Latvia reopened its borders with Lithuania and Estonia on May 15, and its state of emergency ended on June 9.Some provinces are increasing restrictions. Canada's borders won't reopen for Americans until at least September 21.He later tested positive for the coronavirus two other government ministers have also tested positive, NPR reports.Īs of Tuesday, Brazil had 4,558,040 infections and 137,272 deaths. A federal judge ordered him to wear a face mask in public. Jair Bolsonaro has downplayed the pandemic and even encouraged anti-lockdown protesters - and he has argued with governors who imposed stay-at-home orders. Major city Rio de Janeiro has reopened as the country heads into its warmer months, according to Reuters, sparking fears that a hard-hit city will suffer more infections.Ī group that represents over 1 million medical professionals has accused President Jair Bolsonaro of a crime against humanity and filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court, according to NPR. Picture taken March 20, 2020.īrazil trails only the US and India in its number of infections and deaths. It often indicates a user profile.īrazil's President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask at a press statement during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil, March 20, 2020. So only time will tell how successful the fall booster plan will be.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. "Now we know the mRNA vaccine manufacturers are working to make a booster that contains BA.4 and BA.5, but by the time those vaccines are ready for distribution we may have a new circulating subvariant. In fact, in South Africa where they have high levels of immunity from vaccination and omicron infection, the BA.5 wave which has ended there was associated with less hospitalization and death than any prior waves." "But we also know they continue to prevent severe disease, hospitalization and death, and there's no evidence that that fact changes with BA.5. "Well, BA.5 is omicron, and we know the vaccinations don't do a super great job of preventing infection caused by omicron," Doron said. "There are stories of people getting infected in just a month or so after prior infection, but that is definitly not the norm." Will vaccine boosters work against BA.5? It usually protects pretty well from infection for a while, but not always." It protects you really well from severe disease. "Hybrid immunity, though - immunity from a combination of vaccination and infection - is pretty powerful.
"When a variant is immuno-based, it's going to have an easier time infecting you if you've already been infected," Doron said. It could be it's just evading immunity better, just like flu strains replace each other every year." If you had omicron already, can you still get BA.5? "It's becoming dominant because it has a growth advantage over the other variants. There's even a rumor that BA.5 is as contagious as measles. "We continue to see new variants and subvariants become dominant, and there's a misconception that that means each and every one is more contagious than the last.
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