The Latest in COVID-19 News: Week Ending Apr. 10

By the Editors

This week, researchers reported that roughly a third of patients received a neurologic or psychiatric diagnosis in the 6 months after having COVID-19, while others reported that 15% of healthcare workers with mild COVID-19 still had symptoms 8 months later.

The CDC published new guidance on travel for fully vaccinated Americans, as well as guidance for cleaning and disinfecting surfaces. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said a causal link between the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clots is "plausible, but is not confirmed." Elsewhere, researchers reported that antibody responses to the Moderna vaccine persisted for at least 6 months in phase 1 trial participants.

Catch up on all of our COVID-19 news from the week at the links below.

What Our Editors Had to Say

Andre Sofair, MD, MPH: The proportion of individuals with persistent symptoms after mild COVID mirror what I have seen in my clinical practice. I was encouraged to see the duration of antibody response after vaccination. We still need to see if individuals will have to be boosted given the variants in our communities.