Key Takeaways
- All Virginian counties and cities are at low COVID-19 community levels. All regions are at minimal influenza levels. Statewide influenza levels are also at minimal for the first time this year.
- The COVID-19 public health emergency is set to end May 11th, changing access to free at-home COVID tests and public health data.
- One confirmed and 31 suspected cases of measles in American Samoa, which has been declared as a public health emergency. Schools there are closed through May 12th.
- European researchers identified a cryptic COVID-19 lineage in two Polish mink farms. Researchers suspect the virus is from an unknown animal reservoir.
VDH OEP Weekly Situation Update.
UVA Biocomplexity Institute Slides.
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