New York, January 1, : .The US is currently in a state of chaos due to the latest coronavirus combination with Omicron, Delta, and other variants.
While the Federal Government still hopes that its vaccine policy will turn the tables, the government remains optimistic. The US broke its record for daily new coronavirus cases with more than 580,000 Covid-19 patients on Thursday.This surpasses the previous milestone of Wednesday.The Thursday count surpassed the 488,000 cases that were reported on Wednesday.This was almost twice the number of last winter’s highs, Xinhua news agency reported.
According to The New York Times (NYT), “The record-breaking back-to-back days indicate the virus’s rapid spread.” They also noted that deaths and hospitalisations haven’t increased as quickly, which is further evidence that Omicron seems milder than Delta, and that it causes less severe illnesses.
It also noted that deaths have fallen by 5 percent in the last two weeks with an average daily of 1,221 and hospitalisations are up by only 15% to an average daily of 78.781 each day.
As the Omicron variant spreads quickly and employees demand Covid-19 testing, urgent care centers across America are struggling to figure out what to do.The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that some locations are being closed for several days.
People are increasingly turning to non-emergency facilities for Covid-19 testing.At-home kits can be difficult to find.According to the report, urgent care workers are being tested positive for coronavirus by their doctors and cannot work.
This is similar to airlines that cancelled thousands of flights in December.
CityMD, an urgent care chain in New York City, has closed 31 locations, 12 of which were on Wednesday.
According to a spokeswoman, more clinics could be closed.Northwell Health-GoHealth Urgent Care has temporarily shut down 10 of the 55 New York locations it operates in recent days.
Airlines have been cancelling more than 1000 flights per day as they head into New Year’s weekend.This is because return flights are expected to produce another boom in travel.
According to NYT, “Carriers, their staff, and the Omicron variant of the Pandemic have claimed that the current chapter has severely affected the capacity to staff flights even though the vast majority of crew are fully vaccinated.”
According to FlightAware, JetBlue was one of the most affected airlines, having cancelled 17 percent of its flights Thursday.
On Wednesday, the carrier announced that it will cut approximately 1,280 flights by mid-January.This was due to the increase in viruses in the Northeast where the airline’s operations and crews are concentrated.
According to Transportation Security Administration estimates, up to 10 million passengers could fly between Thursday and Monday.According to the Transportation Security Administration estimates, while airlines had been making preparations for holiday rushes for months, these measures proved insufficient given the fast-changing environment and frustrated passengers.
According to experts in infectious diseases, the rapid rise in Omicron infection in the US could be quite brief.It may have occurred in weeks, rather than months.
According to some forecasts, coronavirus infection could reach its peak in January.
Omicron is likely to be fast.Although it won’t always be simple, it will be very quick.”A lot of people will be familiar with Covid-19 by the spring,” William Hanage (an epidemiologist at Harvard T.H.According to Chan School of Public Health.
The Joe Biden administration informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that it has the power under federal law to require large employers to have a national vaccine requirement or test.This means that the court shouldn’t stand in the way that a program which will save thousands lives is possible, according the report.
Federal filings stated that the nation faces a pandemic of unprecedented proportions, which is threatening and killing thousands of people.Any delay in implementing the requirement will lead to unnecessary illnesses, hospitalisations, deaths, and workplace exposure.
On January 7, the Supreme Court will hold a hearing to hear challenges to rules of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.The US Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit approved it earlier in December.
However, a coalition of Republican-led states and business groups are challenging the decision.
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