Dr. Fauci says U.S. COVID-19 infections likely to rise again
A women talks with a police officer on Times Square in New York, the United States, March 4, 2022. New York City will suspend COVID-19 vaccine passport program and remove indoor mask mandate in public schools for K-12 students starting from next Monday, said New York City Mayor Eric Adams at a press briefing on Friday. The decision is based on a sharp drop of new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations as well as 96 percent of vaccination rate among adults in the city.
The BA.2 subvariant of omicron is driving up cases in Europe and Asia, notably in Hong Kong, and now accounts for about 30% of infections in the U.S, where indoor-mask and vaccine requirements have largely been rolled back. U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths continue to decline. BA.2 is about 50% more transmissible than the original strain of omicron, but it doesn’t cause more severe illness or evade immunity from vaccinations or an earlier infection, Fauci said.
“As much work as we’ve done in the last two years to get the right tools, we’ve got to continue funding them and supporting them so they’re available to people across the country,” Murthy said on “Fox News Sunday.” “That’s why Congress moving to provide that funding is so critical.”
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