A top American public health official has warned that the United States is "failing," on dealing with the COVID pandemic.

South Korea continues to battle its 4th wave of COVID-19 pandemic with a high number of cases with the government announcing the extension of its strictest level of social distancing measures for the capital, Seoul.

There are early signs that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 may be able to transmit the Delta variant of the virus as easily as those who have not, according to scientists at Public Health England.

The US is now averaging 100,000 new COVID-19 infections a day, returning to a milestone last seen during the winter surge.

Florida reported 22,783 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, breaking its record for the highest single-day case count since the pandemic began.

The latest wave has been described by health officials as an “outbreak of the unvaccinated.”

Federal and local authorities have boosted health protocols in the face of surging cases spurred by the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.

WHO says the Delta variant of Covid-19 is a warning to the world, urging action to suppress the disease before deadlier variants emerge.

Trump’s coronavirus testing czar has said that it is “just a matter of time” before all unvaccinated Americans become infected with the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

The internal government document highlights the struggle of the top US public health agency to persuade people to vaccinate as the delta variant of coronavirus spreads across the country.