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White House Sending 'Surge Response' Teams to Tame Delta Variant
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2:54Now PlayingThe Biden administration is sending out coronavirus surge response teams to help battle the delta variant.
"We're intensifying our efforts to help states prevent, detect and respond to hotspots among the unvaccinated by mobilizing COVID-19 surge response teams to be at the ready to deploy federal resources and, where needed, federal personnel," said White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients.
"These are dedicated teams working with communities at higher risk for or already experiencing outbreaks due to the spread of the Delta variant and their low vaccination rate," he added.
With nearly half the U.S. population immunized, CDC tracking shows the variant spreading most quickly in swaths of the country with the lowest rates of vaccinations.
Scientists believe the delta variant is about 50% more transmissible than other types and accounts for a fifth of new U.S. infections.
"Preliminary data from a collection of states over the last six months suggest 99.5% of deaths from COVID-19 in these states have occurred in unvaccinated people," said CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. "Any suffering or death from COVID-19 is tragic. With vaccines available across the country, the suffering and loss we are now seeing is nearly entirely avoidable."
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