The sound of celebrating academic success buzzed through Wilson Park Sunday afternoon as hundreds from the Rohingya American Society gathered to honor graduating students.
children there are currently on life support because of the delta variant. clusters of cases at summer camp are fueling new worries when school returns there could be a fall surge. the threat is incredibly real and we re already seeing surges in parts of the country where there are high pockets of unvaccinated people. add to that an in-person school attendance of primarily unvaccinated children and you have an opportunity for the surges and hot spots. reporter: as delta forces some hospitals to reopen covid wards, cases are on the rise again in 27 states after outbreaks in rural and mostly unvaccinated communities, a troubling number of infections are now being detected in cities like st. louis, new york, and los angeles. tonight, an evolving virus with an emerging threat just as the youngest unprotected americans get ready to return to the classroom. miguel, you said
from qualifying for a vaccine before heading back to campus. if you re not vaccinated, i do prefer they wear masks. parents say they are frustrated by the conflicting messages and lack of planning. the cdc says any student not vaccinated needs a mask at school, but most state have no uniform plan to require them. of the 25 million children old enough for vaccination, roughly a third are fully inoculated. any outbreaks could lead to closures. doesn t seem to be any planning being done right now, and that we re just setting ourselves up for failure for another chaotic school year. with nearly 20,000 new covid infections reported in children last week, the state health officer in mississippi says ten children there are currently on life support because of the delta variant. cluster of cases at summer camp are fueling new worry when school returns, there could be a fall surge.
to the index now. to the index now. authorities calling a drug tunnel near yuma, arizona, the most sophisticated in u.s. history. ice agents making the find. the reinforced tunnel big enough to smuggle drugs and humans, stretching from arizona 1,300 feet into mexico. it was equipped with ventilation, water, power lines, even a rail system. and the shark scare off cape cod heading into the weekend. officials in truro pulling swimmers from the water after a confirmed great white sighting today, the second confirmed sighting in as many days. earlier this week, the massachusetts state police shared this aerial footage of two great white sharks just one town over. a swimmer in maine died last month when she was attacked. and when we come back, hammer time. one principal and his creative message for how students can stay safe as school returns. you re going to love this story. stay with us. another bundle in the books.
if i was a flower growing wild and free all i d want is you to be my sweet honeybee and if was a tree growing tall and green all i d want is you to shade me and be my leaves grown in america. picked & packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. bursting with life™. students at danvers high school in massachusetts returned to classes today just two days aftermath teacher colleen ritzer was allegedly killed by one of her own students. philip chism, the 14-year-old suspect, has pleaded not guilty. nbc s ron allen in danvers and he s joining us now. it seems to me as school returns, they head back to school, the question for so many is why would this guy do this?