CDC chief warns of 'potential fourth surge' and urges US to keep Covid rules

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Rochelle Walensky, the director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), warned on Monday that a recent increase in coronavirus cases indicated a fourth surge" could occur before a majority of the US is vaccinated.

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