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2021-11-24 02:20:59
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The President Joe Biden administration has asked a federal appeals court to let the government proceed with a federal mandate that employers with 100 or more employees require their employees to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing come January.
The Justice Department filed a motion Tuesday urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, to lift a hold on the Biden administration's vaccine mandate for companies while it is being challenged in court. The federal mandate would start in January and mandates employers with more than 100 workers require vaccination or weekly testing.
WHO Europe, which is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, said projections show the 53-country region could face another 700,000 COVID-19 deaths by next spring, totaling 2 million. Driving factors include the delta variant, the large number of people who remain unvaccinated and an easing of restrictive measures like mask requirements and social distancing.
COVID-19 cases in children are surging. From about two weeks ago, cases in kids in the U.S. have risen by 32%. More than 140,000 children tested positive between Nov. 11 and 18, accounting for about a quarter of the country's caseload for the week and up from 107,000 cases the week ending Nov. 4.
The CDC added Germany and Denmark to its list of "very high" risk travel destinations as COVID-19 cases surge amid winter's onset. Last week, Germany reported a record single-day surge in cases.
Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, isn’t sure whether Americans will need another COVID-19 vaccine booster in the future.
“The honest answer is that we do not know at this point, but we’re collecting data,” Fauci said Monday at a White House briefing. “We may not need to get boosted every six months or so but if we do, we’ll address it. We’ll find the data, make it public and address it accordingly.”
Fauci said several studies from across the globe have made it clear that boosters “significantly enhance protection” from COVID-19. The hope is that the booster dose gives the immune response “a chance to mature and strengthen” significantly, he said, and last longer than the second dose, which waned in effectiveness after several months.
Boosters are available at more than 80,000 locations nationwide and about 36% of Americans have already been boosted, said Jeff Zients, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator.
There's been an 8% increase in COVID-19 cases nationwide compared to last week and an average of 1,000 deaths per day. But CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said America is "heading into a very different Thanksgiving than last year because now we have the tools” to fight the pandemic, which she said has continued because of unvaccinated individuals.
Walensky and Fauci encouraged Americans to gather for the holiday season so long as they’re doing so safely, which means adhering to all the “prevention measures” including getting vaccinated and wearing masks when applicable. Taking a rapid test before gathering with people from a different household could be considered an extra layer of protection, Walensky said.
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