The Omicron variant is rampant in the United States: it has become dominant and causes three quarters of infections

The fourth wave of the virus has now taken hold and also thanks to the African variant it is spreading like wildfire from Europe to America. In fact, Omicron is spreading in the United States and in one week it has become the most widespread, on average three quarters of infections throughout the country.

The latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) speaks of a 73% incidence on all federal infections. Among the states most affected by Omicron are Washington, Oregon and Idaho. In the South, Florida, Alabama and Georgia have touched over 95% of cases of the new variant.

The statistics show a rapid increase in infections, equal to + 12.6 percent compared to the previous week. The fear now is that during the Christmas holidays the situation could further degenerate, making more drastic measures in the country indispensable.

For the moment, the White House has ruled out possible ‘lockdowns’, but President Joe Biden will speak to the Americans also in light of the new data. Most likely it will keep the vaccination line indefinitely, with a strong appeal to the population to complete the vaccination cycle with the third dose. Above all, New York is shaking, which fears of becoming the epicenter of the pandemic again, as in the terrible 2020. “Help us!”, The appeal to the federal government launched by the outgoing mayor of the Big Apple Bill de Blasio.

“As we enter the winter season we will have increasingly difficult moments,” said immunologist Anthony Fauci who added that the United States must not ban foreign travelers from entering, because the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid is already high. In the USA. “I think – he commented – that when you get to a point where there is enough virus in your country, it makes no sense to try to keep someone out”. “Given how the variant is spreading – he added – you may find yourself having tourists who are less infected than us”. Fauci said the restrictions imposed on eight African countries, as a response to the Omicron emergency, had “bought time” and given the United States the opportunity to “try to figure out how to act”. Fauci also assured that the ban on the countries of South Africa will soon be lifted. “We will do it very soon – he added – because we already have enough infections in our country, and we are bringing in people who come from areas that have the same or even higher percentage of infections”.

US President Joe Biden was forced into a swab and tested negative on the Covid test after being in close contact with a White House staff member who tested positive. This was announced by White House spokesman Jen Psaki. The person who tested positive, whose identity has not been revealed but does not belong to the closest circle of collaborators, spent about half an hour with Biden aboard Air Force One last Friday, on the journey from South Carolina to Philadelphia. This is a fully vaccinated person who has received the booster. Before the mission she had tested negative.

Meanwhile, the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, has received the third dose of the vaccine against Covid-19, defending himself from those who – live – have soundly criticized his decision. “Oh no, don’t do that,” said Trump, waving a hand at the crowd and stating that those who deride the immunization initiatives thwart his administration’s efforts to get the three vaccines developed and tested in record time during the first year of the pandemic. “We have saved tens of millions of people around the world by creating the vaccine,” Trump said during his stop in Texas. “We should take credit for that,” he added.

And the wave of infections also upsets the world of basketball, with the NBA forced to announce, in the face of the multiplication of infections, the postponement of at least five matches, with most of the teams decimated by the athletes who were positive.