Tag: omicron

Moderna Inc's vaccine candidate against the Omicron coronavirus variant will enter clinical development in the next few weeks and the company expects to be able to share data with regulators around March, CEO Stephane Bancel said on Monday.

Within weeks, the Omicron variant has fueled thousands of new Covid-19 hospitalizations among U.S. children, raising new concerns about how the many unvaccinated Americans under the age of 18 will fare in the new surge.

Suffolk County will open three new Covid-19 testing sites in virus hotspots as the Omicron variant drives a spike in cases, with the county reaching 13.6% positivity on Tuesday, County Executive Steve Bellone announced.

The Biden administration will open federal Covid-19 testing sites in New York City this week and buy 500 million at-home rapid tests that Americans can order online for free starting in January as it tries to tackle the Omicron variant sweeping the country.

Gov. Kathy Hochul warned that the winter Covid-19 surge driving a rise in infections is upon the state, and she urged New Yorkers to get their shots or boosters and mask up.

The number of coronavirus omicron variant cases confirmed on Long Island rose to five after two more cases were found in Nassau County over the weekend, New York State officials said.

A second and third case of the coronavirus Omicron variant were confirmed Monday on Long Island, New York State officials said.

President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to panic about the new Covid-19 Omicron variant and said the United States was working with pharmaceutical companies to make contingency plans if new vaccines were needed.