'Winter of severe illness and death for unvaccinated': US President Biden warns amid Omicron threat

"We are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for the unvaccinated," US President Biden said on Thursday amid the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

US President Joe Biden warned on Thursday (December 16) that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is going to spread more rapidly in the United States and that a winter of severe illness and death awaits the unvaccinated. If you are vaccinated but still worried about the new variant, get your booster.If you aren't vaccinated, go get that first shot.We’ll fight the Omicron variant, together.

Getting an update on the pandemic from top health advisers, Biden also said it is past time for people to get booster shots and urged them to do so as quickly as possible.