Coronavirus vaccine and Delta variant updates for 8-06-2021

<p>This is Vaccine 411, the latest coronavirus vaccine information for August 6th, 2021.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The head of the CDC says the number of daily cases in the US has surged more than 40% from the previous week. And across the board, they’re seeing increases in cases and hospitalizations across all age groups.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Moderna believes people who got two doses of its vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. They’re also working on a single shot that would be an annual booster for COVID-19, as well as flu and the respiratory condition RSV. The company said, "We believe increased force of infection resulting from Delta, non-pharmaceutical intervention fatigue, and seasonal effects (like more time indoors) will lead to an increase of breakthrough infections in vaccinated individuals." </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care workers and long-term care workers to be fully vaccinated by Sept. 30. That’s different than what the Governor said last month when he said workers would have a choice of vaccination or weekly testing. But that choice is the case for Oregon’s health care workers. That order effectively neutralizes an Oregon law that says employers can’t fire health care workers for not being vaccinated.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has gone into a sixth lockdown. Melbourne joins Sydney and Brisbane in full lockdown due to the Delta variant. The local government said they had no choice because only 20% of Australian adults have been fully vaccinated.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You might laugh a little when you hear a cable news channel was operating with its employees on the honor system, but that’s what CNN was doing and now it’s fired three employees who came to work unvaccinated. The head of CNN said that honor system may change in the coming weeks.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In the United States cases were up 131%, deaths are up 65%, and hospitalizations are up 87% over 14 days. The 7-day average of new case