[ad_1] The COVID-19 omicron variant impacted the retail and restaurant industry during the critical holiday season, a time period many were counting on to make up for losses. But new data shows that as fast as the variant swept through cities across the country, it may roll out just as quickly to allow consumers and […]
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[ad_1] Coronavirus Briefing: Traveling After Omicron The New York Times [ad_2] Source link
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[ad_1] White House national economic director Brian Deese speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The White House on Friday warned that the omicron-fueled spike in Covid-19 cases in early January could skew the data in next week’s jobs report, as millions of […]
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[ad_1] CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has arrived in Clarksville, and it’s hitting hard. As of Jan. 22, active COVID cases have topped 4,400 according to the Clarksville-Montgomery County COVID-19 Dashboard Hub. It’s the highest we’ve seen in Montgomery County, surpassing the peak of the Delta wave in September and […]
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[ad_1] The state health department reported that in December people who were not fully vaccinated died from COVID-19 at a rate 14 times higher than among fully vaccinated Wisconsinites, and were hospitalized at a rate 10 times higher. Statewide, 59.2% of Wisconsinites were fully vaccinated as of Jan. 27. Omicron leaves its mark While COVID-19 […]
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[ad_1] As the pandemic stretches into a third year, the Omicron variant has added another speed bump in New York City’s road back to normalcy, injecting fresh uncertainty into the economic outlook and threatening to worsen the city’s already lopsided recovery. Office workers were sent home again, reversing steady increases in subway ridership and hurting […]
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[ad_1] A health-care worker in Lima, Peru, prepares to administer a dose of a messenger-RNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.Credit: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty After the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was first identified in November, vaccine makers quickly began developing shots against the highly mutated and transmissible virus. This week, pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and biotechnology company Moderna both announced that […]
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[ad_1] Merck cited six preclinical studies performed by researchers outside the company. The examples include research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine that found molnupiravir among several Covid-19 antiviral drugs that “may show efficacy for treating patients infected with the Omicron variant.” Molnupiravir, which was cleared for use in the U.S. […]
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[ad_1] Consumers pulled back their spending in December, as spiraling coronavirus caseloads kept many Americans at home late in the holiday season. Spending fell 0.6 percent last month, the first decline since February, the Commerce Department said Friday. Rapidly rising prices meant that spending, adjusted for inflation, fell 1 percent. The decline offered some of […]
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[ad_1] Germany’s economy shrank 0.7% in the fourth quarter with consumers spooked by another wave of Covid-19 infections and factories reeling from supply-chain problems. The figures reported by the nation’s statistics office are in line with an earlier estimate, but missed expectations by economists for a contraction of 0.3%. With no easing of coronavirus restrictions […]
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