According to the Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer, LA County has four reported cases of the Omicron sub-variant, known as BA.2, which is currently driving new outbreaks in the UK
Los Angeles County Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer believes that the Southland is now past the peak of the Omicron surge, but that comes with warnings of new sub-variant of Omicron recently detected in the county.Health officials said they are still trying to determine if the new sub-variant, known as BA.2, will be any kind of significant threat.According to the health director, LA County has four reported cases of the Omicron sub-variant that is currently driving new outbreaks in the UK.
“We have not seen data that this is a more pathogenic or more virulent variant, and so I think the key here is we need to be able to watch it, really important to monitor what is happening. If we see trends, act quickly,” Rimoin said. “We have 35 COVID positive inpatients in our hospital. Of that, zero have been vaccinated prior to coming in here,” panelist said.
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