China has reported the first case of Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1, a mutation that has shown a transmissibility about 23 to 27 percent higher than that of BA.2, in South China’s Guangdong Province, said a weekly report issued by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC.)
vaccine regimen get their booster shot when it becomes due for them. that s really very important. the difference in severity of disease and the need for hospitalization between unvaccinated people and people who are vaccinated and particularly those vaccinated and boosted is a major, major difference. we can avoid morbidity, avoid severe disease. we certainly can avoid many more deaths by getting people vaccinated. when you talk about the increase in the numbers of cases, you are seeing we see in the new york study i saw that something like three-quarters of the cases were of this new subvariant, which is more contagious. is that correct? is that happening across the country? yeah. each of the new subvariants of omicron you remember, when omicron bumped delta off the table, if you want to use that terminology the original was
could see 100 million new cases by the fall and winter without additional resources. joining us now is dr. fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. thank you for being with us. it s great to see you again. thank you. good to be with you. so we have just passed this horrible, horrible landmark of 1 million people who have died, lost their lives. we hoped the pandemic would be over. more and more people are becoming infected with this subvariant. it s more contagious than the previous subvariant. do we have an accurate picture of how big this case rise is given a lot of people aren t testing anymore and home tests don t go reported? you are correct. we are going into an increase. we have now, as you mentioned correctly, for a couple of days in a row have been over 100,000