Aaron Katersky ABC News- January 31, 2022 - KRDO’s Morning News

Some positive news on the COVID-front: nationwide hospitalizations are down more than 11% from last week, with new infections dropping more than 32% over the past two weeks. But there have still been 3.8 million cases reported over the past seven days. Vaccine distribution has also stalled among eligible children over 5 with less than 40 percent fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, scientists are tracking an omicron subvariant called BA-2 – now detected in at least 29 states and accounting for less than 1% of all COVID cases in the US. British researchers have that vaccines appear to be just as effective against BA-2 as they are against the original BA-1 omicron and delta.