surge in cases. on monday, in a series of tweets, the president has urged americans to get vaccinated, saying those who aren t will face an extremely difficult winter for theirfamilies and community. mr biden predicts omicron cases are likely to increase in the us in the coming days, even among those who are fully vaccinated. in the new york area, it s thought around 90% of new cases are omicron. and with coronavirus cases rising quickly in new york, mayor bill de blasio says the city must move faster in its response. based on everything we ve seen so far, the cases are more mild than what we ve experienced previously, but again, a lot of research we re still waiting for, lot of evidence we re still waiting for. what we do know is omicron moves very fast, it s very transmissible. it moves fast, we have to move faster. that s why we are focusing even more on vaccination and we do know that vaccination
but again, a lot of research we re still waiting for, lot of evidence we re still waiting for. what we do know is omicron moves very fast, it s very transmissible. it moves fast, we have to move faster. that s why we are focusing even more on vaccination and we do know that vaccination helps address omicron. our north america correspondent peter bowesjoins me now from los angeles. the speed is staggering in terms of the acceleration of omicron, but it comes with this mixed message. it is far more contagious, but at the same time a lot of people think it is milder. time a lot of people think it is milder- time a lot of people think it is milder. ~ . , , is milder. we are discovering in the statistics, is milder. we are discovering in the statistics, really - is milder. we are discovering in the statistics, really what. in the statistics, really what we expected and what the experts have been telling us over the last couple of weeks, that it over the last couple of weeks, thatitis ove
of tweets, the president has urged americans to get vaccinated, saying those who aren t will face an extremely difficult winter for theirfamilies and community. mr biden predicts omicron cases are likely to increase even among those who are fully vaccinated. in the new york area, it s thought around 90% of new cases are omicron. and in new york, mayor bill de blasio says the city must move faster in its response. based on everything we ve seen so far, the cases are more mild than what we ve experienced previously, but again, a lot of research we re still waiting for, lot of evidence we re still waiting for. what we do know is omicron moves very fast, it s very transmissible. it moves fast, we have to move faster. that s why we are focusing even more on vaccination and we do know that vaccination helps address omicron. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has been looking into the latest omicron data from health
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and to protect public health, to protect our nhs, and we won t hesitate to take that action. in the us, covid cases in new york rose by 60% last week. here s the mayor of new york, bill de blasio. we do know that omicron moves very fast, it is very transmissible. it moves fast, we have to move faster, that is why we are focusing even more on vaccination, and we do know that vaccination helps address omicron. so, bottom line, fast breading variant, we are going to see a surge so, bottom line, fast spreading variant, we are going to see a surge in cases for a few weeks, then we think we are going to see it start to trail off. the answer is vaccination. the key question for scientists is still how severe omicron is. here s the head of the eu s infectious diseases agency. in reports that we have