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“I don’t think Omicron will have long-term … significant disruption in the supply chain,” she told CNN in an interview. “It really depends on if people do what needs to get done and get vaccinated.
“It’s certainly a factor,” Raimondo said of the new variant. “There will be some disruption.”
Supply-chain issues continue to affect many U.S. industries, and much of the shipping crunch has resulted from the pandemic.
President Joe Biden, speaking on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with U.S. officials and private-sector companies on the issue, said U.S. actions to eliminate supply-chain snarls had staved off a pre-Christmas crisis.
