There was recently a drastic surge in new COVID-19 cases across nearly all states in the United States (US) in the past few days. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) showed that over 1.26 million new COVID-19 cases occurred in the Americas between July 18 and July 25, 2021, a 30% increase compared to the percentage from the previous week between July 10 and July 17 (Table 1). The highest number of new COVID-19 cases was reported from the US, which was 500,332 cases and has increased by over 130% compared to the percentage of the previous week (Table 1). In the following week between July 26 to August 1, the number of new COVID-19 cases reported was similar to the number from the previous week in the Americas, accounting for around 30% of new global COVID-19 cases (Table 1). Again, the US reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases with over...