The White House Administration has been keeping an eye on each and every single development to keep the omicron variant away from the citizens.
The upcoming days can be worst, warned various medical experts after the increasing rate of omicron variant in the United States. In the past 10 days, the country has already witnessed more than 2.5 million cases, and every week the average daily cases in the United States are doubling and creating a havoc situation amongst the hospitals and citizens in the nation.
Joe Biden To Address Public Briefing On The Rising Omicron Cases
The USA President Joe Biden is already taking various meetings and briefing them to the press and as per the news, Joe Biden will be conducting a press briefing on Tuesday and will be addressing the population about the widespread of the newly detected variant of the coronavirus in the country.
According to the White House administration, the states and other medical agencies have been directed to analyze the various data available related to the omicron cases in the country and how severe it is, and how much vulnerable this version is for the adults above 60 years.
The state authorities have also been asked to increase the testing capacity and in the briefing, the President will talk about offering free testing kits to the citizens.
The President will conduct a meet with the Covid 19 response team to know more about the omicron variant of coronavirus as the cases are increasing at a very fast pace and have been a serious concern for the future.
In the previous meeting with the team, the US administration directed the army, police staff to assist the medical staff in the hospitals with the basic activities due to the shortage of health care workers in various parts of the country.
The hospitals have been asked to increase the bed capacity. In this press briefing, the President will be talking about the staff who were used to help the hospitals.
Also as per the news, The President will also be meeting the medical experts to know more about the increasing omicron cases and how to curb the surge in less time.
According to the data available with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the fully vaccinated rate is fluctuating between 63-64 percent and approximately 86 percent of the entire US population has received at least a single dose of the vaccine. Around 57 million people in the US are unvaccinated and have been a major source of carrying infection from one place to the other.
In the Press Briefing, the President will also urge the unvaccinated population to receive the vaccination at the earliest as the non-vaccinated people are more vulnerable to the omicron strain in comparison to the vaccinated.
The Medical experts are also stressing the fact people must not stop taking precautionary measures as it will help in protection and also keep the other people secured.
