As Omicron cases surge, residents urged to get vaccinated for COVID-19 and flu

COVID-19’s most transmissible variant yet, Omicron, has arrived just in time for winter, which has long been the most transmissible season for such viruses.

It seems like a perfect storm of ‘wrong place, wrong time’, and it’s already leading to event cancellations and overflowing hospitals. Countries around the world attempted to mitigate Omicron’s spread with travel restrictions, but Omicron was...