Governments and policy advisers are showing signs of taking a lighter touch toward Omicron, reducing quarantine times and in some instances foregoing distancing restrictions as they try to keep their economies moving
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added to research suggestingcan lead to reinfections that are often accompanied by mild Covid-19 symptoms, as new cases soared across the U.S.
States reported 512,553 cases on Monday—the most for a single day since the start of the pandemic—as states caught up after pausing for the Christmas holiday, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of data from Johns Hopkins University. The tally lifted the seven-day average of reported cases to 237,061, 15,000 less than the pandemic high recorded about a year ago.
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