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Omicron has not yet peaked, warns US Surgeon General
Updated On: 18 January, 2022 08:09 AM IST | Washington | Agencies
Says there will be more hospitalisations and deaths and that the next few weeks are tough for the USA
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The Omicron surge of coronavirus cases had not yet peaked in the US and the country is expected to see an increase in hospitalisations and deaths in the next few weeks, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has warned.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Dr Murthy noted the “good news” of the plateaus and drops in known cases in the Northeast, especially in New York City and New Jersey. But “the challenge is that the entire country is not moving at the same pace”, he said, adding “we shouldn’t expect a national peak in the coming days”.”The next few weeks will be tough,” he said.
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