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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 we've seen yet. in california hospitals are already nearing crisis levels and relief isn't 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 covid patients. and more rural hospitals, the problem is more dire. skyrocketing cases among staff is...

That's why it's hard to predict how the peaks will look in different parts of the country. >> we've talked about this the whole pandemic. deaths chase cases. right? a couple weeks behind you see the other curve go up. now we're 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 you're talking about a wave this big, it's not less severe on the hospitals. >> no. and you and i have...

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 it's 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 the potential to pose a very high global risk as it is loaded with more mutations than delta. first...