White House to deploy response teams focused on combating Delta variant of Covid-19

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Amee Vanderpool
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The Biden administration will deploy response teams across the US to areas with a high spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 as concerns grow around the nation.

White House to deploy response teams focused on combating Delta variant of Covid-19
The Biden administration is set to announce on Thursday that it is deploying response teams across the US to areas with a high spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 as concerns...
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3:17 PM · Jul 1, 2021

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(CNN) — The Biden administration is set to announce on Thursday that it is deploying response teams across the US to areas with a high spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 as concerns grow around the nation, a White House official told CNN.

These teams -- made up of officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- will go into communities where officials are worried about a potentially deadly combination: low vaccination rates and a significant presence of the highly transmissible form of the virus.

The White House has deployed similar response teams in the past, but this is the first time they are focused on the Delta variant, a White House official said. These response teams will conduct surge testing, provide therapeutics like monoclonal antibodies and deploy federal personnel to areas that need support staff for vaccinations.

The White House coronavirus team is spearheading this effort and officials expect the teams will help with everything from boosting testing, providing supplies and potentially increasing paid media efforts targeting regions where vaccinations are low.

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[CrackityJones75]

1. Wait I was told we had no covid leadership.

[SheltieLover]

2. I was hoping for functional brain implants in anti-vaxers

Glad they are doing this!