The Omicron variant of coronavirus is going to make the start of 2022 difficult, experts say, as new infections surge, healthcare resources are strained and government agencies adapt to face changing conditions
"January is going to be a really, really hard month and people should just brace themselves for a month where lots of people are going to get infected," Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, told CNN's Michael Smerconish Monday.Between Christmas and New Year's, doctors expect the US Omicron surge to growOmicron is spreading rapidly and case numbers are already on the rise.
Omicron derails holiday plans, strains hospitals 02:23"I would urge people to wear a higher quality mask any time they're in a place with lots of people and they're going to be indoors for any extended period of time," Jha said. A surgical mask would be fine for a quick grocery store trip in an empty store, but for other events a good fitting N95 or KF94 mask provides better protection, he said.
CDC shortens recommended Covid-19 isolation period from 10 days to 5 03:27"The change is motivated by science demonstrating that the majority of SARS-CoV-2 transmission occurs early in the course of illness, generally in the 1-2 days prior to onset of symptoms and the 2-3 days after," the CDC said in a statement announcing the updated guidelines.
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