An uptick of the new COVID-19 variant BA.2 is detected in San Diego's wastewater.
"As of a couple of weeks ago, we saw that the numbers were almost eighty percent and so at this point, we're assuming a majority of the cases are BA.2," said Dr. Chris Longhurst, chief medical officer at UC San Diego.Dr. Longhurst said that while the uptick is a little bit concerning it's not a big one.
Although 83.5 percent of San Diegans are fully vaccinated only about 55.6 percent are boosted, according to county data."What we've seen in getting boosted is it doesn't mean that you won't get it, but it does significantly lower the symptoms and it does significantly lower the probability that you'll get hospitalized," he said.RELATED: COVID-19 cases climb in some states due to omicron subvariant BA.
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