Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin urged the community Tuesday afternoon to encourage, support, help and “peer pressure” those who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 in light of a new coronavirus strain that’s spreading quickly through India and the United Kingdom.
The Delta variant of COVID-19 has replicated quicker than other strains and has not only become a source of new infections, but “could lead to new outbreaks in the fall,” former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CBS. In places like England, officials have delayed a full reopening from June 12 to July 19 due to the growing infections.