The latest COVID variant - XBB.1.5 – now accounts for almost half of the cases in the U.S. and is expected to soon become the predominant strain, according to health officials. Read more here:
A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Feb. 8, 2022.The latest COVID variant - XBB.1.5 – is now accounts for almost half of the cases in the U.S. and is expected to soon become the predominant strain, according to health officials.
The Alabama Department of Public Health said XBB.1.5 has overtaken other omicron subvariants that were dominant in the fall, accounting for 40% nationally and up to 75% of new cases in northeastern states. At this point, XBB.1.5 is not known to be more severe than other variants and health officials continue to urge vaccinations as a way to help prevent serious illnesses and hospitalizations. A decrease in transmission of the virus means fewer opportunities for it to mutate, which can help prevent other contagious variants from emerging, they added.
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