{"id":533307,"date":"2023-01-01T05:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-rapidly-spreading-in-us-cdc\/"},"modified":"2023-01-01T05:55:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T02:55:40","slug":"new-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-rapidly-spreading-in-us-cdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-rapidly-spreading-in-us-cdc\/","title":{"rendered":"#New COVID variant XBB.1.5 rapidly spreading in US: CDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a307fc16f149\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>The strain, known XBB.1.5, accounts for about 41% of confirmed COVID cases across the nation, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#variant-proportions\">the data shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mutation has gained considerable traction over the past week, the CDC noted \u2014 jumping from just 21% seven days ago. <\/p>\n<p>It was first reported in mid-November and has now overtaken the BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 variants, which dominated cases in the fall.<\/p>\n<p>XBB.1.5, a relative of the XBB strain, has mainly been reported in the northeastern section of the US, the health agency said. <\/p>\n<p>Over 70% of COVID cases in New York through Maine are now XBB.1.5.<\/p>\n<p>The strengthening variant could pose a problem amid the busy holiday <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> season, experts have warned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Chart of Omicron variants.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        Variant XBB.1.5 accounts for about 41% of confirmed COVID cases across the nation.                                  <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">covid.cdc.go<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Chart of Omicron variants.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n                                        XBB.1.5 was first reported in mid-November.                                 <\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">covid.cdc.go<\/span><br \/>\n                                                            <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\n                            Advertisement                       <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re projecting that it\u2019s going to be the dominant variant in the Northeast region of the country and that it\u2019s going to increase in all regions of the country,\u201d Dr. Barbara Mahon, director of the CDC\u2019s proposed Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/covid-variant-xbb-1-5-cdc-tracking-us-cases\/\">told CBS News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Pekosz, a virologist at Johns Hopkins University, said XBB.1.5 appears to be highly immune evasive because it has an additional mutation that makes it bind better to cells.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe virus needs to bind tightly to cells to be more efficient at getting in and that could help the virus be a little bit more efficient at infecting people,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/12\/30\/covid-news-omicron-xbbpoint1point5-is-highly-immune-evasive-and-binds-better-to-cells.html\">Pekosz told CNBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Coronavirus molecule\" class=\"wp-image-25200832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chart-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Over 70% of COVID cases in New York through Maine are now XBB.1.5.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, despite its rapid spread, there\u2019s little indication XBB.1.5 causes more severe illness or poses any greater danger to those infected compared previous strains, Mahon said. <\/p>\n<p>Still, experts are urging caution as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#new-hospital-admissions\">COVID hospitalizations have risen<\/a> in the US in recent weeks as the nation just celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>In the last week weeks of December, hospitalizations rose 3.6% across the US. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the number of COVID hospitalizations aren\u2019t expected to reach the level they did last winter.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00\">deaths from the virus in the US<\/a> have remained steady. In the last week of 2022, 2,530 Americans died from the virus, compared to 17,048 over the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>The XBB strain has been detected in at least 70 other counties, the World Health Organization said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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