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COVID-19: Omicron, Flu Have Health Officials In One South Jersey County On High Alert COVID-19: Omicron, Flu Have Health Officials In One South Jersey County On High Alert
Covid-19: Omicron, Flu Have Health Officials In One South Jersey County On High Alert Camden County health officials in an official Town Hall meeting say there is mounting concern that South Jersey could face a brutal flu season made worse by the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. Commissioner Melinda Kane said there are 262 people in area hospitals being treated for COVID-19, and 9 more deaths were reported last week. “Over the last seven days, we are averaging 115 new cases of COVID each day, and that’s an increase,” Kane said. “Unfortunately residents are still being hospitalized and dying of COVID." Kane, along with several health officials said the best protection against…