The pace at which the omicron variant is spreading is quite faster than the speed at which relevant data can be collected. As per the findings and studies being conducted in the United States, the brakes need to be put on holiday gatherings or any events. Right now, the emergence of omicron is quick and it is actually taking over the pandemic. The data reveals that in the upcoming weeks the US population will be affected by the COVID-19 are being caused by the omicron strain.
Omicron Variant Updates Reach Maximum State Borders People Need To Re-evaluate Festival Plans
Since its outbreak in the South African countries, the major nations including the US banned entry from the 8 African Nations to refrain the nationals to enter the borders of the country.
As per the reports till now there are only 43 cases of the Omicron variant in the US and 20 have been confirmed by the authorities in New York State and the Governor has asked all the citizens to prevent the virus and refrain from traveling if there is no emergency.
Keeping in mind the spread of the omicron strain and the mutants it carries, several state governments have made it mandatory for the population to wear masks irrespective of the vaccination coverage.
With the rate at which it is spreading, there cannot be any particular systems of checks that can exist. As the winter season approaches, the risk of coronavirus affecting American Citizens also increases. Apart from this, the rate of transmission is another major parameter that could be useful in understanding how fast the variant would spread in a region.
Now as per many medical experts, people just need to re-evaluate their Christmas Holiday plans and try to reduce or cancel mass gatherings as it will give a major outbreak to the omicron subtype of covid 19.
The State Governments have started to keep an eye on the major public gatherings during the Christmas celebrations in the US.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that around 3 percent of the US population has been affected by the Omicron.
Also, if the rate of transmission remains high, it will hold the potential to infect a large number of people in a short period of time. To keep the things like this from happening, you will be required to follow the social distancing as well as the guidelines to wear masks every time you go out in public, stated the Federal Government.
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the booster doses have proved to be a perfect game-changer in combatting the spread of omicron infection. The increasing spread of the omicron variant will put the public health systems in check and their abilities to react to the situations.
If the situations go out of control, it will once again put the capabilities of medical systems and administration to test. It might be difficult to handle the number of patients if arrangements are not made in advance. Further, the severity of infection is still not known that making the omicron variant even more dangerous and unpredictable.
