OMICRON LOCKDOWNS AREN'T NEEDED FOR THE TIME BEING, ACCORDING TO BIDEN

  • 30/11/2021

US President Joe Biden has called the Omicron Covid variant a "cause for concern, not a cause for panic" one day after it was detected in North America. He said there was no need for a lockdown "for the time being," adding that "if people are vaccinated and wearing their masks."


Cases have been discovered in Canada, and the United States has placed travel bans on eight African countries. Despite vaccines and Mr. Biden's pledge to "shut down" the virus, more Americans died from Covid this year than last. 

The president said at the White House on Monday that the Omicron strain, first reported by South Africa, will be found in the United States "at some point." He went on to say that vaccine manufacturers are developing "contingency plans" for new vaccines "if necessary."

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