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handle is hein.crs/govefif0001 and id is 1 raw text is: aCongressional ____ aResearch Service National Guard and Military Response to Omicron and COVID-19 February 25, 2022 On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization designated the Omicron mutation of the SARS- CoV-2 virus a variant of concern. Since then, Omicron has become the dominant strain of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States. After a case surge from December 2021 through mid- January 2022, COVID-19 cases in the United States have dropped, with hospitalizations and deaths following the same trend after a short delay. The deployment of military and National Guard personnel remains an issue for Congress given the role they both played in responding to the Omicron COVID-19 surge and the role that they might play in the event of a future surge of a new variant. Deployments of Military Personnel for Hospital Support In response to the Omicron COVID-19 surge, the Biden Administration announced new deployments of military personnel. These deployments initially included six emergency response teams with more than 100 clinical personnel and paramedics to six states, but have since expanded. The U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command's Joint Force Land Component Command, manages the Department of Defense's COVID-19 response operation in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services. Figure 1 shows U. S. Army North's COVID-19 deployments for hospital support starting December 1, 2021. Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11867 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Membersand Committeesof Congress-

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