the woods yet, but there is a clear path forward. reporter: here in los angeles, school kids no longer need to mask up outside. still required inside classrooms. michigan, no longer urging masks in most indoor settings, including classrooms. it s understandable why people want to take masks off the kids. but right now given the level of activity that we have, it is risky. the national average daily covid-19 case count still high but just fell 42% in a week. numbers in the hospital down 25% in just a week. and almost back below pre-omicron levels. just for awareness for now, japanese researchers say the ba.2 subvariant of omicron needs more close monitoring, spreads faster, and also might cause more severe disease and increase the need for vaccine boosters.
The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday.
There was a LOT of news about the omicron variant last week. But which of it was actually important? Also, why are scientists in Germany growing thousands of miniature human brains with eyeballs on them?
The German government said that it was considering impementing new measures to better combat the coronavirus pandemic in the region amid the spread of the new Omicron variant. Chancellor Angela Merkel said that authorities could enforce a general vaccine mandate.