where it emerged and is becoming the dominant strain, suggest that hospitalization rates have not increased alarmingly.RELATED: Omicron variant popping up in more states as hospitals keep up with COVID-19 spike"Thus far, it does not look like there’s a great degree of severity to it," Fauci said. "But we have really got to be careful before we make any determinations that it is less severe or it really doesn’t cause any severe illness, comparable to delta."Fauci said the Biden administration is considering lifting travel restrictions against noncitizens entering the United States from several African countries.
They were imposed as the omicron variant exploded in the region, but U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has blasted such.