![]() ![]() Jilin city kicked off its ninth round of testing on Tuesday, with photos showing residents lining up outside in the snow, bundled up tight. Several of these cities have suspended public transport and indoor dining, closed schools and are conducting multiple rounds of mass testing for all residents. Workers carry out out epidemic prevention and control disinfection work in Qingdao, China, on March 14. ![]() It’s not yet clear whether it causes more severe disease, but some studies suggest it won’t likely lead to greater numbers of hospitalizations and deaths, partly because it emerged so soon after the original Omicron wave, so many people have protective antibodies, either from recent infection or booster shots. BA.2 has been detected in the outbreak in Jilin, according to state-run news outlet CCTV. It is now causing about 1 in 5 Covid-19 cases worldwide, with cases detected in dozens of countries including the US, according to the World Health Organization. He added that experts are seeing both BA.1 – the original Omicron – and BA.2, a subvariant that was first detected in January and nicknamed the “stealth variant” because at first glance on lab tests it can look like other Covid variants.īA.2 is about 30% more transmissible than BA.1, according to early studies from the UK and Denmark. New studies bring BA.2 variant into sharper focus Photographer: Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images Connecticut's test positivity rate dropped this week and has remained below 10% and hospitalizations are below 1,100 for the first time since late December. The highly infectious variant has now replaced Delta as the dominant strain in the country, making up about 80% of recent cases, Wu told the Global Times.Ī healthcare worker treats a Covid-19 patient on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) floor at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. One of the reasons cases have spread so fast and are harder to trace is Omicron’s milder symptoms and shorter incubation time, according to state media. ![]() Nearly half of the total infections in this outbreak have come from that province – and cases there haven’t peaked yet, officials warned on Tuesday.Īuthorities and state media say it’s still not clear how the first few outbreaks began.īut several factors – including cases imported from overseas and the prevalence of the Omicron variant – exacerbated the severity of the outbreak nationwide, said Global Times, citing Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 4,000 of Tuesday’s reported infections were reported in Jilin. Jilin province, which shares a border with North Korea, soon became a major hotspot with a university cluster that prompted public outrage online after quarantined students complained of poor conditions while isolating on campus. Students trapped in quarantine beg for help online as China faces biggest Covid outbreak since 2020 (Photo by Wang Jingxue/VCG via Getty Images) Wang Jingxue/VCG/Getty JILIN, CHINA - MARCH 10: People line up for nucleic acid testing at a temporary Covid-19 testing site on Main Jilin, Jilin Province of China. ![]()
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