these self-tests go unreported to local and state health departments raising concerns the actual numbers of covid cases will be undercounted. some county health departments are proactively adding online forms for residents to report a positive at home test result in exchange they receive guidance and get an official isolation letter they can show to their employer or school as an excuse. but some health experts argue case numbers have become an unreliable measure of the pandemic. they say instead the nation should focus on hospitalization rates. on saturday, los angeles county reported 66 covid-related deaths, that s the highest number in a single day since last spring. l.a. health officials say the majority were associated with individuals who became infected after december 20th, a time period when the omicron variant was circulating widely. that serves as a stark reminder even though omicron cases have been mild for most people, the variant still poses a threat,
cases. we drop from about a million reported cases, maybe several fold higher than that including the home self-tests, down to a little less than 50,000 cases per day. 50,000 cases per day is still not an insignificant am. when we dropped masks last spring right before delta came, the u.s. was down to 7,000 cases per day. we drop masks right now at a time when we re not particularly low. we re. lower than we were but there s still a significant amount of virus and i think everyone has to gauge their own risk and the people around them and the people they live with. cdc officials say it is likely covid will likely never go away. it will simmer in the summer, rise in the winter. is there anything anyone should do beyond, if you feel vulnerable, wear a mask, and getting vaccinated and boosted. well, the last thing you said is the key.
BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - The board of directors at Brazil’s national drug authority Anvisa today (Jan. 28) unanimously approved the use and sale of self-test kits for COVID-19 in the country, Agencia Brasil reports.
KUALA LUMPUR: Undergoing Covid-19 screening via the use of RTK-Antigen self-test kits before attending classes will help detect infections and prevent education clusters, says former Education director-general Tan Sri Alimuddin Mohd Dom.