NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 15: A person has a COVID-19 test administered at a walk up testing site on December 15, 2021 in New York City. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the New York is one of two states with the highest spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant the other being New Jersey. New York City is seeing a faster spread of Omicron, compared to the majority of the country, according to recently released CDC findings. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFP
NEW YORK: The new Omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, threatening to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of Delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row.
