and the strange case of Chine continues

US

Omicron BA.2

Nationally, 3% over last two weeks

Cases, + 31,000

Higher in New York City (cases up 39% in past 2 weeks)

Washington, D.C.

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-da....ta-tracker/#new-hosp

Hospital patients down 8.2% past week

Covid-19 Wastewater Monitoring in the U.S.

SARS-CoV-2 virus concentration (copies / mL of sewage)

https://biobot.io/data/

The level of virus in wastewater is a leading indicator,

meaning it precedes the change in clinical case counts or hospitalizations.

Philadelphia

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/0....4/11/us/philadelphia

Monday, reinstate indoor mask mandate

First major U.S. city to do so

Cheryl Bettigole, health commissioner

This is our chance to get ahead of the pandemic

Cases, + 142

(Omicron wave, + 4,000)

knowing that every previous wave of infections has been followed by a wave of hospitalizations,

and then a wave of deaths,

then it will be too late for many of our residents

White House, Dr. Ashish K. Jha

We’ve got to watch this very carefully,

But I don’t think this is a moment where we have to be excessively concerned

Right now that is showing an uptick,

but not showing substantial changes in what we should be doing

Mayor Eric Adams, New York City

Tested positive on Sunday

Diabetic

I feel fine, no fever, no running nose, no aches and pains

I would probably have had different outcomes if I was not vaccinated and boosted

Shanghai

China has reported more than

200,000 locally transmitted cases

Most mild or asymptomatic

One case, currently categorized as “severe”

No deaths reported in the current outbreak

US State department

Nonemergency U.S. consulate, ordered out

Americans should avoid traveling to China,

arbitrary enforcement of local laws and Covid-19 related restrictions

25 million locked down since 1st April

Some family separations

Liang Wannian, senior official, China’s National Health Commission

We cannot let our guard down

people first, lives first

lying flat is not an option for China

Over 60s in China

264 million

40 million of them unvaccinated

Infections among this group inevitable

Guangzhou

30 cases

PCR testing 18 million