Kazakhstan officials have noted a huge spike in pneumonia in the country, and as we all know, COVID emerged as an unidentified pneumonia in China before it was isolated and named. However, there's no real evidence that the illness is anything other than a combination of seasonal illness and undiagnosed COVID infections, so it's odd that China would immediately jump to declaring that a new virus was on the loose. Or, maybe it's not so odd. China's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been interesting, to say the least.
The country has kept a lot of information about the pandemic and its process of fighting it from the public. Reports out of China suggest that the situation in some areas was much, much worse than Chinese officials were claiming, so perhaps it's not a stretch to think that China was eager to draw attention away from itself by claiming that a new virus in a different country was even more of a problem.
The new Omicron variant is a pandemic gut check. Collins said it's not yet clear whether the Omicron variant is more contagious than the Delta variant. It's also too early to tell whether the Omicron variant causes more severe illness, Collins said.
In short: "There's still much we do not know about Omicron," epidemiologist and infectious disease expert Dr. Celine Gounder said. They're about policies, protocols and practice. And in this case, that means doing the work of characterizing the virus. Don't be surprised by renewed Covid restrictions, expert says.
A growing number of countries have confirmed cases of the Omicron variant. Canada joined that list Sunday, when health officials confirmed two cases in Ottawa, Ontario. The Omicron variant is spreading across Europe.
Both people had recently traveled from Nigeria and are isolating, Canadian health officials said. If the Omicron variant isn't already in the US, it's bound to be "soon," said Dr. It looks like that way," Schaffner said Saturday. And that could prompt a return to stricter Covid mitigation efforts.
News of the variant spread as Americans packed airports at almost pre-pandemic levels for Thanksgiving and at the start of the holiday season: The Transportation Security Administration said it screened about 2. More reason to get vaccinated or boosted. NIH director: New variant 'ought to redouble' vaccination and mitigation efforts. Anyone else absolutely floored by like the worst cold ever? Covid symptoms but you're not positive. Just feeling utterly rancid. It's been almost a week and I just Got my first cold since about January and I can confirm it's one of the worst colds I've had - 'freshers' flu' on steroids - Dan Pheby DanPheby September 21, CDC routinely collects viruses through a domestic and global surveillance system to monitor for changes in influenza viruses.
CDC also works with the state public health departments and World Health Organization to collect additional information on antiviral resistance in the United States and worldwide. The information assists CDC in making informed recommendations for treatment and prevention of influenza in the United States.
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