...the pandemic to transition to a more manageable phase in Europe, a top World Health Organization official said. But in the United States, where vaccination rates are lower and death rates are higher, bigger obstacles remain.
While the news was encouraging, it also comes with caveats: immunity from infections will likely wane and new variants will probably emerge.
In the United States, COVID-19 cases have begun to fall generally, as states in the Northeast — like Massachusetts — that were initially hardest hit by Omicron begin to see relief from the surge. The country is not yet out of the woods, as there are still hundreds of thousands of cases reported each day, case counts are rising in some parts of the country, and hospitals are full. But the general trend offers a glimmer of hope that the Omicron wave is beginning to lose steam.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, expressed optimism over the weekend that the surge is "going in the right direction right now."
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