Chicago's top doctor said she is closely watching COVID-19 trends in Western Europe where at least a dozen countries are now reporting a spike just days after lifting restrictions.
Inside the Regional Innovative Public Health Lab at Rush University Medical Center scientists monitor what kind of COVID is making Chicagoans sick. They first detected the omicron sub-variant called BA.2 in mid-January, but it hasn't taken off like the original. Doctor Stefan Greens expects BA.2 will hit 25 percent of all cases here soon.
"It is not a for sure thing that we will follow them. We may. But there are some other countries that have gone through an Omicron surge and have not seen that resurgence yet," said Arwady.
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