The leading US Specialist on infectious diseases of Anthony Faucci in the NEWSNation interview predicted the peak of the incidence of Omicron-strain coronavirus in the country. In his opinion, he will have to the end of January.
The main infectious person noted that, taking into account the territory of the United States and the situation with vaccination, the output to peak values will take more couple of weeks. Currently, high rates of growth in the number of infection are still observed.
“Undoubtedly, we are still in full swing of the pandemic. Yesterday we had 300 thousand cases. This is a pandemic. I hope we will get out of this and move to the phase when we have good control. But now we have no”, ” – Stressed Faucci.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 61.9 percent of the US population are completely vaccinated. The country is in leaders in terms of contamination and deaths due to coronavirus. Revealed more than 54.7 million cases of illness.
Earlier, Fauci said that the new Omicron strain of coronavirus causes less severe course of the disease, but its transussion threatens the health care system. According to him, a large number of cases infection Omicron-strain can neutralize the positive effect of reducing the severity of the disease.