while breaking right now, the CBC holding a conference
call today to provide updated guidance in the wake of
a rise in new covid 19 infections connected to the
delta variant news 12 Hannah Kliger is outside brookdale Medical
Center with these latest updates. Hannah mhm Yeah Kristie
it may be a return to indoor mask wearing in
areas with high transmission according to the CDC director who
said in that call today regarding the delta variant that
they are finding cases where fully vaccinated people are getting
infected with that strain and in some rare cases even
have such a high viral load that they're able to
infect others. So what does all of this mean
for us? The CDC now says they recommend for
all individuals in areas with high transmission vaccinated or not
to wear masks indoors. That includes places like schools
when classes come back in the fall, these health
officials still say if you have a lot you have
a lot more protection if you are fully vaccinated.
But some who got the shot can still be carrying
the virus and pass it to others. As of
right now. The only borrow in the city that
is labeled high is Staten island with Bronx and Brooklyn
labeled under substantial Dr Rochelle walensky director of the CDC
, saying today this was not a decision they made
lightly. She knows people are tired of masks of
isolation and of course of this virus. But she
says public health officials who looked at the data universally
said they believed it called for action. In recent
days, I have seen new scientific data from recent
outbreak investigations showing that the delta variants behaves uniquely differently
from past strains of the virus that caused covid 19
. Information on the delta variance from several states and
other countries indicates that in rare occasions some vaccinated people
infected with adults, a variant after vaccination may be
contagious and spread the virus to others. And so
, Hannah, what do these health experts say about
the effectiveness of the vaccine? In light of these
new numbers, they say the vaccine is still the
single handedly most effective thing that you can do to
prevent yourself and others from getting the virus, they
say, though these rare cases do exist. Getting
the vaccine still severely limits the way that you're going
to be sick, will limit hospitalization and even death
. And so they say right now is the best
time to get the shot if you have not done
so already. All right, Hannah, big update --> .