Members of the National Guard in multiple U.S. states have been deployed to hospitals around the country as COVID-19 cases spike to record-breaking levels.
With over 800,000 new cases reported on January 5, 2022, U.S. hospitals are seeing the effects of the Omicron surge with filling emergency rooms and a shortage of staff. The CDC recently released new quarantine parameters for healthcare workers in an effort to resolve the shortage — and security professionals are stepping in as well.