FILE - Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse Maggie Bass, right, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to an unidentified person, Sept. 21, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. COVID-19 vaccines get updated each fall to match newer strains of the virus and government advisers on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, are urging that Americans' next shot target a strain called JN.1.
Wastewater testing used to determine COVID levels in a community has shown a recent sharp uptick of the virus in several states, including Alaska, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Montana and New Mexico,Emergency room visits related to COVID have also increased, spiking almost 13% in one week with the biggest jumps in Delaware, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia, though they still account for only 0.
The positive news is FLiRT variants do not appear to cause more severe illness than previous variants and the pattern of infection appears to be the same.people typically develop symptoms five or more days after exposure, though they can appear soon. People are contagious one or two days before they experience symptoms and a few days after symptoms subside.
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