(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Two members of the U.S. Congress tested positive for the new crown within a week and were vaccinated
China News Service, Washington, August 5 (Reporter Sha Hanting) Republican member of the U.S. Congress Ralph Norman (Ralph Norman) issued a statement on the 5th local time that his new crown test result was positive. Norman had previously completed the new crown vaccination.
Norman became the second U.S. congressman to contract the new crown virus after being vaccinated this week. Senator Graham was diagnosed with the new crown virus on the 2nd.
Norman posted on social media that day that he had tested positive for the new crown after showing “mild symptoms” this morning. He also said that he was “grateful” for completing the new crown vaccination before, so there are only “mild symptoms” at present.
Norman said he will begin isolation for 10 days, during which time he will work remotely.
Norman was fined $500 for not wearing a mask in the House of Representatives in May of this year. He later appealed to the House of Representatives to force a “mask order”, which was rejected by the House Ethics Committee.
According to a report by the Associated Press, Senator Graham, who was diagnosed with the new crown virus, said on the same day that his condition began to improve after “very severe days”. Graham also emphasized that if he had not been vaccinated, his situation would be “worse.”
In recent days, with the rapid spread of delta mutant strains, various indicators of the new crown epidemic in the United States have continued to show an upward trend. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 92,000 new cases of new crowns were added in a single day on the 4th, and the average number of new cases in the past 7 days was about 90,000; the number of deaths in a single day reached 500 on the 4th, nearly 7 The average daily death toll increased to 377.
According to the CDC, 93% of the new cases in the United States have been infected with the Delta strain. In Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, etc., 98% of people infected with the Delta strain have been infected.
Affected by the surge in the number of cases, the number of single-day vaccination doses in the United States has also shown an upward trend in recent days. CDC data shows that the average daily number of inoculations in the past 7 days has reached 582,000 doses, which is higher than the 430,000 doses a month ago. At present, about 193 million people in the United States have received at least one dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 58.2% of the total population; about 165 million people have completed the vaccination, accounting for 49.9% of the total population.
According to statistics from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 16:00 on the 5th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the United States exceeded 35.39 million, and the death toll exceeded 615,000. (Finish)