The Israeli military warned Friday that it was stepping up operations in the southern Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people had fled to safety, while hospital officials said Israel bombed an area in the south where it had ordered civilians to seek shelter. At least 18 people were killed and dozens of others injured near Kuwait Specialty Hospital on Thursday, according to hospital staff members, who said the strike had hit a house in Rafah, near the border with Egypt. On Friday, the I
Are at record levels, but it s not. if you look to the left, hospitalizations are not tracking cases as much as they did during the first wave or the delta wave. now we look at deaths and you see a similar thing in the sense that the cases go way up, but the red line is the deaths i want to make sure i m clear about what we re talking about. there. there you see the coronavirus deaths. you have the same situation where in the past the first wave and the delta wave, death waves were tracking. so omicron is less severe. that is now not in dispute, yet it is still a challenge. what makes it different? omicron is less severe, however, i don t want to continue to push that narrative because i think that gives people a false sense of security. cases are rising much faster, but hospitalizations and deaths are also still rising. not only that, but we re seeing a lot of hospital staff members, physicians and nurses that are