/000_9VY8PL.jpg "Photo: AFP")
The US has updated its recommendations for Americans using masks to protect themselves against the coronavirus, advising them to wear "the most protective mask you can," but stopped short of urging the use of N95 respirators countrywide.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated on its website that "people can use respirators such as N95s and KN95s, including reducing worries linked to N95 supply shortages."
On Friday, the United States recorded the highest daily total in the world, with around 1,800 new fatalities and 780,000 new COVID-19 infections.
Official health statistics from New York and other large cities, on the other hand, indicated that the Omicron wave was beginning to fade.
/Next-COVID-Strain.jpeg "People walk past an advertisement warning about COVID-19 in Manchester, England, on Saturday. (Photo: Reuters)")
/COVID-Global-Emergency-WHO.webp "Millions of cases are being reported each week, but surveillance has declined, making it difficult to get a full overview of the situation and how the virus is mutating. (Photo: Reuters)")
/WHO-COVID-END.jpg "Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO, speaks with Charles Michel, EU Council President, during the G7 leaders summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, on Monday, June 27, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via AP)")
/Monkeypox-Outbreak-Health-Emergency.jpg "Daniel Rofin, 41, receives a vaccine against Monkeypox from a health professional in medical center in Barcelona. (Photo: AP)")
/South-American-Monkeypox-Cases.webp "The monkeypox virus has been found in 78 countries since early May according to the WHO [File: Rick Bowmer/AP Photo]")
/Global-Health-Emergency-Monkeypox.jpg "Test tubes labelled \"Monkeypox virus positive\" are seen in this illustration taken May 22, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic)")
