COVID‑19 Variant BA.3.2 Is Spreading Quickly Across the US—a Doctor Explains What You Need to Know
BA.3.2 has been found in clinical and wastewater samples from 29 states and shows partial immune escape, raising concerns about seasonal infection increases, CDC said.
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COVID‑19 variant BA.3.2 is spreading quickly across the US—a doctor explains what you need to know
A variant of COVID-19 called BA.3.2, which has circulated under the radar since late 2024, is now spreading quickly across the United States. As a pulmonary and critical care doctor, I see many patients who are at high risk for severe COVID-19 due to chronic lung disease, as well as patients living with long COVID. All of them ask me how worried they should be about new variants of the virus.
New COVID Variant Detected in New York & US
In recent weeks, the country has been introduced to a new variant strain of COVID-19, officially named variant BA 3.2. The variant has been nicknamed ‘Cicada,’ and is an offshoot from the BA 3 variant strain of COVID that has not been widely circulated in close to four years. The BA 3.2 variant was first […] The post New COVID Variant Detected in New York & US appeared first on NYCTastemakers.
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