Omicron explosion spurs nationwide breakdown of services
John Marro, the dean of students at P.S. 347, The American Sign Language and English Lower School, in New York, takes students' temperatures as they arrive on the first day after the holiday break, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. New York City schools reopened Monday after the holiday break despite a surge in coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz)
Los Angeles County Fire Department vehicles sit at a medical call Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. Occasionally, firefighters transport patients to the hospital in fire engines because of short staffing amid an explosion in omicron-fueled coronavirus infections at an ambulance company that the fire department contracts with. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers. Airport officials shut down security checkpoints at the biggest terminal in Phoenix and schools across the nation struggle to find teachers for their classrooms...
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