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20 Dec, 5 tweets, 3 min read
#BREAKING Biden not 'locking down' US amid Covid-19 surge: White House
#UPDATE In a speech he will deliver on Tuesday on how the US will battle the Omicron virus variant, President Joe Biden will stress the benefits of vaccination against Covid-19 but not deliver a speeceh about "lokcing down," his press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters
#UPDATE The spread of the Omicron variant is just one of the problems US President Joe Biden is facing as the year draws to a close u.afp.com/wTb2
#BREAKING Omicron now dominant coronavirus strain in US: health authorities
#UPDATE The fast-spreading Omicron coronavirus variant accounted for more than 73 percent of new cases over the past week, according to the CDC u.afp.com/wTaP

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