New York City sees spike in COVID-19 cases from new variant EG.5

New York City sees spike in COVID-19 cases as new variant EG.5 becomes dominant strain in the U.S. As of Monday, the Bronx and Queens have the most cases out of the five boroughs. CBS New York

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It looks like Omicron, but it's dodging immunity a little bit more. It's kind of like the new thing that's going to happen with COVID every single time, which is we'll see it change a little bit enough just for it to kind of stay relevant," said Dr. Eric Cioe Pena, vice president of the Center for Global Health of Northwell Health.

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