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we More than 1 million new Covid-19 cases were registered on Monday, Records since the beginning of the pandemic, According to independent statistics from Johns Hopkins University.Specifically, 1,082,549 new cases were registered, although this number may be due to Weekends and year-end parties cause delays in data delivery.
The average number of daily infections for 7 days at Johns Hopkins University, which eliminates oscillations, is among 480,273 daily infections.This rebound is Extension of omicron variant In the country’s Covid-19, the authorities believe that it is more contagious, but the cases are less serious. Regarding the death toll, the United States recorded an average of 1,200 per day last week.
US health authorities have always emphasized the importance of vaccination and urge citizens over 18 to receive a booster dose of available serum. 62% of the country’s population has been vaccinated with a complete vaccination program, while 33% of the population has been vaccinated with boosters.
This Tuesday, the President of the United States, Joe Biden, And the vice president, Kamala HarrisThey will meet with the White House medical advisory team at the beginning of the year to analyze the situation. The United States is the country most affected by the pandemic in the world. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, more than 825,000 people have died.
Sick leave due to the epidemic
A surge in Covid-19 cases in the U.S., and Especially in New York, For the omicron variant Cause many companies to resume telecommuting in the new year, This is the formula they will gradually abandon in 2021 or hope to abolish in 2022.
The country’s economic capital is already one of the main epicenters of the first wave of coronavirus in March 2020. The number of infections is now at a record high (85,000 last Saturday) and the number of hospitalizations has increased (9,500 today), higher than 2021 The “winter peak” of the year).
Faced with this situation, most private sectors choose to proceed cautiously and require their employees to work remotely, at least in the first week after the Christmas holiday.
Emma Jones, the art director of a design agency in New York, explained: “Our company told us just before Christmas that we should work from home in the first week of January, especially because many people travel during the holidays.” More than fifty people.
Among those who changed their plans at the last minute, Major U.S. Bank, It has become one of the departments least willing to expand telecommuting.