Catastrophic Post-Holiday COVID Surge In US, Warn Experts

Public health experts have warned of a possible catastrophic post-holiday COVID-19 surge that could hit the US hard.

"The virus transmission that took place during the Thanksgiving period has brought many health systems across this //country to the brink of failure and we are still not yet finished seeing that impact," said John Brownstein, chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital, Xinhua news agency reported.

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‘Holidays have proven to be a catalyst of COVID-19 infections across the country. The US has witnessed significant upticks in infections during or after holidays earlier this year, with the largest surge in infections, deaths and hospitalizations appearing after Thanksgiving. ’

US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci warned that an already-rising tide of coronavirus infections may get another boost as Americans flock together for Christmas and New Year celebrations despite warnings from public health officials.

"We very well might see a post-seasonal -- in the sense of Christmas, New Year's -- surge, and as I've described it, as a surge upon a surge," Fauci told CNN.

Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Tuesday the US is in a coronavirus surge that has just gotten "out of control in many respects".

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He said the recent holiday travel period could make January even worse than December.

The country has witnessed more Covid-19 deaths in December than in any other month since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to The COVID Tracking Project.

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"December is already the deadliest month since the beginning of the pandemic in the US," said the tracking project, which reported record-high Covid-19 hospitalised cases of 124,686 across the country on Tuesday.

A total of 199,282 new cases and 3,390 deaths were reported across the nation on Tuesday, according to data updated on Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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The CDC had urged the public to avoid travel and stay at home during the Christmas holiday, to curb the further spread of the virus.

The US has recorded over 19.67 million Covid-19 cases with over 341,000 related deaths as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the real-time count kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Source-IANS