LOS ANGELES — This week, the Food and Drug Administration approved four updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting the latest strain, “XFG Variant.”

This as COVID vaccine guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pending.

The latest figures show the number of respiratory cases in the U.S. and California remain “very low” with COVID cases remaining low, but increasing.

Community viral activity connected to COVID in the state is moderate, according to the CDC.

Former Spectrum News 1 worker Rubi Barragan is recovering from COVID and shares that she has heard from several people who have tested positively recently.

Dr. Neal H. Patel who has a private practice in Orange talks about what he recommends to patients as far as COVID vaccines.

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