US, new omicrons

And is virus blowing in the Asian wind? US https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#variant-proportions BA 4, 5.4% BA 5, 7.6% BA.4 and BA.5, first detected in South Africa, early 2022 Now, at 13% of cases Last week, 7.5% of cases Probably mostly immune escape UK https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-case-data-6-may-2022 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-variants-genomically-confirmed-case-numbers/variants-distribution-of-case-data-27-may-2022 Last 90 days (updated 7th June) BA.1, 2,175508 BA.2, 469,309 XE, 2,009 BA.4, 289 BA.5, 219 ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights Percentage of the community population that had COVID-19 1.44% in England (1 in 70 people) 1.30% in Wales (1 in 75 people) 1.33% in Northern Ireland (1 in 75 people) 2.01% in Scotland (1 in 50 people) Long covid, UK, as of 1st May 2022 2.0 million 3.1% of the population 72% for at least 12 weeks 42% at least one year 19% at least two years Symptoms Fatigue 55% Shortness of breath 32% cough 23% muscle ache 23% Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities 1.4 million people (71% of those with self-reported long COVID). More LC after delta than omicron (in double-vaccinated people) Self-reported long COVID was almost twice as common after Delta than after Omicron BA.1 infections North Korea https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/opinion/north-korea-covid.html Dr. Mike Ryan we have real issues in getting access to the raw data and to the actual situation on the ground It is very, very difficult to provide a proper analysis to the world when we don’t have access to the necessary data Extensive use of Sinovac Jean H. Lee Chronic food shortages Since a massive famine in the 1990s Fruit, vegetables and meat are luxuries Malnutrition shows, splotchy skin, sunken cheekbones, gaunt frames Most hospitals and clinics do not have heat, medicine or supplies North Korean nurses washing syringes Doctors and patients bundle up in quilted jackets One North Korean doctor, relied on preventive care because she had no medicine, not even for diarrhea, which she said kills scores of North Korean children every year North Koreans living in mountainous areas China https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/china Cases, 2,101,049 Deaths, 14,615 Fully vaccinated, 89.05% Doses administered 3.5 billion Government notice, Dandong https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/90KdrMD4Gc7WVFfnnN4WCw https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-07/china-fears-wind-is-blowing-covid-virus-in-from-north-korea try not to open windows in southerly weather for residents along the river, and do not disperse pigeons during the epidemic Airborne transmission of respiratory viruses https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd9149 Long-range airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 has been observed, hotel quarantines, in a large church Half live of virus in aerosols One to to 3 hours SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2 (laboratory-generated aerosols) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices