Carol Sbarge, WSB-TV

Dr. Danny Branstetter said people who had documented cases in June and July last year are sick again.

Some of those infected with COVID-19 have to deal with the symptoms for weeks, months and, in some cases, more than a year.

States hit hard by spreading variants right now are seeing big increases in coronavirus cases in children.

The study looked at data from tens of thousands of people who got COVID-19. It found six months after getting the virus one in three people had psychiatric or neurological illness.

Channel 2′s Carol Sbarge looked at the numbers this season during a pandemic compared to last season.

Experts said that the second dose of the vaccine becomes fully effective after two weeks. This same timetable stands for the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

As people begin to get vaccinated and the world starts returning to normal, some healthcare workers say people are becoming less receptive to sharing key information.

The Georgia Department of Public Health officials said Tuesday that the state has confirmed 351 U.K. variant cases, 15 South African variant cases and now the Brazil variant.

Two months ago, the positivity rate of those tested for COVID-19 in Georgia was about 16%. Today, it’s only about one-third of that number.

Channel 2′s Carol Sbarge spoke to the head of the CDC department that studies and monitors the variants.