UUP COVID-19 Weekly Digest- Week of 8/23/21

Hello and welcome back to our Weekly Digest! We hope you all are doing well. This week, we've arranged articles that will discuss updates regarding the Delta variant, including the uptick in case numbers and news about Pfizer's vaccine and how a booster shot can be beneficial. We hope you find this week's digest helpful!

New Jersey News:

• More NJ children hospitalized with COVID-19 as fight continues over school masks
• NJ COVID Hospitalizations Top 1,000 for 1st Time in More Than 3 Months

National News:

• Florida Mother and Daughter, Both Unvaccinated School Workers, Die of COVID
• 'There is no room to put these bodies,' Alabama health official says as Covid-19 deaths climb

Global News:

• WHO sees signs of global COVID-19 plateau
• Delta outbreak tests New Zealand's zero Covid strategy -- but lockdown has broad support at home

Vaccination News:

• What Pfizer's scientists consider the 'biggest surprise' about their COVID-19 vaccine
  
• Coronavirus booster shots can help vulnerable, WHO Europe head says
  

Thank you for reading!