Chinanews.com will be scheduled on December 22. According to a report from the US Chinese website, on the 21st local time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that according to the model published by the agency on its website, cases caused by the Omi Keron variant The surge may break the US's increasing number of confirmed diagnoses in the coming weeks.

On December 19, local time, people in New York, the United States, wore masks to travel.

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　　According to reports, the CDC stated that “the current surge in Omi Keron may cause the number of new infections nationwide each day to exceed the previous peak in the next few weeks.”

　　According to reports, the last peak of infection was in January 2021, when the average number of new cases per day reached 250,000 in seven days, setting a record during the epidemic.

　　According to the report, the CDC model is based on two key indicators: how infectious is Omi Keron compared to Delta; and Omi Keron’s ability to escape immunity.

　　For example, when the immune escape rate is low, the peak of new infections will also be lower, and it will appear in a few months.

However, the CDC said the latest case data is “consistent with faster growth.”

　　The agency added that “the upcoming holiday parties may further accelerate these trends.”

　　Last week, Collins, the former director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was also worried in an interview, “During the outbreak caused by Ome Keron, we may see hundreds of thousands or even millions of new cases every day. ."

　　Health experts said this does not mean that the number of hospitalizations and deaths will rise to the same level as the previous peak of the epidemic. Part of the reason is that most people have been vaccinated against the new crown, and early data show that Omi Keron may be pathogenic. Not so serious.

　　Despite this, the CDC pointed out that “even if Omi Keron causes a decrease in the proportion of severe illnesses, the surge in cases will still lead to an increase in hospital demand.”

　　On the 20th local time, the CDC stated in another report that Omi Keron cases accounted for nearly three-quarters of the new cases in the United States.

In some parts of the United States, the proportion is even higher.

For example, in the New York area and the Southwest, Midwest, and Northwest Pacific Coast, it has accounted for 90% of all new cases.