Even as the Omicron variant rapidly spreads across the globe, cases of Covid-19 are likely going to keep surging, top US infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. The highly transmissible variant has outpaced Delta, to become the dominant variant, accounting for nearly three-quarters of
Fighting the omicron variant surging through the country, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for hospitals under strain and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.
Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73 per cent of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron s
The United States has recorded the first death related to the Omicron Covid-19 variant, according to media reports. It is believed to be the first known recorded Omicron death in the country where 73 per cent of the new cases are of the new Covid strain. The victim was a man in his 50s, who was unva
Some of the rapid at-home Covid-19 tests available in the US may not accurately pick up the new super mutant Omicron variant, the country s top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said.