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Mayor Jane Castor held a virtual discussion with Dr. Charles Lockwood, senior VP with USF Health, on the current status of COVID-19 in Hillsborough County.
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You may have a family member, friend or coworker who’s received a positive COVID-19 diagnosis lately because the BA.2 omicron subvariant is really contagious. Doctors aren't telling people to panic about it, but to take care and precautions.
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University of Miami researchers have been tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants through genomic sequencing. The effort's leader says: “We are now mirroring the national trends."
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The CDC reported that the variant accounted for about 35% of new infections last week.
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Just 24% report being “extremely” or “very” worried about themselves or a family member contracting COVID-19. That's down from 36% in December and January.
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Under an order from President Biden, the Pentagon is deploying 1,000 troops to help hospitals that are experiencing a surge in patients and have a lot of employees out sick.
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Millions of individual Americans’ immune systems now recognize the virus and are primed to fight it off if they encounter omicron, or even another variant.
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Slammed by COVID-19, many U.S. hospitals have put off essential procedures. Delays are leading to consequences like heart attacks and sending people to emergency rooms to get care.
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Epidemiologist Ali Mokdad said he believes COVID will move from a pandemic into an endemic phase as omicron recedes. Still, he said, COVID has not gone away and people still need to take precautions,.
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Treatments are only available for patients at high risk for developing severe COVID-19. Select pharmacies and health facilities have supplies.