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D dr. anthony fauci says the country needs to stay alert and the pandemic is not over yet. >> we are starting to see surges of cases, so protection against the infection, and we know what the highly transmissible variant, we have to make sure we don't make a wrong decision that we are finished with covid-19. we are not. >> a cardiologist from scripts research joins me from california. >> good to be with you. >> the u.s. is approaching 1 million covid deaths, and as we just heard from dr. anthony fauci, covid is not over yet

EXCLUSIVE: The seven-day average number of Covid fatalities worldwide was 2,813 on Sunday, the lowest since March 28, 2020, when it was 2,735.

People are fully vaccinated with 67% boosted. those figures significantly lower in the u.s. white house officials also detailed this week that covid-19 relief funding from the american rescue plan is running out. officials say more funds would be critical if a second booster shot is required. on thursday, moderna announced that it could seek fda approval for a second booster shot for all adults. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. for more on this, we are going to bring in dr. eric topal with scripts research. good to have you in, again, for your expertise. we definitely need it, once again. okay....

Cardiologist with scripts research. good to have you in again for your expertise. we definitely need it, once again. okay, ba.2. we just heard that likely that means there could be more of a surge of it here in the united states. what do we know about this variant? and are the vaccines still effective against it? >> right, well, good to be with you, paula. the ba.2 is a sister of the original ba.1 omicron. it has a lot of different mutations, but the good thing is that vaccines with a booster are just as protective against it as the original strain, or ba.1. the problem is that it's about 30% ...

Danish Government scientists took to Twitter to dismiss misinformation that 'many people' are hospitalised with Covid and deaths due to the virus are rising.