FOX News Rundown EXTRA: Keeping Schools Safely Opened Amid COVID-19

As we continue to battle the ever evolving coronavirus pandemic both globally in and in the U.S. while we are making progress there is still a lot more to be done. COVID-19 vaccinations are beginning to pick up steam again across the country as many Americans try to protect themselves from the contagious Delta variant that is causing a significant wave of cases across the country.

Most of the new infections are among the unvaccinated, bringing many hospitals to their breaking point in a number of states. Meanwhile, families across the country are preparing to send their children back to school for in-person learning, which is bringing up the ongoing debate over mask mandates in schools.

Earlier this week, host Lisa Brady spoke with Senior Director, of New York City's System-wide Special Pathogens Program, Dr. Syra Madad where we are with the pandemic, the discouraging numbers and cases hitting high numbers close to what we saw in January and people worried there is no end in sight with this pandemic.

The conversation was too long and we could not include the whole interview with Dr. Madad.

On today's FOX News Rundown EXTRA you will hear Dr. Madad talk about students returning to in-school learning, the pre-cautions being taken to lower the transmission within communities, the continued heated debate around mask mandates, how the Delta variant is impacting more and more children and if vaccine mandates should be required. She also weighs in on if she thinks it's too soon to be talking about booster shots and how we learn to live with the virus safely.