Concern about Omicron covid variant prompts New York Governor Hochul to declare a state of emergency

Omicrons have been detected in Hong Kong, Belgium and Israel. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, told The Washington Post that the omicron is the most interesting variation that scientists have seen since delta. “It would take a really high standard for something to take over delta, and we don’t know if this will do.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/11/27/new-york-omicron-coronavirus-variant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_national Concern about Omicron covid variant prompts New York Governor Hochul to declare a state of emergency