Gravitas: Wuhan virus raises alarm in US

time now for some Wuhan virus updates the picture is only getting Grimmer as millions of Americans plan their holiday travel covid cases are spreading like wildfire in some parts of the country country the number of cases has hit its highest level since last December the highest in a year the Centers for Disease Control and prevention has listed 23 States as having very high levels of covid this includes Arkansas Delaware Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Maine Maryland Massachusetts and Michigan among others another 12 states are considered to have high levels of covid this includes Alabama Arizona California col Colorado and New York the alarming rise in covid cases comes as the jn1 strain spreads rapidly around the world it has now become the fastest growing covid variant in America higher covid levels have also been detected in American Wastewater however good news is that the covid related emergency department says visits and debts still remain low now as you know it is the holiday season millions of Americans are expected to hit the road according to the US media some 115 million Americans will travel over Christmas and New Year's this year this would make 2023 the second biggest year for holiday travel in over two decades this doesn't come at a good time with a new sarian going around and it's not just the West Asian countries are also on high alert we have been bringing you updates Malaysia and Singapore have put up their guard Malaysia for one has reactivated its heightened alert system now this is an early intervention protocol based on the infection and death levels as well as a hospitalization rate Singapore Thailand and Indonesia have issued advisories asking people to mask up and get vaccinated the number of cases has shot up as much as 75% in these countries since the start of this month the number of cases is now in tens of thousands as for India 328 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours some 26 65 of them were in Kerala there was also one death in the South Indian State as of now there are close to 3,000 Active cases in India I've been telling you this since the start of the week it's about time you reach out for that mask we on world is one is now available in your country download the app now and get all the news updates on the move

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Published: Fri Dec 22 2023