The next wave of Covid will first hit these American states first, experts warn
A new variant is likely to cause cases again in the country.
The United States always meets aCOVID Following the overvoltage introduced earlier this year by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant during the winter months. Fairlast weekNew infections decreased by more than 16% and hospitalizations decreased by more than 27%, according to disease control and prevention centers (CDC). But experts are not convinced that this trend will continue. In fact, many had warnings about the possibility that the United States will soon be affected by a new wave of COVID. And if this happens, some states could feel the heat earlier than others. Read it to find out where the experts expect the next point in cases will occur first.
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Cases are increasing again in some areas because of a new variant.
Covid infections further increase in some countries, largely motivated by BA.2, a new subcase that is often called Omicron's "Stealth" version. NBC News reported that almost half of the European countrieshave experienced increases In new cases of Covid recently. In the last two weeks, new reported infections have increased by60% UK.,88% in France, and67% In Italy, according toThe New York Times.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
And the experts have already warned that the United States should follow this trend. According toUnited States todayThere were at least five cases in the last two years ofCoronavirus Case of Epis In Europe, followed by a similar rise in the United States a few weeks later. "We learn a lot about the next wave that will happen to the US.S."Eric Topol, Director of the Translational Research Institute Scripps in La Jolla, California, told the publication of news. "It's going to happen. It's inevitable."
Experts say they expect the next wave of COVIDs first strikes the northeastern states.
Variant BA.2 increases slowly in force across the United States and experts say that its rise will give way to a global increase in the country. But all states are not likely to experiment with this thrust at the same time.Jeremy Luban, MD, a virologist at the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine, saidThe Washington Post that it is planned for the northeastern states ofshock From the next wave first and earlier than some might expect. In just two or three weeks, "everything in the northeast is going to be Ba.2," said Luban in the newspaper.
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Variant BA.2 is already dominant in these states.
The new CDC data show that the Ba.2 subcounty has already becomeThe dominant variant In northeastern United States, the initiate reported. This version of the virus represented 55.4% of the samples collected in the Human Health and Services Region 1 to 22 March. According to the initiate, this region covers Northeast states such as Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
"We saw about 35% of BA.2 across the country. But in the northeastern region, we saw it atabout 50 percent, "CDC DirectorRochelle Walensky, MD, said March 24, by ABC-Affiliate WPVI in Princeton, New Jersey. "That's one of the reasons why we look so carefully."
But some experts believe that the next wave will not be a major thrust.
The potential for rising cases is not an excellent news, but some experts warn people against any concern of this next wave. During March 22ndWashington Post LiveEvent, Top House White Covid AdvisorAnthony Fauci, MD, says it was likely that the United States will see aput up in the case Similar to what is happening in Europe right now because our country has also experienced increased predominance of BA.2, in parallel with a relaxation of restrictions and immunity. But he does not think we'll see a wave like Omicron brought.
"I would not be surprised at all, if we see a little increase," he said. "The extent of it and the extent to which it affects the severity of diseases such as hospitalizations and death remains to be seen. I do not really see, unless something changes dramatically, that there would be a major increase. "
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