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Dr. Ashish Jha, COVID-19 coordinator of President Biden, voiced support for Los Angeles County’s preparations to regain Maskman Date.
Los Angeles is moving at a pace to regain its universal indoor mask obligations on July 29, unless the county falls below the CDC’s “high” infection threshold by that time. Jha was asked about his move to regain the Maskman date in Los Angeles when he appeared on ABC’s “This Week.”
“My view on this is very clear. Regional jurisdictions, cities, counties and states have different communities and different patterns of infection, so we need to make decisions about mask obligations,” Jha said. explained.
“That said, the CDC also has very clear guidance on this through the COVID community level, and the CDC recommendation is that when you’re in the high zone, orange zones like LA County mask. That’s the people who wear it. Indoors are really important, and that will really make a difference. ”
What you need to know about BA.5, a vaccine-resistant variant of Omicron
At the beginning of the interview, Jha said, “It is very important to remind people of science, public health science, public health science. If you are in a crowded indoor space, especially if you have poor ventilation, the mask is for you. Reduces the risk of infection and the risk of spreading it to others, so we must continue to encourage people to do so. ”
BA.5 is the latest coronavirus variant that promotes increased infection worldwide.
According to the latest World Health Organization report, it was below 52% of cases sequenced in late June, up from 37% per week. In the United States, it is estimated to cause about 65% of infections.
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Like their closely related siblings, BA.4 and BA.5 are particularly good at Avoid immune protection Provided by either vaccination or previous infection.
BA.5 has a growth advantage over other circulating Omicron substrains, “Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, told reporters last week.
Reuters contributed to the report