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Coronavirus: OFFICIAL Updates/ Health Info/Travel Info
Alenaveda:
Update from Argentina:
The number of cases here are contantly decreasing in the last couple of weeks, with last Sunday only reporting a little more of three thousand, the lowest amount since last year.
theschnauzers:
The BA.2 sub variant of the Covid-19 Omicron variant is now driving a majority of the Covid-19 cases worldwide, per the WHO, and is now rapidly spreading in Los Angeles. It is said to cause more severe cases than Omicron, and vaccinations and treatments are not handling the sub variant.
See, e.g. The W.H.O. says the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron is driving most cases around the world
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/world/who-omicron-variant-ba2-cases.html
BA.2 or 'stealth' subvariant of omicron is more contagious: medical expert explains what is known so far
https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/ba2-stealth-subvariant-omicron-contagious-medical-expert-explains/73-0e50f957-af56-48ed-a13e-fae0e0809769
A roundup of items from The New York Times including Covid Updates: Glaxo Antibody Drug Is Restricted in the Northeast
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/25/world/covid-19-mandates-cases-vaccine
Omicron subvariant BA.2 spreading rapidly in L.A. and across the nation (Los Angeles Times)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-25/percentage-of-omicron-subvariant-ba-2-rising-in-l-a-county
theschnauzers:
The CDC is now reporting that the BA.2 sub variant is now the most common strain of Covid-19 in the U.S.:
https://apple.news/A2_3QJQPlTkS5H6RJHaF0MQ
theschnauzers:
Same, with additional details, and second booster shot approved for those 50 and older or with immunocompromised conditions
BA.2 sub variant now dominate Covid-19 strain in U.S., has 30% greater transmission rate than original Omicron variant.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/600172-omicron-subvariant-ba2-now-dominant-strain-in-the-us-cdc
Alenaveda:
Update from Argentina:
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic authorities have reported zero deaths related to COVID-19.
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