Sewage samples warn of an increase in COVID cases ahead for parts of the U.S.
A jump in coronavirus rates measured at wastewater sampling sites monitored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be signaling a coming increase in COVID-19 cases in parts of the U.S., even though overall cases are still declining.
A Bloomberg analysis of the data found that the number of sites with rising signals of cases is almost twice what it was during the period from Feb. 1 to Feb. 10, when the omicron surge was falling fast. States have moved to drop restrictions amid hopes the country is entering an endemic phase, meaning the virus is still present but no longer causing the kind of surges that can overwhelm health care systems.
China, where the virus was first detected in late 2019, is struggling to contain a wave of cases that has shut down Shenzhen, a tech and finance hub adjacent to Hong Kong in the south, and Changchun, an auto center in the northeast, the Associated Press reported. Bus service to Shanghai, China’s business capital and biggest city, has been suspended.
But for now, little is known about whether it is either more transmissible or more lethal than earlier variants and further study will be needed, the WHO has said.
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