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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

After Europe’s latest Covid surge, will the US follow suit?

Rising numbers of coronavirus infections could see an increase in death and hospital admissions, experts have warned.
Rising numbers of coronavirus infections could see an increase in death and hospital admissions, experts have warned. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

As the BA.2 wave reaches its peak in the UK and begins subsiding in some European countries, US health officials are looking to an uncertain future even as American lawmakers have delayed renewing funds to address the pandemic.

While the Omicron subvariant now makes up an estimated 72% of Covid cases, the US has not seen a country-wide increase in cases. Covid hospitalizations are now at the lowest point of the pandemic.

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