In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, infectious disease specialist and professor of medicine at the UCSF Medical Center. 

Topics today include: 

• Many schools in L.A. County drop COVID-era masking mandates on Monday. 

  • California’s great COVID pivot: Pandemic policies expire. 
• L.A. County’s COVID hospitalizations hit lowest level since last July. 
• What is “Deltacron”? 
• How will L.A. County find warning signs of the next coronavirus surge? 
• Which coronavirus vaccine will work in the youngest children? 
• As COVID-19 fades, what does it mean to end the pandemic health emergency? 
• Pfizer’s CEO says a 4th dose of COVID-19 vaccine will be needed, but the company is working on a shot to handle all variants. 
• China orders 51 million people into lockdown as COVID surges. 

 

This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.