Delta variant

The Tokyo organizing committee’s policy states that following a competition all athletes must wear masks, but that masks can be removed during media interviews in the mixed zone.

San Diego County is requiring vaccines or weekly testing for their employees. And, COVID-19 cases are rising at South Bay schools. Plus, a navy sailor is accused of setting fire to the USS Bonhomme Richard. Here’s What’s Up in San Diego County for July 30, 2021.

New evidence showing the delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox has prompted U.S. health officials to consider changing advice on how the nation fights the coronavirus.

An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slide presentation argues that “the war has changed” against COVID-19.

The rise of the delta variant and the governor’s handling of the pandemic are impacting the September recall election, reports NBC 7’s Priya Sridhar

The COVID-19 vaccine has been available for more than six months, yet only 70% of the population in San Diego County has gotten at least one dose.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention update their mask guidelines on Tuesday, July 27, in light of surges of hyper-contagious delta variant. The CDC now recommends both unvaccinated and vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in public settings.

Twitter has announced that it will close its San Francisco and New York offices as the COVID-19 cases surge.

President Joe Biden is expected to announce on Thursday that all federal workers will be required to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, two administration officials tell NBC News, following an internal policy review.

NBC 7’s Dana Griffin caught up with San Diegans getting their first dose of the vaccine, and found out what led them to this point.

Governments and businesses are scrambling to change course following new federal guidance calling for the return of mask wearing in virus hot spots amid a dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations

The De Nada Kitchen and Market in University Heights temporarily closed its doors after one of its employees reported a close contact with a positive COVID-19 case, though the employee eventually tested negative.

The employee tested negative, but the recent surge of COVID-19 cases prompted the owner of De Nada Kitchen and Market to temporarily shut its doors as a precaution, reports NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda

California will require state employees and all health care workers to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or get tested weekly, tightening restrictions in an effort to slow rising coronavirus infections in the nation’s most populous state, mostly among the unvaccinated.

Since the delta variant has begun spreading, many San Diegans are putting a mask on again.

Mask Wearing Back, or Never Left?

President Biden said the government will “follow the science” when asked if vaccinated Americans will be encouraged to wear masks again with Delta variant infections on the rise, and reiterated the importance of getting vaccinated, saying, “We have a pandemic among the non-vaccinated.”

So far, the “variant of interest” has been detected in 29 countries, and it may spread more quickly than milder versions of the coronavirus.

A person was found dead in a car with bullet holes in Bay Terraces. Police are investigating. And, border crossing restrictions were extended again due to the Delta variant. Plus, rallies will be held to search for missing Chula Vista mom Maya Millete. Here’s What’s Up in San Diego County for July 22, 2021.

Bay Area bars might soon start carding all patrons. But it wouldn’t be for proof of legal drinking age — it would be for proof of COVID-19 vaccination.