Care New England is reportedly bracing for a possible post-holiday surge of coronavirus cases.
The facility, as well as others across the region are preparing for the potential surge even as the variants of the Covid19 virus continue to escalate.
At Care New England. the effort will also reportedly focus on streamlined testing, vaccination clinics and making booster shots available.
Meantime, the nation's top federal health official says COVID-19 is likely to become a common disease in the U.S. and around the world.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said 99-percent of the coronavirus cases in the country are the Delta variant, but they are keeping a close eye on the Omicron variant as well.
Walensky noted the risks with COVID are still much more extreme if a person is unvaccinated.
Other experts have suggested if you are anywhere where there is a crowd to continue to wear a mask just to give yourself more protection.
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