The omicron variant has been confirmed in all 50 states roughly three weeks after it was first detected in the U.S., according to an NBCNews tally.
to send players to the Beijing Olympics next month amid the Covid surge.at the University of Washington, which maintains one of the leading pandemic models, updated its forecasts Wednesday to include the projected spread of omicron.
Dr. Christopher Murray, a professor of health metrics sciences and the institute's director, said omicron will likely spread to most countries by the end of December, and the world could see “an enormous surge in infections” in coming months. The institute’s models estimate that more than 3 billion Covid-19 infections could be recorded globally between now and the end of March, driven primarily by the highly contagious omicron variant.
In South Africa, where omicron was first detected, case numbers have dropped significantly this week, casting a glimmer of hope for outbreaks in other countries. After hitting a high of some 27,000 new cases Thursday, the number declined to about 15,424 on Tuesday, The Associated Press reported.
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