Barack Obama to Throw, Giant Birthday Bash, Despite Surge in COVID-19 Variant.<br />Barack Obama is set to turn<br />60 years old on August 4. .<br />The former president will be celebrating the occasion this<br />weekend with a big bash at his Martha’s Vineyard estate. .<br />According to multiple media outlets,<br />the party will have 475 guests in attendance. .<br />Among them will be director Steven Spielberg, actor<br />George Clooney and famed TV personality Oprah Winfrey. .<br />Among them will be director Steven Spielberg, actor<br />George Clooney and famed TV personality Oprah Winfrey. .<br />Among them will be director Steven Spielberg, actor<br />George Clooney and famed TV personality Oprah Winfrey. .<br />All guests are reportedly required to be<br />fully vaccinated against COVID-19.<br />They will also reportedly have to submit a negative<br />test result before being allowed to enter the party.<br />Sources say that the party will be<br />held outside and a “COVID-19 coordinator” will<br />be tasked with overseeing the party. .<br />It is not clear<br />if there will be<br />a mandatory<br />mask policy. .<br />Obama’s party comes amid a surge in COVID-19 cases<br />across the United States spurred on by the delta variant. .<br />The COVID-19 variant<br />is highly transmissible.<br />Recent data<br />also suggests that<br />vaccinated people<br />are able to transmit<br />the virus. .<br />This information has prompted the CDC to<br />recommend high risk areas reintroduce COVID-19 safety<br />protocols for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.<br />High viral loads suggest an increased risk<br />of transmission and raised concern that,<br />unlike with other variants, vaccinated people<br />infected with Delta can transmit the virus, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, via NPR.<br />Martha’s Vineyard is not currently deemed<br />at a high risk of COVID-19 outbreak.<br />However, in early July a nearby town, Provincetown, Massachusetts, experienced an outbreak of 496 cases.<br />Of those infected, 74 percent<br />occurred in fully vaccinated people
