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President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra today ended up being prime examples of the country’s latest COVID-19 wave, and although it’s uncertain what version they’re contaminated with, contagious illness professionals state the most recent dominant stress of COVID-19 disappear unsafe than previous models.
Biden, 81, is presently handling moderate upper breathing signs and is taking the COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid, according to White House doctor Kevin O’Connor. This is the 3rd time Biden has actually had COVID-19 while in the White House.
Becerra, 66, on the other hand, revealed his favorable test through a representative on July 16. Both continue to work, albeit from another location.
The brand-new omicron variation, KP.3, has actually taken hold in current weeks as heat waves throughout the United States have actually triggered Americans to gather inside, according to Amesh Adalja, a transmittable illness medical professional at Johns Hopkins University. This boost in infections has actually not equated into a boost in COVID-19-related hospitalizations or deaths, as the most current stress of the infection is no more virulent than previous models.
The KP.3 and KP.2 variations, both sublineages of omicron, comprise an overall of 61.3% of brand-new cases in the two-week duration ending July 6, according to the most current information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The KP.3 variation includes 36.9% of cases, and KP. 2 includes 24.4% of case