new at 6:30 covid cases are finally starting to go down here in the islands after more than 5 months of going up but one doctor says that could soon change after this holiday weekend when many folks get together that's why he says it's important to get the new vaccine that's become available in the past 24 hours for a new variant spreading across the country over a million cases a day of covid are being diagnosed across the uh mainland United States Labor Day weekend just be careful around family and friends and then the kids in school and sports uh this is an important time he adds that the new covid variant is significantly different than the older ones which is why he says it's important to get vaccinated