Tag: BA.2.86

US booster rollout expected to begin within days

FDA vaccine adviser Dr Paul Offit says healthy young people don’t need another Covid booster – despite new BA.2.86 variant pushing virus rates up

By Jacky
While virologists have warned it is too early to reliably pinpoint BA.2.86 specific symptoms, its ancestor BA.2 had some tell-tale signs. Experts aren't yet certain, however if it behaves like similar Omicron subvariants, the signs to watch out for include a runny nose, sore throat and fatigue

New Covid variant symptoms: Is BA.2.86 any different to previous strains?

By Merry
About 2,500 Americans are admitted to the hospital each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Texas becomes FIFTH US state to detect ‘most infectious Covid variant ever’ BA.2.86

By Merry
About 2,000 Americans are admitted to the hospital each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Ohio becomes the THIRD state to detect highly-mutated BA.2.86 Covid variant that ‘can infect vaccinated people better than other strains’

By Merry
The graph above shows the percentage of positive Covid cases (tan line) and the weekly number of new Covid hospitalizations (blue bars).

CDC warns BA.2.86 Covid variant IS potentially most infectious variant yet – but it’s still unclear if it’s more deadly

By Merry
Some 875 cases were logged in England on August 11, according to the most recent Government statistics available, up from just 449 one month earlier. The uptick in cases coincides with the arrival of Eris, known scientifically as EG.5.1, a variant which already makes up one in four new cases. But experts are spooked by another strain, nicknamed Pirola, that is quickly spreading globally due to its catalogue of mutations

UK Covid cases nearly DOUBLE in a month amid rise of two mutant variants, official figures suggest as BA.2.86 continues to sweep the globe

By Merry
The graph above shows the percentage of positive Covid cases (tan line) and the weekly number of new Covid hospitalizations (blue bars).

Covid Infections have DOUBLED in US in past month amid rise of two mutant variants BA.2.86 and ‘Eris’, official data suggests

By Merry
The positive case was detected in an asymptomatic patient in Virginia who was tested on August 10 (Image of former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, left, watching the creation of a Covid testing center in 2020)

EXCLUSIVE: BA.2.86 Covid variant IS spreading in the US: Virginia resident who traveled from Japan becomes second US patient to be infected with mutant strain

By Jacky
Highly mutated COVID virus variant BA.2.86 showing up in multiple countries | CBC News

Multiple countries reporting emergence of highly mutated COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 – Breaking:

By Jacky
A staff member offers a face mask to a man at San Francisco Chinese Hospital, in August 2021 during the pandemic.

Doctors in Seattle call for masks to be mandatory for healthcare workers again – amid rise of new Covid variant BA.2.86

By Merry
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