Just beyond our first batch of holidays since Christmas and New Year's Eve - which led to a massive Omicron spike - the medical community is watching closely for a potential rise in cases after this past weekend’s Easter and Passover celebrations.
Although the numbers remain low by comparison, people should remember there is still a risk, Brewer says.
The bump in cases comes as mask-wearing may become more of an exception than a rule. A federal judge in Florida on Monday struck down the Biden administration’s mask mandate for public transportation, most notably airplanes, and airlines including Delta, American, and United have already made mask-wearing optional.But on the same day, Philadelphia’s indoor mask mandate wentafter city Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, said there had been a 50% rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases in 10 days.
Meanwhile, cases of the highly infectious Omicron subvariants continue to crop up, though it is still unclear whether people who have contracted Omicron are immune, says Daniel Kuritzkes, MD, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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