[20220328]IN11867_对奥米克隆和新冠肺炎的军事反应：联邦武装部队和国民警卫队.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Military Response to Omicron and COVID-19: Federal Armed Forces and National Guard Updated March 28, 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 Federal Armed Forces for Hospital Support The U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Commands Joint Force Land Component Command, manages the Department of Defenses COVID-19 response operation in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services. Since August 2021, “approximate