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Free coronavirus testing is reduced in L.A. County despite rising cases
The global coronavirus caseload dips for a second consecutive week, but the WHO reports a new subvariant that combines the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains.
U.S. regulators say GlaxoSmithKline’s antibody drug should no longer be used because it is likely ineffective against the new Omicron subvariant.
The Burbank Democrat announced the infection Tuesday but said he was ‘feeling fine, and grateful to be vaccinated and boosted.’
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The increases are modest, and it’s unclear whether this a brief hiccup, the beginning of a larger wave of cases or something in between.
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