'Tidal wave': Omicron could put US Covid-19 surge into overdrive
The National Football League rescheduled three weekend games after multiple teams were hard hit by outbreaks
Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is confronting another dark winter, with the red-hot Omicron variant threatening to worsen an already dangerous surge of cases.
Hospitalizations for Covid-19 have jumped 45% over the last month, and confirmed cases have increased 40% to a weeklong average of 123,000 new US infections a day, according to a Reuters tally.
Pfizer Inc, one of the chief vaccine makers, on Friday predicted the pandemic would last until 2024 and said a lower-dose version of its vaccine for children ages 2 to 4 generated a weaker-than-expected immune response, which could delay authorization.
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The National Football League rescheduled three weekend games after multiple teams were hard hit by outbreaks.
The National Hockey League added another game to its recent list of postponements, heightening doubts about the league's plan to send the world's top players to the Beijing Olympics in February.
In New York City, Radio City Music Hall announced it has canceled all remaining dates of the Rockettes' annual Christmas Spectacular "due to increasing challenges from the pandemic," after staging more than 100 shows over the past seven weeks.
