вЂњWe want to see how well the vaccinations hold up,вЂќ ColoradoвЂ™s Jared Polis told ABC.ДЄs US Omicron cases emerge, COVID-19 vaccine makers aim to quickly tweak their shots to target the variant and US regulators have vowed speedy reviews, but that could still take months. Governors of two states with reported Omicron casesВ - ConnecticutВ and Colorado - said they hoped their higher-than-average vaccination rates would blunt the impact. The emergence of the new variant has sharply curtailed the number of energy executives and government ministers planning to attend the four-day World Petroleum Congress in Houston this week, which had already been rescheduled from 2020.Д«ut travel restrictions and worries over the new variant saw energy ministers from Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Qatar, Argentina, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Turkey and Romania вЂ“ bowed out, WPC officials said on Sunday. Officials said passengers on the Norwegian Breakaway, which stopped in Belize, Honduras and Mexico, would be tested and given the CDCвЂ™s post-exposure and quarantine guidelines. On Saturday, it said a Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd cruise ship set to dock in New Orleans with more than 3,000 passengers found 10 cases of COVID-19 on board.

Louisiana currently has one Omicron case from an individual who traveled within the United States, its health department said on Sunday. The United States over the last seven days has averaged 119,000 new cases a day and lost nearly 1,300 lives to COVID each day, according to a Reuters tally. вЂњWe are everyВ day hearing about more and more probable cases so that number is likely to rise,вЂќ she said. RochelleВ WalenskyВ told ABC News in an interview. Many of the cases were among fully vaccinated individuals with mild symptoms, although the booster shot status of some patients was not reported.Дespite several dozen Omicron cases, the Delta variant still accounts for 99.9% of new COVID cases in the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Fauci, in an interview on CNNвЂ™s вЂњState of the Union,вЂќ praised South Africa for its transparency and said the US travel ban was imposed at a time вЂњwhen we were really in the darkвЂќ and needed time to study the variant.ДЄt least 16 US states have reported Omicron cases: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin, according to a Reuters tally. Biden, Jr.вЂ™s chief medical adviser, said he also hoped the United States would lift its ban on travelers from southern African countries in a вЂњreasonable period of time.вЂќ The South African government has complained it is being punished - instead of applauded - for discovering the new variant and quickly informing international health officials. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease official, told CNNВ вЂњthusВ far it does not look like thereвЂ™s a great degree of severity to it.вЂќ He added that it was too early to draw definitive conclusions and that more study is needed. Though the emergence of the new variant has caused alarm worldwide, Dr. It added that the storm could also create вЂњdangerous driving conditions due to near zero visibility.WASHINGTON - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has spread to about one-third of US states, but the Delta version remains the majority of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections as cases rise nationwide, US health officials said on Sunday.

The weather service said вЂњnumerous landslidesвЂќ could unfold in areas with steep terrain, while вЂњmany roads could become impassable due to severe runoff and flooding.вЂќ While the weather service said the вЂњthreat of significant floodingвЂќ had diminished in some parts of the Hawaiian Islands, it said the possibility of вЂњcatastrophic floodingвЂќ was still a concern, with the вЂњthreats and impactsвЂќ of the storm вЂњfocused over the western half of the state.вЂќ The National Weather Service in Honolulu said the Kona low continued to вЂњbring the threat of heavy rain to Kauai County and OahuвЂќ overnight on Monday and through Tuesday.

However, it said that вЂњbecause of the continued heavy rainsвЂќ power would likely not be restored until Tuesday morning at the earliest. ET), Hawaiian Electric said crews were still working to restore electric service to вЂњhundreds of customersвЂќ in downtown Honolulu and Chinatown.вЂќ

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