Category: delta variant

‘Don’t Go Anywhere Near Your Grandkids’: Australian Health Official Warns Grandparents

Queensland Chief Health Officer (CHO) Jeannette Young has warned unvaccinated grandparents not to go “anywhere near” their grandchildren as the CCP virus Delta variant spreads to four schools in the Australian state. This comes as Queensland recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, all linked to a cluster at Indooroopilly High School in the state’s…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (July 30)

The same Chinese military branch that suppressed the Hong Kong protests is training Cuba’s special forces to crush the protests there, a leaked document says the delta variant is as contagious as chicken pox, and a bipartisan plea asks the Biden administration to get illegal immigration under control as the U.S. battles rising virus cases.


Pentagon to Start Talks on Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for Military Personnel

The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it will soon begin internal discussions about making the COVID-19 vaccine a mandatory requirement for military personnel. It comes hours after President Joe Biden said that he will ask the Department of Defense (DoD) to look into “how and when” it will mandate service members get the vaccine. “The…


Pentagon Considering COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Military Personnel

The Pentagon announced on Thursday that it will soon begin internal discussions about making the COVID-19 vaccine a mandatory requirement for military personnel. It comes hours after President Joe Biden said that he will ask the Department of Defense (DoD) to look into “how and when” it will mandate service members get the vaccine amid…


New York Governor Designated $15 Million to Promote COVID-19 Jabs in Communities With Low Vaccination Rate

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday the allocation of $15 million from the New York State budget for a door-to-door campaign to convince people unvaccinated against COVID-19 to get vaccinated. The promotion will target communities where the vaccination rate is low but the number of positive tests has increased. A non-profit organization Hispanic…


New York Governor Designates $15 Million to Promote COVID-19 Jabs in Communities With Low Vaccination Rate

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday the allocation of $15 million from the New York State budget for a door-to-door campaign to convince people unvaccinated against COVID-19 to get vaccinated. The promotion will target communities where the vaccination rate is low but the number of positive tests has increased. A non-profit organization Hispanic…


CDC Director Warns CCP Virus May Be ‘a Few Mutations’ Away From Evading Vaccines

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters during a teleconference on Tuesday that her biggest concern is that the CCP virus may be “just a few mutations” away from being able to evade vaccines. “The largest concern that I think we in public health and science are worried about is that virus and the potential…


First Delta Variant Case Confirmed in Colombia

Colombia has its first case of the highly transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant strain, Colombian President Ivan Duque confirmed Saturday. The first case of this new infectious variant in the country was an international traveler who arrived in Cali from the United States. The president stressed the fact that the new variant comes at a relatively…


NYC Mandates Health Workers to Be Vaccinated or Show COVID-19 Test Weekly

New York City is requiring staff at city-run hospitals and clinics to get tested against COVID-19 on a weekly basis or get vaccinated, a move that prompted rallies by the nation’s largest healthcare union. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new policy at a press briefing on Wednesday, explaining the measure will go into effect…


2 Doses of Pfizer or Astrazeneca Vaccine Effective Against Delta COVID-19 Variant: Study

The Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccines for COVID-19 are nearly as effective against the Delta variant as they are against the previously dominant Alpha variant, when the person receives two doses of the vaccine, a new study published on Wednesday suggests. The highly contagious Delta variant, first identified in India in late 2020, is now the…