The mandatory mask returns to the White House (even for vaccinated people)
The White House has announced plans to reintroduce an indoor mask requirement for staff. The decision was made after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) amended the guidelines against Covid-19 recommending that vaccinated people also wear masks indoors. From today, Wednesday, July 28, “the White House will require all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to always wear a mask,” reports the “New York Times”. The White House Correspondents Association has also followed suit by asking all member journalists to wear face masks in the White House interior.
Brazil, contagions on the decline
With 41,411 cases and 1,333 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, Brazil has reached 19.749 million infections (confirming the third place after the US and India) and 551,835 certified deaths (second country after the US) since the beginning of the pandemic. The data were released by the Ministry of Health; and even if they have risen slightly, the average daily infections continue to be down compared to a month ago. This trend is the consequence of an acceleration of the vaccination campaign: so far about 48% of the Brazilian population has had at least one dose but only 18% is fully immunized with the two doses. However, some cities are in difficulty these days due to the lack of vaccines, while in Sao Paulo the campaign to immunize people younger than 30 has started.
Sydney, lockdown extended
Millions of Sydney residents will spend another month in confinement: the authorities announced this, motivating the decision with the ever-growing coronavirus infections and low vaccination rates. Australia’s largest city was supposed to exit the five-week lockdown on July 30, but the restrictions will remain in effect until August 28, as the number of cases has continued to rise. “I am personally convinced of what we are asking people to do for the next four weeks because we want to keep our community safe and we want to make sure we can recover as quickly as possible,” New South Wales State Premier Gladys said. Berejiklian. The outbreak, which was in regression, returned to spread in mid-June from a cluster on an international flight.