The CDC said it is actively investigating or observing 86 cruise ships following COVID-19 outbreaks on board.
Dr. Fauci Issues Urgent Warning to Vaccinated and Unvaccinated People
Just when many people thought they were in the clear to celebrate the holidays with family and friends, a new version of the virus emerged. The Omicron variant is spreading faster than any other iteration of the virus, even the highly transmissible Delta variant. On Christmas, the U.S. averaged a rate of around 201,000 daily COVID cases, which exceeded the average number of infections during Delta's deadly summer peak, per data from The New York Times.
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