Sunday 17 / August / 2025
The omicron variant of the coronavirus is "raging" around the world, the White House's top medical advisor Anthony Fauci said on Sunday.
Fauci said in a TV interview for NBC that the "real problem” for the US hospital system is that "we have so many people in this country who are eligible to be vaccinated who have not yet been vaccinated."
The US government is expecting a series of breakthrough infections due to increased travel over the Christmas holidays. Fauci said most people who have been vaccinated and gotten a booster should be fine, especially if they wear masks in crowded areas.
In the interview, Fauci urged citizens to get a booster shot to increase protection from the virus.
He also highlighted the importance of providing vaccines to the rest of the world.
"One thing that's very clear... is its (omicron's) extraordinary capability of spreading," Fauci told NBC. "It is just... raging through to the world."
