Doctors are reporting that along with cough and cold symptoms associated with COVID, children are coming in with “itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes, not seen in earlier waves.”
Cindy Krischer Goodman | South Florida Sun Sentinel
A new omicron subvariant is spreading across the country with an odd potential symptom: conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye., a surveillance company that tracks emerging variants across the nation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discovered the variant known as XBB.1.16 or arcturus makes up as much as 5% of new COVID cases in Florida.
Arcturus was first detected in January in India, where it has triggered a majority of new COVID-19 cases and has particularly impacted the nation’s youth. The World Health Organization has flagged it as a variant to watch.Arcturus was responsible for 9.6% of new infections for the week ending April 22, according to CDC. That percentage is up from about 6% of cases the week before and about 3% two weeks earlier.
Public health experts believe arcturus’ percentage will increase in the coming weeks in Florida and other parts of the country, possibly setting it up to become the next dominant coronavirus strain in the United States. However, cases thus far haven’t caused healthcare providers to be concerned about an uptick in severe illnesses, hospitalizations or deaths in the weeks ahead.
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