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

​Welcome back to our Weekly Digest! We hope you had a great week. This week's articles include news about mask wearing in American schools, and about the COVID-19 surges in the U.S. and around the world due to the Delta variant. Read about these topics and more using the links below!

New Jersey News:​

• Masks should be worn indoors in all N.J. counties, CDC says, as virus activity rises​
• How many COVID cases will it take to quarantine a class, or shut down a school? Here are the rules.

​National News:

• All the beds are taken up by Covid victims': Hospitals in the South are running out of space or staff
• These 5 figures show how bad the US Covid-19 surge is. But experts say we can turn things around
• Some school districts defy U.S. governors on mask rules.

Global News:

• 3 charts show how far Covid delta variant has spread around the world
• A Band-Aid over a gaping hole': Booster shots for the rich world won't end the pandemic, experts warn

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Thank you for reading!