U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky issued a clarification on the COVID-19 “Delta” variant, proclaiming that fully vaccinated individuals are protected against the strain and don’t need to wear masks. Some municipalities—including Los Angeles County—and a number of countries as well as the World Health Organization (WHO) have recommended mask-wearing…
CDC Director: Vaccinated People Don’t Need to Wear Masks Amid Delta COVID-19 Variant Fears
Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Promise Against Multiple Variants, Including Delta: Study
Moderna said Tuesday that a new lab study shows its COVID-19 vaccine should provide protection against emerging mutations of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, including the highly contagious Delta variant that has health officials on edge. In vitro neutralization studies of blood obtained from eight people one week after they were vaccinated with their…
LA County ‘Strongly’ Recommends Masks for Vaccinated or Unvaccinated People Over ‘Delta’ COVID-19 Variant
The Los Angeles County health agency suggested to residents that they wear masks—regardless of vaccination status—due to the so-called “Delta” COVID-19 variant. “Public Health strongly recommends people wear masks indoors in settings such as grocery or retail stores; theaters and family entertainment centers, and workplaces when you don’t know everyone’s vaccination status,” the Los Angeles…
Italy Rejects Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines as China Admits They Are Less Effective Against Delta Variant
Italy has joined a growing list of countries casting doubt on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi told reporters at the end of a European Union summit on June 22: “The Chinese vaccine … has shown itself not to be adequate. You can see that from Chile’s experience of tackling the epidemic.” More than…
Italy Rejects Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines as China Admits They’re Less Effective Against Delta Variant
Italy has joined a growing list of countries casting doubt on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told reporters at the end of a European Union summit on June 22: “The Chinese vaccine … has shown itself not to be adequate. You can see that from Chile’s experience of tackling the epidemic.” More than…
Taiwan Reports First Domestic Case of Delta COVID-19 Variant
TAIPEI—Taiwan reported its first domestically transmitted case of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus on Saturday, tightening controls in a southern part of the island where the cases have occurred. Taiwan is battling a cluster of domestic infections, almost all of them due to the previously globally dominant Alpha variant, though numbers are…
Orange County’s Herd Immunity Goal in Question
Health officials in Orange County, Calif. say they’re optimistic 70 percent of eligible residents will be inoculated against COVID-19 by Independence Day. However, it’s unclear whether the county will accomplish its July 4 herd immunity goal. “There’s a lot of talk as to [whether] herd immunity is even possible at this time due to all…
AstraZeneca and Pfizer Vaccines Effective Against Delta and Kappa Strains of CCP Virus: Study
A new study suggests that COVID-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance are broadly effective against the highly contagious Delta and Kappa strains of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, the pathogen that causes COVID-19. The Oxford University study, of which a peer-reviewed pre-proof has been published in Cell (pdf), sought to gauge…
Delta Aims to Hire Over 1,000 Pilots by Next Summer: Memo
Delta Air Lines aims to hire more than 1,000 pilots by next summer, according to a company memo reviewed by Reuters on Monday. Several other U.S. carriers have also said they plan to hire more pilots and staff. Delta expects U.S. leisure travel volume this month to return to pre-pandemic levels and is seeing more…
Delta Jet Makes Emergency Landing as Passengers, Crew Detain ‘Unruly’ Man
By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta had to make an emergency landing Friday evening when an unruly passenger attacked two flight attendants and threatened to bring down the plane, authorities said. The incident occurred on Flight 1730, which took off from Los Angeles but had to be…
US News
RSS Error: A feed could not be found at `https://www.theepochtimes.com/c-us/feed`; the status code is `200` and content-type is `text/html; charset=utf-8`