COVID-19 infections are up, driven by new variants, waning immunity from vaccines and past infections and fewer people masking, health officials say.
The mayor of New York City Wednesday insisted the city is"staying prepared and not panicking" as the city enters a heightened COVID-19 alert level. COVID-19 infections continue to rise, driven by new and more infectious omicron subvariants, waning immunity from both vaccines and previous infections and fewer people masking up, health officials said at a White House briefing Wednesday.
Areas of increased infection and hospitalization include the Northeast and the eastern corridor, as well as parts of the upper Midwest. He urged people who test positive for COVID-19 to reach out to their health care providers"as soon as possible" to see if a treatment is appropriate for them, as treatments work better if begun quickly.The administration's continuing push for boosters and vaccination comes as a paperin the journal"Nature" showed a case of omicron in unvaccinated people provides very little immunity against other variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.
That's bad news for anyone who expects a recent case of COVID-19 will protect them against future cases of the rapidly mutating virus. But the good news, said Ott, is if they get vaccinated they have a shot at"super immunity."
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