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Causing more than a thousand deaths a day across the united states and it is delta variant that is currently causing the surges across the north, northeast, and the rest of the country. it is absolutely a matter of maintaining the same precautions we ve had since the get-go of covid but also preparing for the potentially more transmissible variant of omicron but today the thing in our headlights needs to be stopping delta. on the omicron front, dr. anthony fauci says so far, signals are encouraging, at least anecdotally based on what they re seeing but clearly more is needed. considering how often guard the united states seems to be with delta, are you concerned people aren t taking omicron serious enough at this point? you know, it s a tough moment for us, phil, in public health. we don t want to raise unnecessary alarm. omicron may not turn out to be something serious but at the ....
This morning new york city mayor bill de blasio announced on nbc the city is implementing a sweeping set of vaccine mandates for all private sector employers as health officials try to limit the spread of the omicron variant. today marks the official start of sweeping new testing requirements for travelers. all air travelers are required to show proof of a negative test taken no more than one day before their flight. meanwhile, the spread of covid domestically is-esque mating. the 7-day average of daily new cases in the u.s. has jumped above 120,000. with more than 1300 deaths on average every single day. those numbers are a sober reminder that so much more work needs to be done to combat the current spread of delta. even as officials work to combat the future spread of omicron. and there are some potential signs of hopeful news on the omicron front with dr. fauci saying yesterday that there has been, quote, encouraging preliminary evidence that ....
Already learned a few moments ago that the first case of the omicron variant has been detected in the u.s. we expect to hear more about this, in fact from dr. fauci in a few minutes. this morning there were 24 countries with the omicron variant, now with the united states it s 25. joining me now with the latest on the omicron front is the world health organization s chief scientist. doctor, i want to start with, like i said, i called it inevitable breaking news. it seems as if now, this variant is not something that can be contained. is that fair to say at this point? in the sense that it has already, as you know, been detected in many countries, even before the south africans reported it on the 24th of november, we know now from ....
Cnbc dom chui is all over this and our friend josh brown, tom, what could we expect today in friday was a blood bath. so, stephanie, it depends on data, not just on the omicron front, the economic data front. for today what we re witnessing on the early going on wall street is that the relief rally, this recovery from the worst day like you said for the dow since october of last year, for those keeping track, we have to get back 905 points as stef pointed out. 353 points for the nasdaq. now if you look at the tickers below you, that is what you want to keep in mind. markets during the covid pandemic has been largely about two general categories of companies. those that benefit during economic slowdowns and during stay-at-home and work at home type restrictions and those that benefit as the economy grows and people start to get out, travel and leisure. so the same thing played out on friday and this morning. sell-off on friday focused on ....