of the positive tests are in individuals whoâve been vaccinated for COVID-19.