1/25/2024 0 Comments Corona virus updateIn light of recent trends and mask mandate changes around the world, along with updated guidance from leading world health organizations, Prometric will not require masks to be worn in test centers, however we will continue to allow and encourage the wearing of masks regardless of mandate or vaccination status. Please check your local government mandates before visiting a Prometric Test Center. **Includes the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.Prometric will no longer require candidates or test center personnel to wear masks unless required to do so by building management or local government mandates. Healthcare facilities use Community Transmission Levels to determine infection control interventions. CDC also provides Community Transmission Levels to describe the amount of COVID-19 spread within each county. *CDC recommends use of COVID-19 Community Levels to determine the impact of COVID-19 on communities and to take action. To learn which prevention measures are recommended based on your COVID-19 Community Level, visit COVID-19 Community Level and COVID-19 Prevention. To check your COVID-19 Community Level, visit COVID Data Tracker. Overall, 25 out of 52 jurisdictions** had high- or medium-level counties this week. Compared with last week, the number of counties, districts, or territories in the high level increased by 0.1%, in the medium level decreased by 0.9%, and in the low level increased by 0.7%. In the next and final Weekly Review on May 12, we’ll give a more comprehensive summary of the updates to COVID Data Tracker and where you’ll be able to find the COVID-19 data you need.Īs of April 13, 2023, there are 17 (0.5%) counties, districts, or territories with a high COVID-19 Community Level, 79 (2.5%) with a medium Community Level, and 3,117 (96.8%) with a low Community Level. Most data activities on COVID Data Tracker won’t be affected by the end of the public health emergency. CDC will keep a close watch on these changes and continue to communicate about their potential impact. At this time, the best ways to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 remain the same, regardless of which lineage causes infection. Newer lineages like XBB.1.9.2 and XBB.1.16, both close relatives of XBB.1.5, are starting to rise and could displace XBB.1.5. XBB.1.5 became the dominant lineage over the past few months, but it is now starting to wane as other lineages rise. The virus that causes COVID-19 is constantly changing, with new lineages emerging and then spreading or disappearing. Variant data is a good example of sustainable surveillance. CDC will continue to use all available resources to track COVID-19 and monitor its long-term effect on the United States and globally. To prepare for the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration on May 11, 2023, CDC is transitioning to sustainable national COVID-19 surveillance. Over the past three years, COVID Data Tracker has grown to incorporate county, state, national, and global data streams into more than 70 webpages of key pandemic-related information. CDC launched COVID Data Tracker in 2020 to provide state and local public health officials and communities with the COVID-19 data they need in one consolidated, easy-to-use location.
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