President Biden's Covid Tsar Dr. Anthony Fauci Fears The Pandemic Situation Will Worsen In The Coming Weeks

Daily Mail: Cancel your New Year's Eve party plans, says Fauci as he advocates vaccine passports for domestic flights: US records 200,000 new COVID cases every day - the highest seven-day average since January 19 

 * Cases in the U.S. have jumped by nearly 70% over the past two weeks, and Dr Anthony Fauci fears the situation will worsen in the coming weeks 

* The nation's top infectious disease experts warns that the U.S. could reach up to 500,000 new cases every day if cases continue to grow 

* Both hospitalizations and deaths have remained steady in recent weeks, not rising at the same pace as cases 

* The U.S. has suffered a testing shortage in recent weeks after a surge for them ahead of the Christmas holiday 

* In the UK, some fear Prime Minister Boris Johnson may institute lockdowns in the New Year as cases in the country continue to grow 

* Fauci warns that the U.S. will suffer a similar fate to their peers across the pond, though just two to three weeks behind 

* Lockdowns have returned in Germany, and could be around the corner in France as well as the nation struggles with record cases 

* South Africa seems to have controlled its Covid situation with hospitalizations and new cases both decreasing last week 

Americans have been told by President Joe Biden's covid tsar Dr. Anthony Fauci to cancel big parties as the Omicron variant tears across the nation. 

Daily cases have spiked in recent weeks, up 68 percent over the past two weeks, and America's top infectious disease expert warns that things will only worsen in the near future.  

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WNU Editor: New York City's numbers are jaw-dropping .... New York smashes yet another COVID record with 49,708 new cases in a day: One in SEVEN tests is now coming back positive (Daily Mail). Fortunately the hospitalization numbers are still low.  

Update: Expect more restrictions .... Fauci Says Domestic Travel Vaccination Rule Should Be Considered (Bloomberg). More here .... Fauci on domestic air travel mandate: Anything to get people more vaccinated 'would be welcome' (The Hill). 

More News On The Covid-19 Outbreak In The U.S.  

Coronavirus tally: Daily average of new U.S. COVID cases continues spike to above 200,000, a near 1-year high -- Market Watch  

Between Christmas and New Year's, doctors expect the US Omicron surge to grow -- CNN  

Dr. Fauci admits the administration has failed to distribute enough home COVID tests as Omicron cases spike 41% overnight and lines form at testing sites -- Daily Mail

Fauci Warns of Complacency With Virus Set to Fill Hospitals -- Bloomberg  

Top US Epidemiologist Fears Omicron May Overwhelm Hospitals -- Sputnik  

Omicron triggers lockdown by default across US as businesses hit by staff outbreaks and cancelations close up: One expert says 'best possible scenario' would see 'milder' variant 'tear through' population in a month -- Daily Mail  

Daily Covid-19 case rates have now surpassed Delta's surge. Hospitalizations so far have yet to match -- CNN  

US alarm at rise in child Covid infections sees school closures back on agenda -- The Guardian  

Omicron Is Pushing America Into Soft Lockdown -- The Atlantic  

What to expect from America's third year of COVID -- Axios