A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S, on Saturday, March 14, 2020. (Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) He urged Americans who have not yet gotten vaccinated and boosted to do so and to mask up indoors to protect themselves and blunt the current surge of U.S.
cases.The Food and Drug Administration last week said preliminary research indicates at-home rapid tests detect omicron, but may have reduced sensitivity.
The agency noted it’s still studying how the tests perform with the variant, which was first detected in late November.Fauci said Americans "should not get the impression that those tests are not.