Is the US facing a surge in COVID-19 cases? Symptoms, variants, vaccines and other details – The Economic Times

It is the summer of 2024 but COVID-19 is still lingering around. There are new variants, new vaccines and a summer uptick in infections that has been reported across the US. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has noted that cases are on the rise across 39 states. The good news is that the hospitalization rate due to the new variant is low. The US too is focusing on a treating particularly vulnerable groups rather than the entire population. It is important to remain vigilant and take basic precautions. Here are all the details of this emerging threat.

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There is another variant known to be LB.1 which is responsible for 18% of all the cases in the US. It is rapidly growing and could soon become the dominant variant causing a major uptick in COVID cases in the US. All these variants are related and are descendants of Omicron which was first detected in 2021. The FLiRT variant is not known to cause any serious illness.

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What is vaccine hesitancy?This was particularly notice during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people refused to take the vaccines due to rumors that were spread and their own belief systems. This is known to be vaccine hesitancy.

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