New omicron variants are again driving hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, causing states and cities to rethink their responses to COVID-19 and the White House to step up efforts to alert the public.
With the new omicron variants again pushing hospitalizations and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts to alert the public.“It’s well past the time when the warning could have been put out there,” said Dr. Eric Topol, head of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego, who has has called BA.5 “the worst variant yet.
For months, the White House has encouraged Americans to make use of free or cheap at-home rapid tests to detect the virus, as well as the free and effective antiviral treatment Paxlovid that protects against serious illness and death.
It's unclear what enforcement might look like. Under past mandates, officials favored educating people over issuing citations and fines. He’d avoided catching the virus for more than two years because he was religious about masking up. “The one time I took it off, I caught it!” he laughed. “That would be all hands on deck,” Noymer said. “People would be like, ‘There’s this crazy new flu that’s killing people in June.’”
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Masks could return to Los Angeles as COVID surges nationwideLOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Barragan is used to wearing a mask because his job in the Los Angeles film industry has long required it, so he won't be fazed if the nation's most populous county reinstates rules requiring face coverings because of another spike in coronavirus cases across the country.
Read more »
'COVID is not done with us': Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant so contagious?The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to experts.
Read more »
'COVID is not done with us': Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant so contagious?The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to experts.
Read more »
'COVID is not done with us': Why is the BA.5 COVID-19 variant so contagious?The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, according to experts.
Read more »
Cambridge hospital 'under pressure' as Covid absences doubleSome 200 staff are off sick or self-isolating while bosses are 'working hard' to maintain services.
Read more »
White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boostersDr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, said while the new variants are concerning, with boosters, indoor masking and treatments the country has the tools to keep them from being disruptive.
Read more »