Airlines around the world canceled more than 4,000 flights on Sunday (Jan. 2), more than half of which were in the US. Due to bad weather and the outbreak of “Omicron”, the most rapidly spreading mutant of the new coronavirus It also prompted Israel to speed up plans for a 4th needle booster vaccination while other countries continue to inject boosters and vaccinate young people. But there are few symptoms due to the injection of a stimulant.
from the information of the website FlightAware.com Which monitors flights around the world, said that when 10 p.m. Sunday, Washington time (corresponds to 3 a.m. Monday in Greenwich Mean Time or 10 a.m. Monday in Thailand time) More than 2,650 domestic and international flights starting or ending in the United States were canceled, nearly equal to the 2,750 canceled on Saturday.
Sunday numbers in the US This accounted for more than half of the nearly 4,400 flights canceled worldwide, while another 8,600 US flights were delayed.
Christmas and New Year’s are usually the busiest times for air travel, but at this time, besides some regions of the US The weather is bad from the winter storm already. There is still a problem with the rapid outbreak of Omikron, causing the number of coronavirus cases to skyrocket. And the airline will cancel flights as some pilots and crew have to be quarantined.
At the same time, some airline unions have said that cabin crew, pilots and support staff at American airlines are reluctant to work overtime despite being highly paid. Because many people are afraid of contracting the virus and do not want to face the tendency to deal with undisciplined passengers.
Not only the airlines Travel operators across the United States have either suspended or reduced their services. Due to the shortage of staff related to the situation of the COVID outbreak Likewise, some companies have had to shift their plans from the original aiming to increase the number of employees who will have to come to the office from Monday (3).
Archyde.com news agency said. The number of new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States on Saturday was at least 346,869, with at least 377 deaths, bringing the cumulative total to 828,562 since the outbreak began.
On Sunday, the Pentagon said Secretary Lloyd Austin has contracted the coronavirus but has mild symptoms and will be self-isolating at home for five days.
According to a statement released, Austin said he had completed the full dose and booster shots. He said the vaccine was still working and would be a critical medical requirement for Pentagon personnel.
Pentagon chief said His last meeting with President Joe Biden was on December 21, more than a week before he began showing symptoms. And that morning his covid test came back negative.
Austin is a senior official in the US Administration. Latest person infected with covid Several leading members of Congress have previously said they have been infected, while White House spokesman Jane Saki has said that. Attached last October
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said: Prepare for a fourth booster vaccination for people aged 60 years and over and medical personnel soon after approval from the Ministry of Public Health. to cope with the outbreak of omikron
Earlier on Thursday, Israel became the first country in the world to approve a fourth dose of the vaccine for people with weakened immune systems.
Bennett also warned that The number of coronavirus cases could soon climb to 50,000 a day, with 4,206 new cases on Sunday, a 195% increase from last week.
More than four million Israelis out of a total population of 9.2 million have received the triple vaccination, and Israel’s cumulative number of infections is nearly 1.4 million, with 8,244 deaths.
On Monday, Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadiqin said the vaccination would begin from the 12th to the general public, which will be given to adults who have had a second dose of vaccine for more than six months. Then there will be 21 million people under the booster vaccination plan this month.
Currently, 42% of the total population of 270 million Indonesians are fully vaccinated using the Sinovac Biotech Pfizer/BioEntech vaccine. or moderna
from last month Indonesia has reported more than 150 omicron cases, most of them international travelers, but six of them are locally infected in Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan and Bali.
Meanwhile, India has begun vaccinating youngsters aged 15-18 amid concerns that Omikron will increase the number of infected people.
India’s Ministry of Health said on Monday that There were 33,750 new cases, 123 deaths, and the total number of omikron infections stood at 1,700.
(Source: Archyde.com, AFP, AP)
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