Trump Administration Tells States to Speed up Vaccine Rollout

As coronvirus cases surge across the country, another COVID-19 variant has been linked to several large outbreaks in California. Experts are saying they need to look closely at the variant before declaring it as more transmissible or more dangerous than the virus already circulating. Dr. Amesh Adalja, Infectious Disease Specialist and Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, joined Wake Up With Cheddar to break down what people need to know.

While states attempt to vaccinate the public, urgency is growing as are fears over more infectious variants of the virus spreading in the U.S. The variations are changing the landscape of the fight against the virus with more than 50 cases of the new strain found in at least 8 states. For more, we spoke to Doctor Tammy Lundstrom, infectious disease expert, SVP and Chief Medical Officer at Trinity Health.

The World Health Organization warning that new Covid-19 variants are 'highly problematic' as another strain is discovered in Japan. Cheddar is joined by Dr. Daniel B. Fagbuyi, Obama Administration Public Health/Biodefense appointee and Emergency Physician, to talk the latest on the coronavirus.