Omicron cases account for 73.2% of new US COVID cases over the past week, as WHO says the variant is spreading faster than Delta aje.io/tkn6v8

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“An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled.”

As the Omicron variant continues to spread, the WHO wants holiday gatherings to be postponed.

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Every day the world consumes some 100 million barrels of oil and 60 million equivalent barrels of natural gas.

We map the world’s oil and gas pipelines 👇

🔗: aje.io/nx98vu
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🇺🇸 US
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