What the arrival of Omicron means for the US

Pressure mounts on Biden as multiple states report successive days of record cases

Joe Biden with his Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci
Joe Biden with his Chief Medical Adviser Anthony Fauci
(Image credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The arrival of Omicron threatens to trigger record numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalisations across the US, the country’s leading infectious disease expert has warned.

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