CDC monitoring COVID cases closely as respiratory viruses increase

Dr. Barbara Mahon, the deputy chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is urging everyone to get their updated influenza and COVID vaccines.

On Wednesday’s edition of “Closer Look,” Mahon told show host Rose Scott that the spread of respiratory viruses increases during the winter and the CDC is closely monitoring the spread of COVID variants in other countries to be proactive.

“We are clearly in a different phase of COVID-19, it’s not the disruptive threat that it once was, but that certainly does not mean COVID is over, “explained Mahon. During the conversation, the veteran pediatrician expressed the importance of getting vaccinated and treated for COVID to help mitigate the spread