Infectious disease experts are keeping a close eye on multiple COVID variants that have resulted in a spike in cases in both Europe and Asia.
5.2% of cases in California are BQ.1. In local wastewater, Stanford researchers found both variants.UCSF's infectious diseases specialist Dr. Monica Gandhi believes we will see more cases in the U.S. but she is staying hopeful."I would look to the U.K. We saw cases go up about four weeks ago. Come down, not very high of cases. Severe disease, hospitalizations remained flat," said Dr. Gandhi.: "I think that we are going to see increased cases. Meaning mild infections.
Gandhi doesn't believe we will see an increase in hospitalizations in the U.S. but advises getting the latest booster equipped to fight omicron strains.
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