DHEC reports 5,238 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 additional deaths in the Palmetto State.
DHEC reports 3,205 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 new deaths in South Carolina.
DHEC is joining in on the loud calls to have children mask up in schools. During Wednesday’s meeting, State Epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell reported 226 students and 61 teachers have tested positive for COVID-19.
A husband is speaking out, pleading to all expecting mothers to get vaccinated. He says his wife did not get vaccinated while she was pregnant with their son, and was admitted into the hospital three days after testing positive for COVID-19.
DHEC reports 3,376 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 additional deaths in the Palmetto State.
The White House says President Joe Biden will lay out his COVID-19 booster shot plan today. Preliminary data suggest the general population might need a booster about eight months after their final dose, and they could be offered by mid to late September, pending authorization from the FDA.
U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. The plan, as outlined by the director of the CDC and other top authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months after people get their second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
South Carolina State University is delaying fall classes by several days to give students more time to get vaccinated as COVID cases spike across the state. Classes scheduled to start Wednesday for the fall semester will be pushed to next Monday.
After struggling for months to persuade Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. health officials could soon face a fresh challenge: talking vaccinated people into getting booster shots to gain longer-lasting protection as the delta variant sends infections soaring again.
According to an analysis from DHEC, the majority of COVID-19 cases last month were from those who weren’t fully vaccinated.
