Fauci ‘confident as you can be’ U.S. will see Omicron peak in February

Jan. 23 (UPI) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday stated he anticipated that the surge of COVID-19 circumstances triggered by way of the Omicron variation will top by means of mid-February.

Fauci, director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Sicknesses, told ABC News’ This Week that he was “as confident as you’ll be able to be” that the majority states would see the height of their Omicron infections throughout the next month, adding, alternatively, that the virus has “stunned us in the earlier.”