Coronavirus US: Why is a Covid-19 surge team being sent to Missouri?
Hospital beds are filling up in Missouri. To support local officials, the federal government is sending in a surge response team to slow the spread.
GO NAKAMURA
AFP
The
delta variant is quickly becoming the dominant strain of covid-19 in the United States. One of the states hardest hit is
Missouri where cases have
On 3 June, the state reported
516 new covid-19 cases, on 4 July, that number was
1,108. Case numbers this high have not been seen since
February. In response, state officials requested help from the federal government who will be sending a