As we near the end of 2022, China reports a sudden surge in COVID cases. We supposedly spent a COVID- free year only to be greeted with the pandemic making an appearance and setting base for the new year. China just this month reported a sudden increase in COVID cases as the new variant BF.7 was discovered to be the cause. Feeling deja vu yet?   So far, according to reports from China’s health department authorities,  almost 37 million Chinese citizens have been infected with COVID-19 in just a week. Around 248 million people in China may have  been infected in just the first 20 days of December, according to China’s National Commission. This is almost 20 percent of China’s population.  What is the BF.7 strain of Omicron COVID-19 variant? Should we be worried? The sudden increase in COVID

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