Kingston-area health officials keep tabs on new COVID-19 variant
“Through our surveillance, we know that this XBB1.5 does not appear to be increasing in a worrisome pattern,” said Dr. Piotr Oglazam chief medical officer of health.Early studies are showing that the bivalent vaccine, which targets Omicron and its subvariants, has effectiveness against serious illness from XBB.“Early evidence, very promising, suggests that it’s less severe.
According to wastewater data, there was a spike in late December, but the numbers decreased in January. “The levels in the wastewater are, I’m going to call it, moderate and stable. There are still lots of people with COVID in the community, but it looks kind of the same now as it did back in the beginning of December,” Oglaza said.
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