The World Health Organization (WHO) said that fully vaccinated individuals should still wear masks and engage in social distancing due to the “Delta” COVID-19 variant. “People cannot feel safe just because they had the two doses. They still need to protect themselves,” Dr. Mariangela Simao, WHO assistant director-general, told reporters late last week during a Geneva news conference. Simao added that COVID-19 vaccines alone “won’t stop community transmission,” adding: “People need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, hand hygiene … the physical distance, avoid crowding. This still continues to be extremely important, even if you’re vaccinated when you have a community transmission ongoing.” Her remarks come as some countries, including the United States, have mostly done away with mask-wearing amid a campaign to get people vaccinated. The number of new infections in the United States has remained steady, with about 11,659 new cases per day, according …