Coronavirus Update: Omicron caused 99.7% of all cases in latest week, says WHO
Just hours after saying the U.S. was out of the “pandemic phase,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser and a leading infectious-disease expert, clarified that he should have said the acute phase was over.
The U.S. is averaging 53,432 cases a day, according to a New York Times tracker, up 59% from two weeks ago. Cases are rising in almost all states and are climbing at the fastest clip in Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. The World Health Organization said omicron accounted for 99.7% of all cases sequenced globally in the latest week. The latest data suggests a growth advantage for BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12 over BA.2, the agency said in its weekly epidemiological update, although it said more data is needed and studies are continuing.
.However, few studies have followed persons for six months or more after booster vaccination to evaluate longer duration of protection,” said the WHO.
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