USA: coronavirus infections soar 66% in a week and deaths rise

The contagions of coronavirus covid-19 in U.S They have accelerated and have increased by 66% in the last week, which also saw an increase in deaths from the pandemic of 18%.

According to data from Johns Hopkins University published by CNN, an average of 237,061 new cases were registered in the last 7 days, which is a 66 percent increase over the previous week.

Deaths, 1,453 on a weekly average, were 18 percent higher than those of the previous 7 days.

The increase in infections and deaths in U.S occurs at a time when the omicron variant It hits the country like the rest of the world and has caused the Government chaired by Joe Biden to take new measures to face this stage.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) changed the isolation recommendations for infected people on Monday, which are reduced from ten to five days if they do not have symptoms.

The change is motivated by the scientific demonstration that most infections occur at the beginning of the disease, on the first and second days of onset of symptoms and two or three days later.

The US government decided last week to take additional measures in the face of the omicron advance – such as the purchase of 500 million tests that will be distributed at home – and does not rule out taking others.

The government’s main epidemiologist, Anthony Fauci, said Monday that it would be “reasonable to evaluate” the imposition of vaccination for internal flights, which so far do not require inoculation.

The United States has 62% of its population fully vaccinated, a low percentage when compared to other countries such as Portugal (88%), Chile (87%) or Spain (90%).

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