Washington, Jan 9 (TIWN) In the wake of an unprecedented Covid-19 resurgence in the US, mass vaccination centres across the country which were closed down months ago, were now being reopened to deal with the latest wave of the pandemic fuelled by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant.

'Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon and Rhode Island are among states that have opened or are planning soon to open sites designed to administer hundreds or even thousands of shots a day,' Xinhua news agency quoted The Wall Street Journal as saying on Saturday.  Officials said they are expanding capacity again largely to provide booster shots and reach children who recently have become eligible for vaccines.