The arrows once again point in the wrong direction in the USA, where on average more than 100,000 new cases of infection have been registered per day in the last week.
The number of registered corona cases increased by 40 percent last week compared to the week before, according to figures from John Hopkins University.
Admission rates are also rising. US Chief of Infection Control Anthony Fauci paints a bleak picture of the corona situation in the country:
– We have an average infection rate of around 117,000 cases. We have an increase in admission numbers. The death toll is still over a thousand. In addition, when you look over your shoulder, the omicron variant, which we know from what is happening in South Africa and the United Kingdom, is a highly contagious virus, Fauci said, according to CNN.
INFECTION MANAGER: Anthony Fauci is one of America’s foremost infection control experts and has become a very famous face during the corona pandemic. Photo: NTB / Greg Nash / Pool via REUTERS
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61.8 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated against covid-19, according to John Hopkins University. At a press conference on the coronavirus on Thursday, President Joe Biden made a clear message to Americans who have chosen to say no to the vaccine.
“I want to send a message directly to the American people: As a result of the measures we have introduced against the omikron variant, it has not spread as fast as it would otherwise,” he said, adding:
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– But it is here now and spreading, and the number of infections will increase (…) We are facing a winter of serious illness and death for the unvaccinated – for themselves, for the families and for the hospitals that they will overload . But that’s good news: If you’ve been vaccinated and received a third dose, you’re protected from serious illness and death, he said, according to CNN.
– Tougher than I imagined
He requests to book an appointment to take a third dose of vaccine:
– Go and take a third dose of vaccine if you have received two doses. If you have not received it, take the first dose. It’s time, he says, adding that it is “critically important” to take the third dose.
The United States passed 800,000 corona-related deaths on Tuesday since the pandemic began, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States has the highest corona-related deaths in the world. The country’s population makes up 4 percent of the world’s population, but accounts for around 15 percent of the 5.3 million known corona – related deaths worldwide after the virus spread from China two years ago.
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