Omicron peaks

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In the US and in some other countries, omicron appears to be at its peak. But WHO is warning that worldwide, we “are not out of the woods” yet and reported that there were 18 million cases identified last week up from 15 million the week before. Host Carol Hills speaks to Helen Branswell, a senior writer at Stat.

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