Five years since the pandemic began, covid may now be endemic, experts say

Five years after the pandemic began, covid-19 is now more consistent with an endemic disease, U.S. health experts said.

It has become similar to influenza — an endemic disease — in terms of the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death, experts said. The coronavirus, which causes covid, is now less deadly, though it is more transmissible and is expected to continue experiencing waves, some of which could be severe, they said. The coronavirus has evolved through four variants.

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