“There is concern that the rate of infection spreading is already so high as we head into the holiday season,” said an epidemiologist. “We’re definitely headed into our next surge.” Most cases and deaths have been reported in unvaccinated people.
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches and U.S. roads and airways fill up, officials are raising concerns about further COVID spread, especially as Europe’s battle against rising cases heats up.
“There is concern that the rate of infection spreading is already so high as we head into the holiday season,” said Amber D’Souza, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told The Hill in an interview. “We’re definitely headed into our next surge.” On the vaccine front, shares of Biocept BIOC, -0.84% climbed 4% after the provider of liquid cancer tests said it now offers a single test that can detect and distinguish between SARS-CoV-2 and influenza. Pfizer PFE, +0.79%, meanwhile, announced that a longer-term late-stage trial from it and partner BioNTech show their COVID vaccine is effective for 12 to 15-year-olds.
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