Weekly Update August 22, 2022 – Omicron-specific COVID-19 Booster May Arrive in a Few Weeks
California Schools have fewer COVID Rules
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Omicron subvariants BA.4.6 and BA.2.75 are here. How concerned should California be?
Health officials are watching the two coronavirus subvariants to determine whether they will eventually become worrisome in the state.
L.A.’s Kitson Boutique Bans COVID-19 Masks
Fraser Ross bans face coverings at his Beverly Hills store Kitson, citing robberies by masked criminals.
California Schools have fewer COVID Rules
The general move away from expansive masking and testing requirements reflects officials’ confidence in the other tools at schools’ disposal and comes as California is enjoying sustained drops in newly reported infections and coronavirus-positive hospitalizations.
Omicron-specific COVID-19 Booster May Arrive in a Few Weeks
The new booster ‘will become available by early to mid-September,’ if the FDA and CDC authorize shots, a top White House official said this week.