#omicron subvariant
CDC and Hawaiʻi DOH recommend bivalent booster
The Hawai‘i Department of Health is recommending the use of the first bivalent booster vaccines designed specifically to protect against original COVID-19 and the most common forms of COVID-19 circulating in Hawai‘i now, the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants.
DOH confirms new omicron mutation in Hawaiʻi, likely on Oʻahu
Eight cases of the omicron mutation have shown up in Hawai’i, and they are believed to be on O’ahu — although location confirmation will be a couple weeks out, according to state Department of Health Laboratories Division Administrator Dr. Edward Desmond.