Coronavirus deaths ‘going in right direction,’ CDC director says
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The U.S. 7-day daily average coronavirus death toll is now at 691, indicating a slight decrease from the previous week and signifying a “number that’s going in the right direction,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director said Friday.
"Vaccination is about protecting ourselves from COVID-19, it’s also about protecting those in your community, your family, your friends and your neighbors," she said. "The healthiest our families are the healthier we will be as a nation." Walensky also touched on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting currently underway in which the panel will discuss the risks benefits of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, and potentially issue new guidance. While stopping short of whether the committee will act to resume the rollout of the one-shot jab, she said that she, along with the FDA and CDC "feel strongly we need to act swiftly."
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