The newly detected Omicron variant of COVID-19 is said to be more transmissible than the previous Delta variant although it is so far found to be less fatal.
Scientists are seeing signals that COVID-19′s alarming omicron wave may have peaked in Britain and is about to do the same in the US, at which point cases may start dropping off dramatically.
France has recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time since the pandemic struck, and COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled in the past month.