With over 100,000 troops and war-making equipment stationed on Ukraine's borders, Moscow has sounded the alarm in the West about its danger to Kyiv.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Dr Leslie Torres-Rodriguez stated, "It was a terrifying day for the school community at The Sport and Medical Sciences Academy and our entire Hartford Public Schools community."
President Joe Biden had also been briefed on the hostage situation, according to the White House. White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted Saturday evening that President Joe Biden had been briefed and was receiving updates from senior officials.
“I am disappointed that the Supreme Court has chosen to block common-sense life-saving requirements for employees at large businesses that were grounded squarely in both science and the law,” Biden said in a statement.
Official data showed there are currently 145,982 Covid hospitalizations, even though a significant per cent are thought to be hospitalized "with" the disease rather than because of it.
New York Attorney General has sought depositions from Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr in fraud inquiry into family business.
Biden stated in a speech at the White House that the federal government was "preparing for the growing number of instances specialists tell us we should expect in the weeks ahead."
According to the health authority, the victim, between the ages of 50 and 60, was unvaccinated, putting him at a higher risk of COVID-19 severe consequences.
Fauci also cautioned against overestimation of Omicron's severity, saying that while the hospitalization-to-case ratio in South Africa is lower than in Delta, this might be due to underlying immunity from extensive past infections.
At least 36 states have reported confirmed Omicron cases, officials from the Centers for Disease Control said on Wednesday.
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