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Intensive care units at hospitals in New England, in north-east US, are filling up again and staff shortages are affecting care, according to Associated Press.
Public officials have been pleading with unvaccinated people to get vaccinated, and health care workers are also now having to cope with demand for other types of care that has been delayed by the pandemic.