The Netherlands began a 4-week nationwide lockdown on Sunday to try to slow the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant.
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variant in London, the AP reported. It will likely become the dominant form of the coronavirus in the U.S. this winter as well. “It’s going to take over,” Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday on CNN’s“It is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter,” he continued.
The U.S. is averaging nearly 130,000 new cases per day now, which is up from an average of about 70,000 new cases last month. More than 68,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 across the U.S., and more than 20% of intensive care beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients, accordingFauci urged people to get vaccinated, get booster shots, and wear masks while indoors and traveling. He said the protection from the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19About 65% of the eligible U.S.
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