Joe Biden stressed the importance of vaccinated people getting a booster and of those who have yet to be vaccinated receiving their first shot.
Washington:
President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will start to spread much more rapidly in the United States and urged Americans to get vaccinated or boosted.
“The only real protection is to get your shot,” he said, predicting “a winter of severe illness and death” for the unvaccinated.
He spoke as America is growing more and more nervous over the latest chapter of the nightmare that is the coronavirus pandemic.
As of December 1, the average of new daily cases of infection was 86,000. On December 14, it had shot up to 117,000 — an increase of 35 percent.
Biden stressed the importance of vaccinated people getting a booster and of those who have yet to be vaccinated receiving their first shot.
Health ministers from the G7 on Thursday called for international cooperation in the face of the Omicron strain, which they called the “biggest current threat to global public health.”
The outbreak linked to the new variant has spread globally, and more European nations are implementing travel restrictions.
The United States, the hardest-hit country in the world, is currently averaging 1,150 Covid-19 deaths per day, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Americans do seem to be in for a rough winter.
Broadway shows are being cancelled because of more and more positive tests among drama companies.
