The BA.2 subvariant today represents more than a third of the cases in the country. Experts confirm that it has already been detected in South Florida.
According to the transport service authority, masks are mandatory until April 18. That is the date so far. But the airlines have asked the White House to remove the mandate on planes.
While passengers in the MIA express their opinions on the mask mandate in force at the country’s airports until April 18, according to the transportation security administration.
Cases of the BA.2 subvariant continue to rise, causing more than a third of infections in the United States this week, according to the CDC.
Dr. Dadilia Garcés says: “Some studies have determined that something different from the original omicron variant is that some people have expressed fatigue, a lot of fatigue and, on the other hand, dizziness.”
The specialist added that it can be confused with a common cold, and that its spread is faster than the omicron.
“The modifications that have been detected are mainly in the spike of the crown, which is the part that enters the cell and allows the disease to be contaminated or transmitted faster, this transmission capacity is 30 times more than the original variant. of omicron”.
In December, the University of Miami lab that tests wastewater samples in Miami Dade detected omicron. Today they verified the presence of more than one subvariant.
Dr. Helena Solo-Gabriele, from the University of Miami
“The ba2 variant has been detected since January here in Miami Dade County and we are in the ba3 these days. But I think we’re in a position in the pandemic that we’re better off than we were before.”
In Florida, the positivity rate is less than 3 percent.
Citing the drop in COVID cases, airlines have asked the US government to eliminate the mandatory use of masks on planes and COVID tests to board a flight.
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