This fact sheet, created by TMF Health Quality Institute, for health care providers and the community provides fundamental knowledge about COVID-19 variants. Evolving variants of a virus may allow it to spread more easily or make it resistant to treatments or vaccines. New variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, will continue to occur. This fact sheet highlights:
- How the virus may change
- Older adults at risk
- Case surges affect health care resources
- Variants in the United States
- Monitoring variants
Also available in United States Spanish and Puerto Rico Spanish.