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Added on the 25/11/2020 18:29:55 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Scene at Chicago's O’Hare Airport in Illinois as people return from Thanksgiving break despite health authorities' plea to stay home and avoid further spreading the coronavirus. IMAGES
Travellers arrive at Dulles International Airport, near Washington DC, as Americans travel for Thanksgiving despite authorities warning they risk exacerbating the Covid-19 pandemic raging across the country. IMAGES
Images from the Delta terminal of New York's LaGuardia Airport, as over 2,000 flights have been cancelled around the world and thousands delayed -- including from Delta -- with the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupting holiday travel. IMAGES
Beachgoers vacation mask-free in Miami Beach, Florida, over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in the United States. IMAGES
16 states across the US broke a grim record on Friday, reporting their highest total of people hospitalized for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Business Insider reports that since last fall, cases of COVID-19 have surged nationwide, particularly following the end of the holiday season. Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia were hit hardest. Record hospitalizations were also seen this week in Arizona, California, Delaware, and Maine. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines at the end of 2020. However, a slow rollout means it will be many months before all who want a vaccination are immunized.