Sandy Hausman reports
Thirty-eight counties in Virginia report high or substantial rates of COVID transmission. Many are in the southern part of the state, but Roanoke City, Buckingham, Greene, Louisa, Spotsylvania, Charles City and Chesterfield are also included. That’s why Dr. Taison Bell says area residents would be wise to resume wearing masks inside.
Dr. Taison Bell is director of the medical intensive care unit at the University of Virginia Medical Center.
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“The Delta variant has changed everything," he explains. "We’re seeing hotspots pop up again, and our vaccination rate has been going down. It makes sense to go back to what we know was containing the spread of the virus.”