Hi all, The good news is that overall levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are low in wastewater across the United States. We are seeing descendent variants of XBB that are putting pressure on XBB 1.5, but none of them is taking over which reassures us that the newer variants will not cause a big wave soon. Hospitalizations and emergency room visits for COVID are also very low now. There was a bit of a scare in New York City this week as reported wastewater showed a very high concentration of virus, but it turns out that this was because of an accidental misinterpretation of wastewater data from a site that recently had significantly increased their sensitivity. So,
Dear Ruth,
Thank you so much for this update.
Your link to the European plans to update next fall booster seems to be wrong (5th paragraph of the newsletter).
I suppose this is the right link:
https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/covid-19-vaccines-composition-variants-statement-ECDC-EMA_0.pdf
Thanks again and have a nice sunday
Manuel
Portugal
Obrigado Manuel for the correct link!
Thank you!