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Omicron wreaks havoc, breaks all record in UK; coronavirus cases double in US - PM Boris Johnson further stated that along with getting the vaccine, people will have to follow all the rules of prevention from COVID-19
As the omicron variant is spreading rapidly, top federal health officials warn it could bring a massive wave of new infections to the United States as early as January. There are now confirmed cases of omicron in at least 36 states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates the new variant represents about three percent of positive U.S. cases. John Yang reports.
Omicron spreads more in respiratory airways than lungs, finds study - The study also found that Omicron infects 70 times faster than earlier COVID-19 variants but concluded that it may cause less severe illness.
Evening, meg. >> reporter: norah, good evening. as omicron quickly spreads, people are spending hours waiting in line for covid tests. here in new york city, positive cases of covid 19 have doubled in the last three days. that's up in the mayor's top health advisors said they've never seen before. tonight health officials are sounding the alarm, new covid cases are up nearly 40% in two weeks, fueled by the delta variant and omicron spread. >> it's so highly transmissible that it's just going to sweep across the country like a fire storm. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci predicts omicron could be...
The global health body informed that 77 countries have now reported cases of the Omicron variant.