US faced the fourth wave of Coronavirus, said Professor of the University of Minnesota, Epidemist Michael Osterholm.
Earlier, the head of the Center for Control and Dissemination of US Diseases (CDC) Rochelle Valenski declared the feeling of “inevitable death” against the background of the growth of the incidence of COVID-19 in the country and told about the possibility of the fourth pillar of the pandemic.
In an interview with Fox News TV channel, Osterholm agreed that the fourth wave of COVID-19 goes to the USA. “I believe yes,” he said.
“I believe that in a sense we are almost in a new pandemic. The only good news is that the current vaccines are effective against a specific (” British “- ed.) Option of B.1.1.7,” Epidemologist emphasized .
According to the University of Jones Hopkins, which summarizes the information of the federal and local authorities, as well as the media and other open sources, more than 30.6 million cases of coronavirus infection have been revealed in the United States, over 554 thousand people died.