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Utah doctors encourage vaccines – COVID and flu – in run-up to winter
Utah had a very active COVID-19 summer and health care officials are predicting a possible surge this winter. A new subvariant called XEC has rapidly spread through Europe and is slowly making its way to the United States. It’s also quite contagious. “We could be in for another surge this winter,” said Dr. Andrew Pavia, chief of the division of pediatric infectious diseases at University of Utah Health and director of hospital epidemiology at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, during a press conference Wednesday. “At this time, we can’t say when it will happen for ...
