in early july i announced the deployment of surge response teams. these are teams compromised of experts from the department of health and human services, the cdc, the defense department and the federal emergency management agency, fema, to areas in the country that need help to stem the spread of covid-19. since then the federal government has deployed nearly 1,000 staff including doctors, nurses, paramedics, into 18 states. today i m announcing that the defense department will double the number of military health teams, that they ll deploy to help their fellow americans in hospitals around the country. additionally we are increasing medicines recommended by real doctors, not conspiracy
school. and once the numbers from food are reported, we will have reached 200 million americans with at least their first shot. 200 million americans with at least one shot. that s a major milestone. americans across the country have continued to step up, do their part, and get vaccinated. we re using every lever at our disposal to fight the virus including ensuring state and local laid leaders have the tools and resources they need to respond to outbreaks caused by delta. our covid-19 surge response teams are a whole effort. these surge response teams are
school. once the numbers from today are reported, we will have reached 200 million americans with at least their first shot. 200 million americans with at least one shot. that s a major milestone. americans across the country are continuing to step up, do their part and get vaccinated. we are using every lever at our disposal to fight the virus including by ensuring state and local leaders have the tools and the resources they need to get more shots in arms and to respond to any outbreaks caused by delta. our covid-19 surge response teams are a whole-of-government effort with experts, personnel and resources from hhs, cdc, fema, the department of defense and the department of veterans affairs. these surge response teams are now working with 16 states to
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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.
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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