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New BQ mutations could drive surge in COVID-19 cases

Cases caused by BQ variants have more than tripled this month in New York/New Jersey

10/21/2022

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New BQ mutations could drive surge in COVID-19 cases

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Cases caused by BQ variants have more than tripled this month in New York/New Jersey

Experts are raising red flags about two new COVID-19 variants that landed in New Jersey and New York City this fall and that are so highly contagious, they could drive a new surge in COVID-19 cases. BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 are both mutations of the familiar BA.5 strain, said epidemiologist Stephanie Silvera of Montclair State University.

10/21/2022

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