US authorities reject new lockdown due to COVID delta strain

The United States administration does not intend to re-impose a lockdown in the country due to the spread of the Delta strain of the new CORONAVIRUS, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a briefing.

“We have made it clear that we are not going to go back to the shutdown [lacdown] as we did in March 2020. We will not suspend the economy again. We have made too much progress in the economic direction, ”she answered the corresponding question of the journalist.

At the same time, she clarified that the US authorities in the first place "will be based on scientific principles and recommendations from HEALTH experts."

She also clarified that the need to introduce mandatory vaccination against covid-19 in the United States is "not discussed", but added that employers have the discretion to require employees to be vaccinated.

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