Health officials across the country are predicting a peak in COVID cases in coming weeks but there are already hundreds of people being treated in hospital for the virus.
With Omicron variant sub-lineages BA.4 and BA.5 driving most new COVID-19 infections, and other diseases likely to emerge in the future, increased medical production is key to saving lives, PAHO Director says.
parent who would ask you that question, how would you answer? well, there is two different issues here. i think what ashish jha is saying is correct, in that we do have a high level of population immunity at this point. that s good in some ways. obviously some of that happened through infection. but immunity against omicron is not long lived. it can really drop off very quickly, especially if the immunity comes from natural infection. so if somebody is infected. their immunity won t last very long, especially against omicron. and so it is really important to think about the vaccine as being an added booster, even after infection to keep a child from becoming reinfected with omicron. and we know that the child can still wind up getting very sick. as well as you mentioned, potentially transmitting to other family members, other people in the community who will suffer could suffer serious
As cases continue to rise, here’s a refresher on the two types of viral tests you can take if you believe you’ve been exposed to COVID or are experiencing.