CDC director says Americans may soon return to everyday activities, but 'we're not quite there yet'

 

In spite of the fact that numerous Americans are anxious to get back to business as usual following a time of living through the Covid-19 pandemic, the top of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reminded Americans that "we're not exactly there yet." 

"We are so close - so exceptionally near returning to the ordinary exercises we as a whole miss so a lot, yet we're not exactly there yet," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said at a White House Covid-19 Response Team news gathering. 

"This is a crucial point in time in our battle against the pandemic," she said, noticing that Americans actually need to follow public heath rules for social separating, cover use and hand washing. 

"I realize this isn't simple thus large numbers of us are disappointed with the interruption this pandemic has had on our regular daily existences, yet we can do this as a country cooperating," she said. "There is motivation to be cheerful in light of the fact that we currently discover a lot more about this infection." 

In excess of 30 million Covid contaminations have been accounted for in the nation, as per Johns Hopkins University(JHU), and just about 552,000 individuals have passed on from Covid-19. 

After a decrease in cases cross country as of late, the US just saw a hop. In excess of 66,870 new Covid-19 cases per day on normal were accounted for over the previous week, as of Monday. That is a 24.6% expansion over the course of the week earlier, when the normal had tumbled to its absolute bottom of 2021, as per JHU information.