In America the pandemic seems to have hit a turning-point
Health-care officials start to favour social well-being over individual illness
OMICRON, A major variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, prompted governments around the world to scramble to slow it down as it surged from late November. The Biden administration announced a travel ban (since revoked) against eight African countries and a shortened window for testing (from 72 hours to 24) for inbound travellers. Hospitals began filling with patients. By late December daily cases were higher than ever. More than 3,700 schools began in January with remote learning.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Covid reconsidered”
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