COVID 19 AMA How Soon LA County Could Move To Orange Tier, Rising Concerns About California Virus Variant And More

Published: March 18, 2021, 10:06 p.m.

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Shruti Gohil of UCI Health and UCI’s School of Medicine. Topics today include: As L.A. eyes orange coronavirus tier, is another wave of reopenings around the corner? New California COVID-19 strain may reduce vaccine effectiveness Coronavirus strains from CA, U.K. dominate U.S. Is 3 feet enough? CDC looking at relaxing school distancing guidelines Nevada opening vaccination to everyone over 16, Ohio opening to everyone over 16 on March 29 Long haul COVID-19 in kids Danish researchers say elderly more likely to suffer repeat coronavirus infections Trust in AstraZeneca vaccine is shaken in Europe Some COVID long haulers say symptoms subside following vaccine GUEST: Shruti Gohil, M.D., professor of medicine and associate medical director for epidemiology and infection prevention at UC Irvine’s School of Medicine