The COVID-19 Omicron variant accounted for approximately 95.4 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases diagnosed in the week ended Jan. 1, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an update published Tuesday. With the CDC’s finding, it suggests Omicron is highly contagious, as it was able to displace the previously dominant Delta strain in…
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling the White House’s new plan to lower meat prices “misguided,” lawmakers in Washington are urged to work remotely as Omicron spreads, and schools are ramping up Covid-19 testing for children returning from vacation.
Omicron Wrecking China’s Economy
January 4, 2022
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News Analysis Omicron is dragging down China’s economic recovery. Cases are rising and the Chinese vaccines are proving ineffective. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a “zero COVID” policy, but cases have been well above zero since the Omicron outbreak. Omicron is rising, in spite of at least 75 percent of the population being fully…
Aussie COVID-19 Testing Labs Temporarily Close Due to Demand
A series of COVID-19 testing laboratories will progressively reopen from Jan. 4 after temporarily shutting down on Jan. 3 due to overwhelming demand in the Australian state of New South Wales. This comes after officials changed the definition of “close contacts” of confirmed cases and Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Dec. 30 outlined the government’s new…
Nearly Half of Omicron Cases in Houston Hospital System Among Vaccinated: Study
January 3, 2022
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About half the Omicron cases in a major hospital system in Texas have been among the vaccinated, according to a new study funded in part by the U.S. government. Researchers with Houston Methodist Hospital and other institutions performed genome sequencing of patients with COVID-19 in the Houston area and identified 862 people with symptoms whose infections…
US Airline Industry Hit With Further Omicron-Related Disruptions Over New Year’s Day Weekend
The airline industry took a further pummeling over the busy New Year’s Day weekend, with over 4,000 flights being canceled on Jan. 2 alone, more than half of the total, numbering 2,377 in the United States alone. More than 11,200 flights on Sunday were delayed worldwide according to FlightAware.com, a site that collects commercial air…
New COVID-19 Restrictions Unlikely in England, Ministers Suggest
England is unlikely to see more COVID-19 restrictions imposed this week, ministers have indicated, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to review the rules on Wednesday. The UK government, which is responsible for public health policies in England, brought in its “Plan B” measures before Christmas, including reviving the indoor mask mandate and introducing…
UK Government Seeks to Mitigate Workforce Disruption From Omicron
January 3, 2022
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LONDON—The British government has asked public sector managers to test their contingency plans against a worst-case scenario of 25 percent staff absence as part of efforts to minimise disruption from the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. With daily infection numbers at a record high and people who test positive required to…
Oil Starts 2022 With Rally Towards $79 as Omicron Impact Concerns Ease
LONDON—Oil rose towards $79 a barrel on Monday supported by tight supply and hopes of further demand recovery in 2022 spurred in part by a view that the Omicron coronavirus variant is unlikely to significantly dampen the outlook. Libyan oil output will be cut by 200,000 barrels per day for a week due to pipeline…
Most COVID-19 Hospital Patients Admitted for Other Health Reasons NSW Health Minister
A “reasonable proportion” of COVID-19 hospitalisations in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are patients who were admitted to the hospital for other reasons but happened to test positive to routine COVID-19 virus in checks, according to the state’s Health Minister Brad Hazzard. Hazzard revealed that many of the people “hospitalised” for COVID-19…
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