Churches cancel some services in New York, Washington and Boston, while some officials cut isolation period for positive cases
Photograph: Dieu-Nalio Chery/ReutersPhotograph: Dieu-Nalio Chery/ReutersThe Omicron coronavirus variant vigorously continued its viral march across the US on Christmas Day, throwing many winter holiday celebrations into turmoil.
FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, noted 921 flights entering, leaving or inside the US canceled Saturday, up from 690 Friday. Over 200 more flights were already canceled for Sunday. FlightAware does not say why flights are canceled. Among those canceling some or all in-person Christmas services were Washington national cathedral, St John the Divine in New York, the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and the historic Old South Church in Boston, after religious leaders said they did not want to place worshippers and church staff at risk of contracting the disease.
New York state governor Kathy Hochul said that critical workers in education, healthcare, transportation, grocery stores and sanitation sectors would be allowed to return to work five days after testing positive under certain conditions.In New York City’s Brooklyn borough, police were called after larger-than-expected crowds descended on city-run sites where health officials were giving out free at-home Covid-19 tests.
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