When a person tested positive for omicron after attending an anime convention in New York City late last year, health officials raced to determine if the indoor gathering was a superspreader event.
It wasn't, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded. Widespread masking, vaccinations, and good airflow at the Javits Center prevented the highly contagious omicron variant from spreading widely.
While omicron cases were found in the man's small social circle, other cases turned out to be from the older delta variant, the CDC said.NY State health care workers no longer must get boosted The news comes amid staffing shortages in health care facilities over the past several months. Officials say 75% of the State's health care workforce have either received or are willing to receive a booster, including 88% among direct care staff in hospitals.The improper storage of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a New Haven clinic, which led to hundreds of people being told to get another jab, is an isolated incident of miscommunication, according to an internal review.
They and others, including an 11th defendant who's still at large, used more than 800 other people's identities to file claims in New York, the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office said Thursday.'No-COVID' policy drags on Hong Kong economy as cases surge "The data shows that we are making tremendous progress," Mayor Ras Baraka said."Our three-day rolling average for the city of Newark is at 2.5%. We have not been here in a long time. However, we are not at the end of the pandemic, therefore we need to remain vigilant to stay on this path of progress. Continue wearing your masks and get vaccinated, as another form of protection.
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