President Biden joins the COVID-19 Response Team to discuss the Omicron Variant

President Joe Biden is joining the White House COVID-19 Response Team's call with the National Governors Association. They will discuss the administration's response to the omicron variant. Yesterday, there were 20,917 new cases of COVID-19 in Ohio. Doctors, nurses, and hospital staff on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic say they’re bracing for another wave of cases following the holidays, all this while they desperately battle burnout among themselves. There are also looming concerns among professionals in the medical field. “So, we absolutely expect to see a post-holiday surge, much like we did last year and after Thanksgiving,” says Dr. Amy Edwards, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at University Hospitals. After days of record-breaking COVID-19 case numbers in Ohio, Northeast Ohio hospitals and clinics are bracing for impact again. “You know, three days after Christmas, here comes the next wave,” says Mindy Siler, an emergency department nurse with University Hospitals. READ MORE: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/hea...