Here are the latest COVID-19-related updates for manufacturers:

• The CDC has unveiled this “COVID-19 quarantine and isolation calculator” to help determine when, and for how long, people who have COVID-19 or have been in close contact with the virus need to stay home or get tested.
• The federal government has launched a new COVID-19 website, dubbed a “one-stop shop” for locating everything from taxpayer-funded N95s to antiviral pills.
• The CDC has published these examples of successful COVID-19 vaccination programs for employees.
• U.S. officials have authorized the use of a second COVID-19 booster for those 50 and older.

Meanwhile, the Omicron subvariant BA.2 (up to 60% more transmissible than original variant) is now the dominant strain in the U.S. Here are the latest reports on COVID-19 trends in Ohio (including by county) and nationwide. 4/1/2022