Omicron Accounts For 73% Of US Infections As WHO Wants New Year Events Cancelled | Sahara Reporters

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Early data suggests Omicron could be more infectious and possibly have higher resistance to vaccines, despite indications that it is not more severe than the Delta variant.

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The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that the Omicron variant now accounts for 73% of U.S. coronavirus infections.This has since prompted the World Health Organisation to call for greater efforts to ensure the pandemic ends in 2022.

In some regions of the country — the Pacific Northwest, South and parts of the Midwest — it already comprises more than 90 percent of new infections. The European Union approved its fifth Covid-19 jab Monday — from US firm Novavax — with Europe already far ahead of other parts of the world with its rollout of vaccines and booster shots.

“At a time where the Omicron variant is rapidly spreading… I am particularly pleased with today’s authorisation of the Novavax vaccine,” EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement.

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