US warns against traveling to Britain, Indonesia
July 20, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
People sit on an Underground train, in London, on July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) WASHINGTON (AP) The United States has upgraded its travel warnings for Britain, Indonesia and three other destinations, advising Americans not to travel there due to a surge in coronavirus cases. The CDC and the State Department issued revised advice to U.S. travelers Monday alerting them to the increased risk of contracting COVID-19 in Britain, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Fiji and the British Virgin Islands. Previously, all had been covered by a less severe advisory to reconsider travel.
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JACKSON, Miss. â Mississippiâs top public health official says the state is seeing a rapid increase in coronavirus infections.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs tweets that the â4th wave is here.â
The Mississippi State Department of Health said Monday that 2,326 new cases were confirmed Friday through Sunday. That is largest three-day increase reported in the state since February.
Mississippi has one of the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates in the nation.
State Rep. Jeramey Anderson of Moss Point posted the Health Department numbers Monday on Twitter and lashed out at people who havenât been vaccinated.
In the legislatorâs words: âConsequences of not getting vaccinated and poor mask wearing. Well Mississippi â you wanted it here it is. This is ridiculous and the deaths that will definitely follow were completely avoidable.â
The Mississippi State Department of Health said Monday that 2,326 new cases were confirmed Friday through Sunday. That is largest three-day increase reported in the state since February.
Mississippi has one of the lowest coronavirus vaccination rates in the nation.
State Rep. Jeramey Anderson of Moss Point posted the Health Department numbers Monday on Twitter and lashed out at people who haven’t been vaccinated.
In the legislator’s words: “Consequences of not getting vaccinated and poor mask wearing. Well Mississippi you wanted it here it is. This is ridiculous and the deaths that will definitely follow were completely avoidable.”
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