A new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

COVID-19 cases are rising again as a new variant begins to circulate in some parts of the world. The World Health Organization said Wednesday the rise in cases is primarily in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.

Airport screening in the United States has detected the new variant in travelers arriving from those regions to destinations in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York.

The new variant is called NB.1.8.1. It arrives as the United States’ official stance on COVID-19 vaccination is changing. On Tuesday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 shots are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women — a move immediately questioned by several public health experts.

  • SinningStromgald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I’m sure the head of the HHS in America will prioritize making sure everyone gets a supply of leeches, vitamin A, chicken noodle soup, and scalpels for blood letting. Because science shows those are the real cures not any of that GMO RNA spike protein DNA nonsense those lab wackos come up with.