unvaccinated Americans to get a shot and the vaccinated to get boosters, which have been shown to re-up protection. The administration of President Joe Biden, who is due to address the nation on pandemic developments on Tuesday, has been campaigning hard for vaccination.
While a little more than 70% of the US population has had at least one shot, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, another 50 million eligible people remain unprotected, Fauci said. "With Omicron...
it is going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter," he added. Omicron now accounts for around 3% of cases in the United States, a figure that is expected to rise rapidly as has been seen in other countries.