Over the last week, virus-related hospitalizations in the U.S. have plateaued.
Dr. Anthony Fauci discusses the BA.2 subvariant, its significance and pediatric vaccines.occurring overseas, there are renewed concerns among health officials in the United States that the spread of the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.2, combined with waning vaccine immunity and the decision to end masking recommendations, could cause the country to face"What we're seeing in Europe, and particularly in the U.K.
Earlier this week, wastewater data shared by the CDC revealed that between Feb. 24 and March 10, 37% of wastewater sites monitored by the CDC have seen an increase of 100% or more of the presence of the COVID-19 virus in their wastewater. Approximately 30% of these sites have seen an increase of 1,000% or more
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday that she too anticipates there could be an increase in new virus cases in the U.S. as BA.2 spreads, warning that it is"certainly ... possible" that mask recommendations will have to be reimplemented. Officials are closely monitoring the viral resurgence occurring overseas, Walensky said, and looking for clues as to what it might foreshadow for the crisis in the U.S.
"Their intensive care bed usage is not going up, which means they're not seeing a blip up of severe disease," Fauci told ABC News' Brad Mielke on the podcast"Start Here," in an interview that aired Friday, adding that officials in the U.K. have not reported an increase in severity due to the BA.2 subvariant.Earlier this week, the CDC released data showing that vaccines are still dramatically reducing the risk of hospitalization or dying from COVID-19.
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