WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is going to spread more rapidly in the United States and that a winter of severe illness and death awaits the unvaccinated.
Getting an update on the pandemic from top advisers, Biden also said it is past time for people to get booster shots and urged them to do so as quickly as possible.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland; editing by Diane Craft)
