While public health experts say that Covid-19 cases will increase in winters, they, however, stressed that there is no need to get another vaccine shot as the potential to cause severe illness from the latest variant of coronavirus is less than the previous variants. "Our best information is that the current Coronavirus vaccines, even those based on the ancestral strain such as those administered in India, should continue to work on JN.1. The disease severity associated with the sub variant JN.1 is expected to be comparable to the other circulating variants, not worse," said Gautam Menon, professor of physics and biology at Ashoka University.
taken several steps to slow down the sixth wave of infection. so far, they have extended travel restrictions, essentially banning all non-residents until the end of february. they have suspended a program that would allow people who were fully vaccinated or have a negative test result to be exempt from covid-19 restrictions. and today, just about 30 minutes ago, the government did declare a quasi-state of emergency order for 13 prefectures, including tokyo, which expands the total to 16. here s a map of the affected areas. this authorization from the national government allows local governors to request that bars and restaurants limit their operating hours, and can ask bars and restaurants to stop serving alcohol. businesses could be fined for non-compliance. now, for the first time ever, japan s covid case count topped 30,000 yesterday. that s an increase of more than 415% compared to the same day last week. the previous record, 25,000 cases recorded last august, just about two weeks
joe biden faces a harder challenge setting public policy on covid this winter because much of the country already decided the pandemic is over. sure, i could show you all the covid case count graphics and maps of states where omicron is fueling a surge, but the reality is you either live somewhere where masks and vaccine passports are part of your life or you don t. a little over a quarter of americans live in one of the eight states that require masks indoors for everyone, many of the other 73% are baffled to see people wearing one, especially outdoors. that divide is only getting worse during the pandemic. a new pew survey found americans are less likely to want to live in cities, which tend to be where we see tougher covid restrictions and more likely now to prefer the suburbs. an illustration of the disconnect comes from matthew walther who lives in southwest michigan writing in the atlantic until i found myself in washington, d.c., on a work trip in march i had never seen
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