US President Joe Biden laid out hopeful new steps to expand coronavirus vaccinations but also echoed the stern warnings of a top public health official who told Americans she has a recurring feeling of “impending doom” that a fourth wave of the virus may be on its way, Euronews reports.
Cases of the virus are up about 10% over the past week from the previous week, to about 60,000 cases per day, with both hospitalizations and deaths ticking up as well, said Center for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
She warned that without immediate action the U.S. could follow European countries into another spike in cases and suffer needless deaths.
"We still are in a war with this deadly virus and we're bolstering our defenses, but this war is far from won. Together, we have so much to be proud of in the past three weeks, passed more than three weeks, past 10 weeks. We also have so much to be sorrowful about," he said.
"Nearly 1,000 Americans a day are still dying from COVID-19 as we approach 550,000 deaths in a single year".
The president addressed the nation from the White House, declaring, “If we let our guard down now, we can see the virus getting worse, not better. People are letting up on precautions, which is a very bad thing.”
