U.S. President Biden To Address The Nation OnTuesday To Announce New Covid Measures

President Joe Biden meets with members of the White House Covid-19 Response Team on Thursday.Evelyn Hockstein / Reuters

Daily Mail: Biden to announce new COVID measures as cases of Omicron DOUBLE in 24 hours: President's advisers want him to move focus in his Winter Plan from 'freedom from the virus' to 'living with it'

* President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Tuesday to announce new Covid measures to fight the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant as cases double in the past 24 hours

* The speech will build on his 'Winter Plan' and address booster shots, lockdowns and mask mandates

* Health officials have also advised the president to focus on severe cases rather than overall infections and publicly about living with the virus as a part of everyday life

* The number of confirmed Omicron cases in the US has nearly doubled in a period of 24 hours, with the variant confirmed in all but six states - Oklahoma, Montana, the Dakotas, Indiana and Vermont

* New York is the epicenter of the variant outbreak and overall new cases there hit a daily record on Saturday at 29,908 - breaking its previous record of 21,027 set just one day earlier

* WHO warns that Omicron spreads in communities at a rate that doubles cases every 1.5 to 3 days

* Europe is moving towards new restrictions with Netherlands planning national hard lockdown from Sunday

* But Mayor Bill de Blasio vows to hold New Year's Eve party in Times Square on the final day of his term despite New Yorkers struggling to find Covid-19 tests as the city suffers a surge of infections driven by Omicron

* Surge in demand has stretched the city's testing capacity to the limit, with wait times of more than two hours

* No Walgreens or Duane Reade locations in Manhattan had home test kits or appointments for testing

President Joe Biden will deliver a speech on Tuesday to announce new Covid measures to fight the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant as cases double in the past 24 hours and health advisers suggest the president should publicly admit that Americans must learn to live with virus.

Press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the president's upcoming plan would build off his 'Winter Plan,' which addresses booster shots, lockdowns and mask mandates.

'POTUS will announce new steps the Administration is taking to help communities in need of assistance, while also issuing a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated,' Psaki wrote on Saturday.

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WNU editor: Vowing to do a better job than former President Trump was the cornerstone of Joe Biden's Presidential election campaign last year. Even declaring success in beating the pandemic this past July .... Biden Declares Success in Beating Pandemic in July 4 Speech (Bloomberg).

If this is success, I hate to know what a failure looks like.