LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 (Xinhua) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended nearly 70 percent of the country’s population wear or at least consider wearing a face mask inside public places, US News & World Report reported.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended 33 percent of Americans wear a mask while indoors and another 36 percent to consider the procedure based on their risk of severe Covid-19 disease as of Thursday, the media network reported on Friday, noting that the percentage of Americans who should They have to wear a mask indoors in public or consider this measure increasing as the United States approaches the weekend.
Cases of coronavirus in the United States have increased slightly, and hospitalization rates have also increased. The report stated that the country is currently recording nearly 110,000 new cases per day, which is about 10,000 more infections than the average of the previous week.
The report, citing Johns Hopkins University data, added that the majority of states are experiencing an increase in Covid-19 infections after two new Omicron sub-variables characterized by rapid transmission have replaced the dominant strains circulating in the country.
Experts expected the PA4 and PA5 variants to lead to a slight increase in cases or at least a prolonged flattening of the latest wave of the coronavirus, according to the report.