Covid News Update

30/05/2025

🚨 New COVID Variant Alert: NB.1.8.1 Is Spreading Fast

A new COVID subvariant, NB.1.8.1 — a descendant of JN.1 — is now spreading rapidly across Asia and has been detected in the U.S., including at major airports.

🦠 Symptoms: Sore throat, fatigue, mild cough
🌍 Hotspots: Singapore, China, Thailand, U.S. entry points
⚠️ Risk Level: Mostly mild, but higher risk for vulnerable groups
💉 Vaccines: Still protective against severe illness
🛡 What to Do: Boost up. Mask up. Stay alert.

This wave may be mild, but COVID isn’t over. Staying ahead means staying informed.

30/05/2025

Dr. Paul Sax shares his thoughts on the latest FDA actions on COVID vaccines, in HIV and ID Observations. https://jwat.ch/3HsH7UI

05/05/2023

The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.

WHO's move is a step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed nearly 7 million people

27/02/2023

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/politics/china-covid-origins-us/index.html

US Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns said Monday that China will have to "be more honest about what happened three years ago in Wuhan with the origin of the Covid-19 crisis" if the US and China are going to be able to work together.

27/12/2022

Get free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 tests this winter.

https://www.covid.gov/tests

Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-⁠19 tests.

27/12/2022

What Employers and Workers Need to Know about COVID-19 Isolation & Quarantine?

Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) on COVID-19 Prevention require employers to exclude employees from the workplace under certain circumstances. While the employee is excluded, their employer must maintain their pay and benefits.

Employers in New York State are required to provide at least 5 or 14 days of job protected, paid COVID-19 sick leave to employees who need to take leave because they are under a mandatory or precautionary order of quarantine or isolation due to COVID-19.
https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/dosh_publications/Isolation-and-Quarantine-fs.pdf

15/12/2022

Biden administration makes at-home Covid tests available for free again this winter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/us/politics/free-covid-tests-biden.html

With cases on the rise, the Biden administration restarted a program that has provided hundreds of millions of tests through the Postal Service.

25/10/2022

New Yorkers Urged To Get Flu Vaccine As Experts Warn of “Twindemic” With COVID-19 Still Very Prevalent
https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/pressrelease/new-yorkers-urged-to-get-flu-vaccine-as-experts-warn-of-twindemic-with-covid-19-still-very-prevalent/

29/07/2022

Take the following steps to prevent monkeypox:
🚫Avoid close, skin-to-skin contact with people who have a rash that looks like monkeypox.
🚫Do not handle or touch the bedding, towels, or clothing of a person with monkeypox.
✔️ Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.

Learn more https://bit.ly/3HpRDbh.

28/07/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/27/monkeypox-symptoms/

The monkeypox virus has been declared a global health emergency, but it is far less transmissible than the coronavirus that causes covid-19.

19/07/2022

Monkeypox can spread in different ways, such as person to person through direct contact w/ infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids, or respiratory droplets during prolonged, face-to-face contact or during intimate physical contact. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3mYIPjq.

19/07/2022

As the omicron BA.5 subvariant spreads in NYC, its important to wear a mask in all indoor public settings. This subvariant may be more contagious and more likely to infect people who have been vaccinated, as well as those who have already had COVID-19: on.nyc.gov/covid19prevention