{"id":241833,"date":"2021-03-02T08:30:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/testwp23.newsmemory.com\/nationnews\/news\/?p=241833"},"modified":"2021-03-02T08:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:30:18","slug":"cdc-director-variants-real-threat-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationnews.com\/2021\/03\/02\/cdc-director-variants-real-threat-us\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC director: Variants a real threat in US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington &#8211; The spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants is threatening to fuel a &#8220;potential fourth surge of cases&#8221; in the United States, a top health official has warned.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said she was concerned by recent COVID-19 data.<\/p>\n<p>She said about 70 000 new cases a day were recorded last week, &#8220;a very high number&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>There were nearly 2 000 deaths a day in the same period, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,&#8221; Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said on Monday. &#8220;These variants are a very real threat to our people and our progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are many different versions, or variants, of COVID-19 circulating, but health experts are particularly concerned about a few.<\/p>\n<p>These include variants first detected in the UK, South Africa and Brazil that appear to be more contagious.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC has predicted the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant first found in the UK will become the dominant strain in the US this month.<\/p>\n<p>Given this, Walensky said she was &#8220;really worried&#8221; about reports of US states &#8220;rolling back the exact public health measures we have recommended to protect people from COVID-19&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have the ability to stop a potential fourth surge of cases in this country. 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