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On Monday, more than 5,500 New Yorkers were hospitalized with COVID-19, the highest hospitalization since February. Hospitalizations are also on the rise in recent weeks among children, many of whom are still not vaccinated against COVID.
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The number of new COVID cases in New York doubled in just three days. State officials say the impact of the winter omicron surge on the workforce is already being felt.
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"Omicron is unbelievably contagious, about as contagious a virus as you've ever seen. It's going to go though everybody," said Institute for Healthcare Informatics Executive Director Dr. Peter Winkelstein.
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New York Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett has tested positive for COVID-19, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday during a briefing that documented the worsening situation in the state as the omicron variant multiplies.
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Canada is bringing back a requirement for everyone entering the country to have a pre-arrival negative molecular test for COVID-19.
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New modeling for Ontario suggests the province needs an immediate "circuit breaker" to blunt the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Health experts said even the best case scenarios are bleak.
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Some sweeping changes have been announced in Ontario in a bid to curb the spread of the new COVID-19 variant, omicron. Some indoor capacity limits are being scaled back and vaccine boosters expanded. The new measures come as Ottawa has advised all Canadians not to travel outside the country for non-essential reasons.
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Four more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in New York, bringing the state's number of cases up to 12, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday.