PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dr. Ashish Jha is recommending that states continue their COVID-19 restrictions for a few more weeks because the number of new cases nationwide has stopped declining.
Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health and coronavirus expert said in a Wednesday tweet that the nation is reporting about 50,000 infections every day, about the same as at the height of the summer.
Jha thinks the numbers are being driven by the U.K. variant of the virus.
He said continued rapid vaccination, continued testing, and restrictions for a while longer are the way out.
