- US coronavirus hospitalizations slow, with the Northeast showing a steep decline (washingtonpost.com)Yes, Omicron Is Loosening Its Hold. But the Pandemic Has Not Ended. (nytimes.com)
- Is the Omicron variant peaking? (nytimes.com)
- Uproar as French President Emmanuel Macron vows to ‘piss off’ unvaccinated (bbc.com)
- U.S. Sets One-Day Record With Nearly Half a Million New Cases (nytimes.com)
- Omicron May Be Peaking in Parts of U.S., but Hospitals Are Strained (nytimes.com)New York and other north-eastern US states see a rapid fall in Covid cases (theguardian.com)
- Omicron Deepens Uncertainty Surrounding Beijing Olympics (nytimes.com)The Army of Millions Who Enforce China’s Zero-Covid Policy, at All Costs (nytimes.com)
- Chicago teachers union, amid omicron spike, defies city order to return to classrooms (washingtonpost.com)
- Hospitals Fill Up in 2 Dozen U.S. States as Omicron Spreads (nytimes.com)
- U.S. economy added 199,000 jobs in December, before labor market confronted omicron surge (washingtonpost.com)
- Coronavirus risk calculations get harder as a study suggests rapid tests may be less effective at detecting omicron (washingtonpost.com)
