Covid-19: United States relaxes restrictions despite risk of another peak
A mobile vaccination center parked on a street in Brooklyn on Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York City.
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention now allows Americans who have been vaccinated to travel within the country without a period of quarantine or testing.
But experts warn: it is advisable to remain cautious, infections continue at the same time to increase in several states.
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With our correspondent in Washington,
Anne Corpet
More than 100 million Americans are now vaccinated.
A new record was set on Friday with more than 4 million people vaccinated in a single day.
This weekend in New York, the theaters were able to raise their curtains for the first time in months in front of a limited number of spectators and vaccinated.
California, for its part, announces the resumption of indoor sports competitions for mid-April.
But Dr Fauci, who heads the Institute of Infectious Diseases, warns: the pandemic is far from being contained.
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It's going very well with regard to vaccination, but one of the things that worries us is that in a few states there is a danger of another major peak in the epidemic.
We're not out of the woods yet so don't declare victory prematurely, because we're not there yet,
”he said.
Some 60,000 new cases were recorded in the country on Friday.
The number of deaths from the coronavirus continues to rise.
If the projections are correct, the United States will cross the milestone of 600,000 dead before July 1.
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