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Omicron BA.5 spikes to 82% of COVID cases in US, says CDC
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The BA.5 subvariant of Omicron was estimated to make up 81.9% of the circulating coronavirus variants in the USA for the week ended July 23, the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) mentioned on Tuesday.
This was larger than the 75.9% prevalence estimated within the previous week.
BA.5 has been driving a surge of recent infections globally and has proven to be significantly good at evading the immune safety afforded both by vaccination or prior an infection.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BA.5, THE VACCINE-RESISTANT VARIANT OF OMICRON
Omicron subvariant BA.4 was estimated to make up 12.9% of the circulating variants in the USA, the info confirmed.
Omicron now makes up nearly all of the coronavirus instances within the US. Pictured: Individuals wait to take COVID-19 checks at a pop-up testing web site in New York Metropolis, on July 11, 2022.
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The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration has requested vaccine producers to focus on the 2 at the moment dominant subvariants for a possible fall season booster dose.
WITH OMICRON BA.5 SUBVARIANT SPREADING, WHITE HOUSE COMMITS TO ENSURING ACCESS TO BOOSTERS, TESTING
U.S. well being officers are additionally urging individuals aged 50 or extra to get a booster shot, including that doing so wouldn’t forestall them from getting one other “bivalent” booster designed to fend off Omicron extra particularly later this yr.