UK reports nursing home COVID outbreak; U.S. shows slow but steady increase

UK reports nursing home COVID outbreak involving BA.2.86 variant Toa55 / iStock CIDRAP

In a technical briefing on SARS-CoV-2 variants today, the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) revealed that, of 34 confirmed involving the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant, 28 were from a single outbreak at a nursing home, an early sign that it can spread in close-contact settings.

In other developments, the United States' main COVID indicators showed a continued slow but steady rise in COVID activity, according to the latest updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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