The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the outbreak of the BA.2.12.1 virus, a variant of the Omicron virus, in the United States. causing a new wave of outbreaks of COVID-19 in the US in the last 2 weeks. The number of new cases this week rose more than 50 percent from the previous week across the country, with 10 percent more hospitalized in severe cases since last week. particularly new epicenters such as Washington, Mississippi, Georgia, Maine, Hawaii, South Dakota, Nevada, Montana and New York.
especially New York State The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says 86.9 percent of Americans aged 18 and over have received the full dose of the vaccine, but the CDC recommends wearing masks when in public buildings such as subways and shopping malls. to reduce the spread
The United States previously reported the first BA.2.12.1 outbreak in New York City in April. by this week New cases of BA.2.12.1 virus account for 25 percent of all new cases in the United States. It spread faster than the first subspecies, BA.2, which accounts for 37 percent of all new cases in the United States.
part in south africa South Africa’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases said that following weeks the trend of the epidemic in South Africa has declined. South Africa sees a new wave of outbreaks There has been an increase in cases in the last 2 weeks. South African scientists are also actively monitoring other subspecies of the Omicron virus, such as strains BA.4 and BA.5. All strains of the Omicron virus accounted for 60 percent of all new cases in South Africa at the end of April.
Site outbreak.info which is the Academic Research Coalition Funded for research from the US National Institutes of Health, BA.4 has spread in 15 countries and in 10 US states, while BA.5 has spread in 10 US states. Outbreaks in 13 countries and 5 US states
Previous research has indicated that BA.4 and BA.5 viruses can evade immunity such as The patient was re-infected by the BA.4 and BA.5 viruses following recovering from BA.1, the original Omicron virus and causing pandemics in many countries between December last year and January this year. In addition, even people who have received the full dose of the vaccine can be re-infected with COVID-19 from the BA.4 and BA.5 viruses, but vaccines can help reduce the rate of serious morbidity or death. compared to the unvaccinated group.
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