| | | Doctors issue warning over dangerous new Covid strain in China
Latest CDC data shows the new NB.1.8.1 strain has been detected among international travelers arriving in California, Washington state, Virginia and New York City.
The patients came from nine countries — China, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, France, the Netherlands and Spain — between April 22 and May 12.
The variant has also been detected in Hawaii, Rhode Island and Ohio.
There is some alarm over the new variant which is potentially more infectious than the current dominant strains.
In China, data shows the proportion of severely ill respiratory patients with Covid has jumped from 3.3 to 6.3 percent over the last month.
The proportion of Chinese ER patients testing positive for Covid had jumped from 7.5 to 16.2 percent.
Officials in Taiwan are also reporting a surge in Covid emergency room admissions, with the number rising 78 percent in a week over the seven-days to May 3, according to the latest data available.
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