''Circulation of the #VUM #BA286 is now at 0.2% at national level.'' #italy #subvariants #SARS_COV_2 #update #report
“This #HighExposure phenomenon is particularly relevant to patients and staff in healthcare settings, where they may be working on or sharing wards with people who emit large quantities of #SARSCoV2.
In the age of #Omicron, in the context of high community #prevalence and rapidly evolving #subvariants that can evade #immunity, it seems particularly reckless to rely on #vaccine or prior #infection acquired immunity as the only mechanism of protection against infection” https://mstdn.ca/@Billius27/110968515538936395
Fall COVID shots will boost protection against latest subvariants, Moderna says - Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vacci... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961809 #subvariants #sars-cov-2 #covid-19 #fl.1.5.1 #science #booster #moderna #vaccine #xbb.1.5 #health #pfizer #eg.5 #cdc #fda #who
[Correspondence] #Bivalent #COVID19 #mRNA #vaccine against #omicron #subvariants in immunocompromised patients https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00357-2/fulltext?rss=yes #immunology #publichealth #epidemiology
Annual? Bivalent? For all? Future of COVID shots murky after FDA deliberations - Enlarge / Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluat... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1913210 #covid-19vaccines #subvariants #sars-cov-2 #covid-19 #science #omicron #vaccine #fda
People aren’t taking this seriously’: experts say US Covid surge is big risk
In the fourth #year of the pandemic, #Covid-19 is once again spreading across #America and being driven by the recent holidays, fewer precautions and the continuing evolution of Omicron #subvariants of the virus.
New sub-variants are causing concern for their #increased #transmissibility.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/15/covid-19-coronavirus-us-surge-complacency
''#BQ1 and #XBB are new #subvariants of #Omicron which have become the dominant strains in some overseas countries and regions for their increased #transmissibility and immune escape capacity. ''
#China, #Shanghai has detected the #Omicron #subvariants #BQ1 and #XBB that have been prevailing in some overseas countries but experts said 2 strains were found in imported cases placed under closed-loop management which has not caused local #transmission, saying there is no need to hoard Montmorillonite {?} powder to relieve #diarrhea that can be caused by subvariant #XBB15. GT: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202301/1283058.shtml
How the Omicron subvariants evade our immune system even more
Subvariants spreading "....like shrapnel."