The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is Looking for New COVID Variants

The world is in a far better position now than it was at the beginning of the pandemic. However, it’s still too early to declare victory over COVID, as the WHO chief himself said, Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

But we all found out already that pandemic restrictions across the world are being lifted, masks will not be mandatory anymore in many places, and so on. Furthermore, there are plenty of drugs and other medical ways that the world can now use to tackle the coronavirus. Even under all of these circumstances, the world must remain cautious.

The CDC hasn’t found new COVID variants so far

DeseretNews informs that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently on the lookout for new COVID variants that could pose a threat. So far, there’s no sign of the “next Omicron” heading our way, thankfully.

Dr. Jon LaPook, who’s the CBS News chief medical correspondent, spoke with the CDC via “60 Minutes” about the next possible COVID variant. A person who works at the CDC brought some good news to the correspondent:

No, not right now. I mean, we’re tracking things but there’s nothing that appears to be the next omicron.

However, the world should always be prepared for the worst-case scenario, just in case. Here’s what Abraar Karan has to say, an infectious disease physician from Stanford University, as quoted by The Guardian:

Once we have another variant, whenever that may be, the amount of spread from that variant will depend on what kind of preparedness we do now. What are we doing to make schools, workplaces and public spaces more safe?

As we’re all hoping for the pandemic to go away once and for all, only time will tell if that will happen in 2022 or not.