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| U.S. citizens should avoid travel to the United Kingdom because of a spike in cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. State Department said Monday, raising the alert levels for the region to their highest levels. |
| "Because of the current situation in the United Kingdom, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants,'' the CDC said in its update. |
| The British Virgin Islands, Fiji, Indonesia and Zimbabwe also saw alert levels increase. |
| Canada, meanwhile, will reopen to fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents starting Aug. 9. |
| It's Tuesday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the USA TODAY Network. Here's more news you need to know: |
| • | A White House official and an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending an event together, a White House official confirmed. | | • | Twitter said it suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Monday for 12 hours for violating its misinformation policy after she posted two misleading tweets about COVID-19. | | • | A federal judge is allowing Indiana University to continue with its COVID-19 vaccine requirement for all students and employees. Eight IU students sought to block the requirement. | | • | There's growing public confidence in the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania reveals. Out of the 1,719 U.S. adults surveyed, 78% believe it is definitely or probably true that vaccines are effective — an increase from 74% in April. | |
| Today's numbers: The U.S. has reported more than 34.1 million COVID-19 cases and 609,300 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Worldwide, there have been more than 191.1 million cases and more than 4.1 million deaths. About 56% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 49% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. |
| Tracking the pandemic: See the numbers in your area here. See where cases are rising here. See vaccination rates here. And here, compare vaccinations rates worldwide and see which countries are using which vaccines. |
| – Grace Hauck, USA TODAY breaking news reporter, @grace_hauck |
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