under way, pfizer s ceo says he expects the omicron variant vaccine to be ready quickly, in march, which is, after all, only a few weeks away. even before we ve got an omicron variant specific vaccine, though, lots of u.s. states hit hardest in the early part of the omicron variant wave are already seeing cases decline rapidly, because we re seeing that in multiple hard-hit state, even while the variant continues to surge in states with low vaccination rate, our overall national case count is also now starting to drop. we appear to be on the downward side of the curve in terms of the omicron crush. dr. ashish aja, the dean of brown public school of public health. put it this way in the washington post, the head line as you can see it, the worst of omicron might have passed, but the pandemic is not over. dr. aja suggested that we use the next few months when we see the lower level of virus to get ready for the next surge or next
has been a decrease in the number of cases and hospitalizations. thankfully, but that is not yet what you are seeing in nebraska. tell us what is happening there on the ground. well, we re still seeing a high number of cases and hospitalizations in nebraska. i m hoping that we may have reached our peak. it looks as if perhaps the eastern part of the state where the more urban areas of the state are located may have peaked but there are plenty of areas in our state, especially rural counties in the middle and western parts of the state that probably have not yet peaked, so there s plenty of pieces in the u.s. that still have some growth to grow with the omicron variant wave. which is why you were warning people that it is not time yet to become complacent. what are the ramifications if that does happen too soon? well, it s clear that not using some of the tools that we have available, non-pharmaceutical
staggering numbers. so as you say, the latest data shows a further 88,000 people testing positive a record number in the pandemic, and 10,000 jump record number in the pandemic, and 10,000jump on record number in the pandemic, and 10,000 jump on yesterday which was the previous record. and they re mostly being driven by london, which is also now starting to see a creeping up in hospitalisations, as well, and the uk is set to follow that. we can, as i say, expect to see further records in the coming days. a leading government adviser told mps earlier that omicron has a doubling time of every two days, and the r number is between 3 5. in context, that means everyone person that has covid, that could spread between 3 5 people. professor chris whitty says he expects the peak of the omicron variant wave to be coming in currently fast, but also drop faster than other variants. so it s another record, but probably not the less we will see. find it s another record, but probably not the less