06/26/2021

WHO Urges Fully Vaccinated to Continue to Wear Masks due to COVID-19 Variant

Delta variant is apparently impacting even those fully vaccinated

The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other COVID-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variant spreads rapidly across the globe.

"People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses," said Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general for access to medicines and health products, during a news briefing from the agency's Geneva headquarters. "They still need to protect themselves."

"Vaccine alone won't stop community transmission," Simao added. "People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene... the physical distance, avoid crowding. This still continues to be extremely important, even if you're vaccinated when you have a community transmission ongoing."

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