Umkhakha weCovid-19 omutsha oweOmicron yiwo osubhahe ukwedlula eminye yonke imikhakha eMelika.
Lokhu kwaziswe lugatsha lweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention ngoMvulo.
Lolugatsha luthe phakathi kwabantu bonke abaleCovid-19, abayisilinganiso samatshumi aphezu kwayisikhombisa, 73.2 percent balomkhakha weOmicron.
UMongameli Joe Biden uzakwethula umbiko mayelana ngamanyathelo amatsha azathathwa ekulwisaneni lomkhuhlane lo namuhla.
Isikhulumeli sesigodlo seWhite House, uNkosikazi Jen Psaki uthi uBiden kasoze avale ilizwe kodwa uzakhuthaza abangakahlatshwa ijekiseni yokwenqabela lumkhuhlane ukuthi bahlatshwe lokuthi labo asebahlatshwa amajekiseni amabili bahlatshwe eyesithathu, ibooster shot.
Kulamalunga ephalamende yemelika amathathu abanjwe lumkhuhlane abalisa uSenator Elizabeth Warren, uSenator Cory Booker loRep. Jason Crow.