Coronavirus cases over the previous week. This as we are learning more about the Delta Variant. The cdc making what it calls a pivotal discovery, saying a new study shows the variant produces similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected. And that prompted new Mask Guidelines this week, even for the vaccinated. Several major cities have already put new Mask Mandates in place. Today, washington, d. C. , joining that growing list. But we begin our coverage in georgia. Cases there have exploded in recent days, and health officials say in the last two weeks ago, new cases have risen over 200 . Natasha chen is at a Vaccination Drive in the atlanta area. Obviously, there is a big push to get more people vaccinated right now. What are you seeing today . What are you hearing from people who are showing Up To get vaccinated . Reporter well, jessica, its clear that incentives actually work. Because this is the largest number of people Dekalb County has seen
Give their staffs time off, not only to get themselves vaccinated but also to get tear Family Members vaccinated. Today, i am calling on all states and local governments to use funding they have received including from the american rescue plan, to give 100 to anyone who gets fully vaccinated. I am asking the Defense Department to look into how and when they will add covid19 to the list of vaccinations the Armed Forces must get. Every federal Government Employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. And anyone that does not attest or is not vaccinated will require to mask, no matter where they work, test one or two times a week to see if they have acquired covid. Socially distance and generally will not be allowed to travel for work. The president also said he is asking that similar standard applied to Anyone Doing Business in the government. As we said, this was just the latest on any such new carrots and sticks today. The Los Vegas Police department announcing proof of
Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. Im consumkim brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom. Were getting a much clearer idea of just how alarmed the u. S. Government has grown over the Delta Variant of covid19. First identified this india in february, the u. S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention now says the Delta Variant is as connecticut t contagious as measles and chickenpox. And the agency knows that it must revamp its public messaging to emphasize vaccination as the best Defense Gebagainst the variant. It leaps from target to target more swiftly an ebola or the common Cold. Other findings are just as unsettling. Investigations of Breakthrough Cases found that vaccinated people can carry and spread as much virus as unvaccinated people. The data provides some insight into why the cdc is again recommending mask wearing indoors. Here is what the director told cnn. We are not crying wolf, t
Families. Fighting back. Flight attendants, do you believe theyre taking selfdefense classes just to protect themselves now. Good Morning And Welcome to your new day. Its saturday, July 31st. Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning to you, christi. Good morning to you, boris. We are always grateful to have all of you with us. We begin with a grim warning today. Health experts and officials say the current surge of Coronavirus Infections and hospitalizations is likely to get worse as long as large sections of the country remain unvaccinated. Take a look at the map here because it gives us a good perspective of new cases compared to last week. Every state there showing a surge fueled by the Delta Variant. The cdc says it can spread as easily as Chicken Pox and new cdc data say vaccinated people can transmit it just as much as unvaccinated. Getting the vaccination is your best defense. We novak seens reduce the risk of severe disease or deaths three fold. You are 25 times more like
Black widow suing Disney, what she is alleging and Disneys scathing response. Hello, everyone, it is friday, july 30th, it is 5 00 a. M. Here in new york. Im laura jarrett. And Im Christine romans. Welcome to our viewers around the state and the world. As contagious as the chickenpox, just one of the more alarming new revelations. Not only does each infected person spread covid to roughly eight to nine other people, but it also appears that the Delta Variant causes more severe illness in the un vacunvaccinat. All this with the leaks late last night. And the document contained unpublished data that suggests that fully vaccinated people transmit the virus as easily as those unvaxunvaccinated. Listen to one doctor who reviewed the material. We Cant Pussyfoot around with this thing. We have to get more vaccinated because this virus is better at its job than the renlg but it will take a while to do that even if were successful. So until then, we have to go back on more universe Al Masking o