Emergency room nurse Brian Stephen leans against a stoop as he takes a break from his work. Hospitals, nursing homes, police departments and supermarkets are struggling to maintain a full contingent of nurses, police officers and other essential workers as the Pandemic enters its third year, as the worldwide surge in coronavirus cases driven by the new omicron variant is the latest blow to already strained hospitals In this file photo, a person is standing.
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December 24, 2021, 3:08 AM
In London, staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month, and nearly 10% of the city's firefighters called out sick.
The number of police officers absent in New York was twice as many as on an average day. Judy Snarsky, a grocery worker on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, says she has to work 50 hours a week and do extra tasks because her store has so many workers.
There were new cases reported worldwide.
There were total deaths reported worldwide.
The vaccine is administered in over 200 countries.
The index of global stocks has changed since January 23, 2020.
The yield on the U.S. treasury bonds has changed since January 23, 2020.
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