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Rate of daily U.S. cases grows as highly contagious omicron variant spreads rapidly

Published December 27, 2021 at 9:33 AM PST

We get the latest on the highly contagious omicron variant as continues to spread across the country with Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the center for vaccine development at Texas Children’s Hospital.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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