Omicron has overtaken delta and now accounts for upwards of 70% of coronavirus cases in the United States, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
(NEW YORK) Amid a renewed surge of coronavirus infections and hospitalizations across the country, and concerns surrounding the newly discovered omicron variant, health experts are again pleading with Americans to get vaccinated, and if fully vaccinated and eligible, to get a booster. "Do not wait. Go get your booster if it's time for you to do so," President Joe Biden said earlier this week during an address at the White House. "If you are not vaccinated, now is the time to go get vaccinated and to bring your children to go get vaccinated." Although it is still unclear whether the omicron variant is more transmissible, if it causes more serious illness or impacts vaccine effectiveness, the World Health Organization said on Monday that the overall global risk is assessed as "very high," due to the variant's mutations. In light of the global whirlwind of concern, vaccine makers are currently testing the shots' effectiveness, and announced p