Club Updates – March 23
COVID-19 restrictions have eased alongside the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths dropping. One model eCOVID-19 infection rates continue to fall as new variants BA.2 Omicron and Deltacron emerge. About 35% of new cases are caused by the BA.2 Omicron sub-variant, up from 22.3% for the week ending March 12, reports Reuters. Overall, the seven-day moving average of new cases was down nearly 18% as of March 19. Despite the declining rates, the new BA.2 Omicron subvariant is more transmissible than Omicron, which caused the massive surge this past winter. Visit our Coronavirus Resource Center for the most up-to-date information on COVID-19.
Featured
- Deltacron and Stealth Omicron Differences Explained as COVID Infections in UK Surge Again, Independent
- How Protected Are We Against COVID-19? Scientists Search for a Test to Measure Immunity, CNN
New Resources
CDC
- People in the US Can Now Order 4 More Free COVID Tests Online, NBC News
- A Plan to Become the Nexus of Information About Infectious Disease Threats, Bloomberg
- CDC Email: Let’s Do Better With ‘Our Data’, Politico
- The COVID Restrictions for Flying in the US According to the CDC, NJ.com
- CDC Releases New COVID-19 Community-level Tracker as Cases Decrease Across the Nation, SoMD News
WHO
- World Health Organization is Monitoring Deltacron, Stealth Variants of COVID-19, WBAY
- WHO Blames Rising COVID Cases in Europe on Curbs Lifted Too Soon, The Guardian
Vaccine Updates
- Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine Works Safely in Young Children, Company Says, WSJ
- Beaumont Study Shows Effectiveness of COVID-19 Boosters in Hospitalized Patients, Detroit News
- ‘Reassuring’ Data Suggests Johnson & Johnson Vaccine May Still Have a Role to Play Against COVID-19, CNN
- Who Should Get a 4th COVID Shot?, NYT
- COVID News: Many Adults in US Remain Unvaccinated Amid Warnings of New Surge, NYT
State Updates
- Crushed No More: California Wine Country Tourism Rebounds From COVID hits to Economy, North Bay Business Journal
- Spring Break 2022: Florida Reports 10,000 COVID Cases, 863 Newly Reported Deaths in a Week, Palm Beach Post
- Health Officials Warn of ‘Stealth Omicron’ COVID-19 Variant Spreading in Georgia, Fox 5 Atlanta
- Kentucky COVID State of Emergency is Over, Secretary of State Makes it Official, Lex18
- Local Massachusetts Health Officials Urge Public to Stay Vigilant About COVID, CapeCod
- New York City’s Renewed Vibrancy Is Hiding Deep Economic Pain, Bloomberg CityLab
- COVID-19 in N.C.: What Now?, NC Health News
- Pa. Weekly COVID Update: Metrics Still Decreasing as ‘Stealth Omicron’ Variant’s Presence Grows, Lehigh Valley Live
- Two Fairfax County, Va., COVID Vaccination Sites to Close This Weekend, WTOP
- Virginia, the First State to Set COVID Workplace Rules, Drops Them, NY Times
- Washington Adapts to Virus Even as Experts Say ‘COVID-19 Will be With us for a Long Time’, KOMONews
Comfort with Indoor Dining Reaches Pandemic-High: A recent survey from Evercore ISI shows 74% of people say they are comfortable with dining in at a restaurant, the highest percentage since the start of the pandemic. See full article here.
News Updates
- White House says Administration is Out of Money for COVID Testing, Treatment and Vaccines Without New Funding, CNN
- US Travel Industry Urges White House to Lift COVID Restrictions, Mask Mandate, Reuters
- COVID Infection Associated with a Greater Likelihood of Type 2 Diabetes, According to Review of Patient Records, Washington Post
- A New COVID Variant is Spreading Across the US, Here’s What You Need to Know About BA.2, Chicago Sun-Times
- Pfizer, Unicef Strike COVID-19 Pill Deal, WSJ
- AstraZeneca COVID Drug Neutralises Omicron Sub-variants in Lab Study, Reuters
- As Offices Open and Mask Mandates Drop, Some Anxieties Set In, NY Times
- After COVID-19 Made Americans Better Tippers, Inflation Could Change That, WSJ
- US Flying Blind to Potential COVID-19 Resurgence, Experts say, as States Scale Back on Testing, Data Reporting, ABC News
- America is Moving on From COVID, But the New Omicron Subvariant is Already Here and Experts Say it’s 50 Percent More Contagious, Fortune
- Fauci Says U.S. Unlikely to See Surge From New COVID-19 Variant, The Hill
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Stay Up to Date
The National Club Association is continuing to closely monitor this crisis and will provide you with the best information available to help your club during this difficult time. Please visit NCA’s Coronavirus Resource Center. To submit questions or to share your club’s resources and plans, please use this link. For more information, contact Phil Mike at 202-822-9822 or [email protected].