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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States doesn’t need to lock down or close its economy in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. Instead, it can rely on other tools.

We aren’t heading in that direction. “We have all the resources to speed the way out of this pandemic,” Zients said at a White House briefing.

“We can reduce the spread of this virus without having our economy shut down.”

On Friday, U.S. regulators extended eligibility for COVID-19 booster vaccines to all adults. Since then, 3 million people have received the shots, Zients stated.

We received 3,000,000 booster shots just Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. He said that he received a million booster shots each day. Get your booster shot now to be protected against COVID in the coming winter.

Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary, said that U.S. officials do not recommend economic or lockdown measures to reduce rising cases of COVID-19.

Europe once more is the epicenter for the global pandemic. Austria placed a full lockdown on the country, with riots breaking out across cities in the Netherlands due to a partial lockdown. Many other countries have also put restrictions.

At the briefing, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Wilensky stated that the seven-day average number of COVID-19 patients in the United States increased 18% from the previous week to 92 800 per day.

She said that the average number of U.S. deaths per day is about 1000 and U.S. hospitalizations increased by 6% to 5,600 per daily. Walensky stated that nearly 47 million adults in America and more than 12 million adolescents aren’t fully vaccinated.

According to Reuters, COVID-19 had claimed 776,188 lives in the United States as of Sunday.

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