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United States situation
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and the strange case of Chine continues
US
Omicron BA.2
Nationally, 3% over last two weeks
Cases, + 31,000
Higher in New York City (cases up 39% in past 2 weeks)
Washington, D.C.
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#new-hosp
Hospital patients down 8.2% past week
Covid-19 Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S.
SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration (copies / mL of sewage)
https://biobot.io/data/
The level of virus in wastewater is a leading indicator,
meaning it precedes the change in clinical case counts or hospitalizations.
Philadelphia
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/0....4/11/us/philadelphia
Monday, reinstate indoor mask mandate
First major U.S. city to do so
Cheryl Bettigole, health commissioner
This is our chance to get ahead of the pandemic
Cases, + 142
(Omicron wave, + 4,000)
knowing that every previous wave of infections has been followed by a wave of hospitalizations,
and then a wave of deaths,
then it will be too late for many of our residents
White House, Dr. Ashish K. Jha
We’ve got to watch this very carefully,
But I don’t think this is a moment where we have to be excessively concerned
Right now that is showing an uptick,
but not showing substantial changes in what we should be doing
Mayor Eric Adams, New York City
Tested positive on Sunday
Diabetic
I feel fine, no fever, no running nose, no aches and pains
I would probably have had different outcomes if I was not vaccinated and boosted
Shanghai
China has reported more than
200,000 locally transmitted cases
Most mild or asymptomatic
One case, currently categorized as “severe”
No deaths reported in the current outbreak
US State department
Nonemergency U.S. consulate, ordered out
Americans should avoid traveling to China,
arbitrary enforcement of local laws and Covid-19 related restrictions
25 million locked down since 1st April
Some family separations
Liang Wannian, senior official, China’s National Health Commission
We cannot let our guard down
people first, lives first
lying flat is not an option for China
Over 60s in China
264 million
40 million of them unvaccinated
Infections among this group inevitable
Guangzhou
30 cases
PCR testing 18 million
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