Weekly CA-COVID Update 7/19/22

California

New COVID-19 infections in parts of California may be surging even higher than winter’s Omicron wave, potentially explaining why so many people seem to be infected simultaneously…

State public health officials announced guidance for the 2022-23 K-12 school year with no mask requirement for students or staff…

Coronavirus

COVID-19 vaccines are now authorized and recommended for children aged as young as six months in the United States, although vaccine uptake for children aged younger than 11 years in the U.S. has been slow, and prior research has shown that nearly 25 percent of U.S. parents were vaccine hesitant before the pandemic…

In Europe, BA.4/5 is driving a case surge…

Moderna will advance two Omicron vaccine candidates, one designed against the BA.1 variant and another against the BA.4 and BA.5…

Federal officials are urging schools to assess and improve campus air quality during summer break as COVID-19 levels remain elevated throughout the country…