Joe Biden warned Thursday, December 16 that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was
"there"
and would
"begin to circulate much faster in the United States"
, calling on Americans to be vaccinated and to receive their booster dose to those who are already immune.
"The only real protection is to get your injection,"
the president said, predicting
"a winter of serious illness and death"
for the unvaccinated.
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Joe Biden called in reporters at the end of a meeting devoted to the Covid-19 pandemic to, he said,
"get a message straight to the Americans
.
"
It is
"of the utmost importance"
to receive a booster dose for those vaccinated, and to
"receive the first dose"
for the others, said the US president.
Shortly before, the deputy spokesperson for the White House Karine Jean-Pierre had suggested that the administration did not intend for the moment to take specific restrictive measures, to focus instead on vaccination.
"The tools we have are working,"
she said, adding,
"We will continue to work so that Americans get vaccinated and get their booster shots
.
"
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