Calling Omicron News Today

Hospitalized nationwide. cases appear to be leveling off in parts of the country where omicron first arrived. but the u.s. surgeon general warned yesterday that the next few weeks could be some of the toughest weve seen yet. in california hospitals are already nearing crisis levels and relief isnt expected until weeks after cases there start to subside. on the east coast, massachusetts east largest health care system is forced to cancel thousands of surgeries starting today amid a tsunami of cov...

Thats why its hard to predict how the peaks will look in different parts of the country. >> weve talked about this the whole pandemic. deaths chase cases. right? a couple weeks behind you see the other curve go up. now were seeing this happen to some degree in places where cases are slowing down. those death rates are going up. the average daily deaths are up something like 60% over the last two weeks. does calling omicron less severe in that context oversimplify the problem? clearly when youre ...

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the record numbers of people catching the new variant - which is rapidly out-competing the previously-dominant Delta variant in many countries - meant hospitals were being overwhelmed.

The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization insisted Thursday.

Norah. tonight the c.d.c. is strengthening its recommendation all adults who received either the pfizer or moderna vaccine should get their booster shots as long as its been six months since the last shot. previously, they recommended younger adults may get their boosters. also tonight "the post" reports pfizer is ready to recommended 16 and 17-year-olds get their boosters and it expects that to be approved quickly. calling omicron a variant of concern, the world health organization says it has ...

Consistent along this line is anti-vaxor campaign. we cannot wax and wain. masks and whether its necessary for those vaccinated. we have to be diligent in keeping our message consistent to say this is how we combat and hopefully start to catch up to what covid-19 is doing because right now covid is controlling the game. >> thank you for your candor and advice. appreciate it. while the omicron variant has not been detected in the u.s. yet, they are ready. new york declared a state of emergency ...

Whats your take on what we know so far? >> being its early on, one thing i credit south africa is they have a pristine system because they are used to hiv and tb and have a system to track these things. well know well get more details and scientists came back and said these were a certain small group of persons that symptoms were mild and were they vaccinated, were they young and otherwise healthy? those are questions we need to know. as we see in these next couple days, well get more and more d...

Negative pcr test. a very fast moving picture and a very difficult one for people trying to travel internationally right now. alex? >> indeed. okay. thank you so much, ralph sanchez, for that. joining me now is dr. eboni hilton. whats the most concerning thing that youve learned about this variant in the last 24 hours or so? >> the most concerning thing is that it is everywhere. we are targeting south africa as if that is the only place we have to be concerned with. we know that weve seen this v...

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Behind even further in vaccinating the globe so we have to make sure people are practicing basic public health measures which includes simply wearing a mask and n-95 mask at that. >> the u.s. is still dealing with delta and experts are predicting a winter covid surge in the coming weeks whether its omicron or more of delta or something else that could develop. how much worse could the situation get if youre throwing omicron into the mix? >> very much worse. like i said, what we know at this poin...