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care workers. he said it's a move to enter hospitals already to deal with the omicron surge. doctors have been saying variant is way more transmissible than the delta variant. health care workers have until february 1st to get boosted or test weekly. the governor also announced the expansion of testing for students by giving six million rapid tests for k through 12 public school students before they head back to class from winter break. he is extending hours in areas where there is a higher demand. >> we don't know what we don't know. humility. must be open, to evidence, argument, and be willing to work in realtime. i'm mindful at this moment with the nation's lowest positive rates, the six lowest case rates, that can change in a matter of days, not just weeks or months. >> the state is doing better than most other state across the country the dealing this surge. we heard the governor there. there is fear that we could see the up swing in new infections amid holiday parties and family gathering. that's why his office said its doubling down on boosters and testing. we are live at the newsroom. >>> csu schools will require booster shots for all stude

. >> the delta dental community care foundation, we find it is important to give money to our communitiesve and work. i live in san francisco. i have, and volunteered here at the food bank, and it is really important that we support our community partners. >> reporter: how much is the check for? >> it is a dainty check but a huge number. than what will this do for the food bank? >> thank you delta dental for everything. you have been a great partner for the food bank. this $200,000, you figure 1 dollar means two meals, so that means 400,000 meals for the community . it is incredible and will do so much for us. thank you, thank you, thank you. >> reporter: what a beautiful gift with what this will do for so many families in the bay area as well. these monetary donations are incredible, but so is your >>> back to the breaking news, the sports world is mourning the loss of nfl legend and broadcaster john madden. he died unexpectedly at the age of 85. we have more on his passing and career at 5:30. >>> covid has claimed another college football ball game. >> reporter: this was canceled hours

tedros ghebreyesus said the omicron and delta variants were continuing to put an enormous strain on global health careron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. i'm highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. the united states has recorded its highest—ever seven—day average of new covid cases, according to a tracker maintained byjohns hopkins university. the moving average of new cases was more than 265,000 as of tuesday, surpassing the previous peak reported nearly a year ago. with omicron cases on the rise, health officials in new york have reported a steep increase in children admitted to hospital with covid over the christmas holiday. the us chief medical adviser, dr anthony fauci, has addressed the situation at a white house briefing. certainly, more children are being infected with the highly transmissible virus, and with that, there naturally will be more hospitalisations in children. it is noteworthy, however, that many ch

tedros ghebreyesus said the 0micron and delta variants were continuing to put an enormous strain on global health careiving up cases to record numbers, which again is leading to spikes in hospitalisations and deaths. i'm highly concerned that 0micron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. the latest from the who. meanwhile, india is introducing stricter restrictions to try and limit the spread of 0micron. authorities in the capital, delhi, have put the city on yellow alert, imposing a 50% passenger limit on public transport which has resulted in long queues outside metro stations and bus stops. the city is also shutting gyms, schools and cinemas. prime minister narendra modi is meeting with his cabinet later to discuss the rise in 0micron cases. away from covid. a special service is being held in cape town to remember desmond tutu. archbishop tutu, the nobel peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in south africa, died on boxing day aged 90. the service, hosted by his family, saw performances from local and international artists and tr

of delta, it will also take care of only krofnlt basically we know right now that this virus variant may actually evade some. i mun protection from either vaccination or previous infection, but even the early data out of south africa tells us that if you are vaccinated you have a much less likelihood of having serious illness, hospitalizations or deaths so i think, again, this is one -- you take care of one, you take care of the other. >> i do want to know you keep mentioning vaccinations, and i completely understand y.there are -- the trend lines there are better, not fantastic but certainly better. the seven-day trend line up 76% from a month ago. it does seem like the availability of boosters and talk of omicron has people getting more vaccines and the percentage of people, new fully vaccinated americans is up 96% from just a month ago, so you do see some encouraging signs there. one of the questions it is when you listen to the experts in south africa, they keep saying that everything they see, despite an explosi

he said that omicron and delta variant were continuing to put an enormous strain on health care systemsd the world. >> delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers, which is leading to spikes in hospitalizations and deaths. i am highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. anchor: with omicron cases on the rise, health officials in new york have reported a steep increase in children admitted to hospital with covid over the christmas holiday. the u.s. chief medical advisor has addressed the situation at a white house briefing. >> more children are being infected with the highly transmissible virus and with that, they are naturally will be -- there naturally will be more hospitalizations and children. it is noteworthy that many children are hospitalized with covid as opposed to because of covid, reflecting the high degree of penetrance of infection among the pediatric population. the finer conclusion about the level of severity and children remains to be determined. ancho

. >> reporter: despite omicron symptoms appearing milder than delta's, beleaguered frontline and health care workers are still getting hit particularly because unlike before, our staff was not as ea hard do you have the staff to handle the surge? >> not at this time because unlike before, our staff was not as easily infected like now. we have more staff now that is being infected >> reporter: alix zacharski is the nurse manager at jackson memorial's medical icu, where the health care system has witnessed a massive jump in cases. in one week you've seen a 150% increase in covid patients. >> that's correct. >> does that make you nervous? >> very much so because the numbers have been rapidly increasing and have exponential increase. >> reporter: that infection spreading in ways affecting all aspects of life, including on sports' biggest stages monday the nfl recording a single-day record of 106 covid infections and now mandating boosters for the media ahead of the playoffs and super bowl. and this week's college bowl games jeopardized on a daily basis. late tonight, the ucla bruins pulling out

california already required health care workers to be vaccinated by september, newsom issued that back in august while the delta variant is spreading. california will be the second state to require its health care workerns to get the boosters. new mexico was the first. right now it's unclear if weekly testing will be allowed as an alternative. the california -- the rate of positive tests picked up last week and the state's health department seeing more people in hospitals though we are doing better than many states dealing covid surges. the fear from some politicians and even some health care leaders or health leaders is that california could see a surge in new infections amid holiday parties and family gathers forced inside by a wave of winter storms. we will stream the governor's announcement live on the website. and on cbsn bay area. we are live in the newsroom. >>> we will get more questions answered. > >>> and a restaurant in san francisco's heys valley has become the first in the city to require booster shots. if you want to eat inside. they just posted saying that starting next week all guests dining ins

poppy, it will be interesting to see, this is just health care workers, delta air lines also asking to have the rules changed because they want to keep their planes up in the air, something we were hearing from pete a minute ago. it will be interesting to see if the cdc changes the rules for other industries as well. >> elizabeth, thank you. happy holidays. >>> let me bring in -- >> happy holidays. >> -- chief clinical officer -- let's get to elizabeth's news and that is that only one of three monoclonal antibodies on the market seems to work against omicron. my first thought goes to, well, what if they don't work against whatever the next variant might be? >> you know, the way these monoclonal antibodies are made are very targeted to the specific germ they're fighting, so the fact that omicron is so different than the alpha or even delta makings it so that it's not unexpected that the antibodies won't work. the manufacturers do realize this and are constantly seeking ways to update the drugs so they fit better to the antibodies. but the great news is we're not only dependent on these

i'll be honest, i don't really care what delta wants.do what is best and safest. like dan said, it is up to the experts. >> good point. it is not up to delta. nearly two years into the pandemic, most americans are driven -- are giving up the dream of being celebrity chef. cooking is out and campbell's soup is in. the company noticed it is had the -- the company has noticed a shift in habits, people bowl -- more people opting for soup. now it is offering its chunky soup with a lunchtime meal with the slogan lunchtime is your halftime. i am truly soup only this time of year when it is cold outside. it is a great, seemingly healthy food. our people opting for soup more than other options? going out, or cooking? >> personally, i have been cooking a lot during the pandemic. imc teaching. >> a can of soup sounds great. >> note only that, a lot of people this time running around. it is cold outside. it is good weather for soup. >> you and i were talking about soup the other day. this is super weather. >> i am not a soup in the summer kind of pe

how many do you worry that this omicron variant, along with delta, could overwhelm the health care system in this country in the next few weeks and months? >> right, well, it is already overwhelm in the u.s. in many places. that's just the delta side. as you say, we don't know the severity. overall the that can where it has hit, south africa, denmark, nor way, it's a more mild picture but the problem is we don't know how more mild or less severe it is. there have been deaths. deaths in all those countries including the u.s. now from omicron. and many hospitalizations. so it is really the unsettled question right now. we know why it would be less severe because we have this immune wall. the vaccinations and the boosters and the prior covid. and some intrinsic activity with this virus that would make it less severe but still an untold number of people who have been very severely ill. >> and doctor, why do you think it is that it is still a struggle to get tested in this country, particularly at a time when people plan to be with their family members, some of them valuable. admittedly that m

the state already required health care workers to be vaccinated by september while the delta variant was sprayed spreading. his office said we are in the second state in the united states to require its health care workers to get the booster shot. new mexico was the first. right now it's unclear if weekly testing would be allowed as a substitute to this booster requirement. though the state is doing better than many other states dealing with the covid surge the health department noticed positive test rates picking up. it's also seeing more people in hospitals. the fear is that we could see a surge in new infections amid holiday parties and family gatherings. we will stream the governor's announcement live on the website and on cbsn bay area. we are live in the newsroom. >> thank you. >>> with the surge in cases and the holidays just day away the demand for covid testing skyrocketing. this is video from across the country. people waiting in long lines at walk up or drive through sites. >> we are in walnut creek with more on the demand. >> these at home testing kits allow you to get res

is one of the worst effected regions. gabriel elizondo has moved from new care fortune, new jersey delta. one of the major carriers here in the us announced over a 125 cancellations on friday, united airlines to another major airline here in the u. s. over a $160.00 cancellations. they say this is all due to a pilot flight attendant and other staff shortages staff that have been hit by the new army cranberry. and that is hitting the north east of the united states in jersey. washington dc, new york, particularly hard new york city, and that is the us epicenter of the re, cranberry and u. k. prime minister balls, johnson as urging the public to get a boost of vaccine shot over the christmas holiday. he is resisted calls for title restriction says cook corona virus case is search to record highs though the time for buying presence is theoretically running out. there is still a wonderful thing. you can give your family and the whole country that is to get that job, whether to 1st or 2nd or your booster. so that next year's festivities even better than this years. and in the meantime, i than

testing point in the sense that if this is the stress on the health care system now and we don't fully understand, both really the current delta cries and the omicron growth that this system could be knocked over? >> well, i think we have to be a little bit careful here in terms of ascribing what we can do about this surge and not. number one, we have to understand what's happening with delta is already baked into the system. the next three weeks, the people who winfected with delta that will become hospitalized and seriously ill and die is already there, but i think over the course of the next two to four weeks you're going to see a war between omicron and delta deciding who is going to be the king of the viral hill, and i do believe that omicron will probably win. that does, as elizabeth cohen said earlier, has a bigger implication in terms of less severe illness. if you look at what's happening in safer tied, the morning data, shows the mum of hospitalizations and deaths are on track with what we saw with delta but what was the cases went up very quickly and came down quickly which means there's fewer deaths. i don't think

in the hospital, but enough to knock out the health care workforce so that they have to stay-at-home. i think that is the third piece to this, deltane, omicron surge number two, and an already-depleted health care workforce now, and we are going to have a lot of absences which will add to the already stressed health care system. lewis: thanks to the doctor talking to us about things to worry about. let's get to other news -- the world health organization has issued the emergency approval of a new coronavirus vaccine in india. covax has been produced by the institute of india as part of the covax portfolio, and initiative to vaccinate or people in low-income countries. a popular tourist island is devastated after a powerful typhoon ripped through the southern philippines. the super typhoon made landfall on a holiday island, bringing high winds and heavy rain, threatening homes, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. so far, 12 people are confirmed to have died. the u.n. says 30 million people maybe affected. russia says it is extremely disappointed with signals coming from the u.s. and ate out in response to its demands for se

severe or less severe, but how much do you worry that this omicron variant, along with delta, could overwhelm the health careystem in this country in the next few weeks and months? >> right. well, it's already overwhelmed in the u.s. in many places, and that's just the delta side. as you say, rosemary, we don't know the severity, but overall the picture around the world where it's hit -- south africa and the uk and denmark, norway -- it's a more mild picture. but the problem is we don't know how more mild or less severe it is. we know there's been deaths. there's been deaths in all those countries, including the u.s. now, from omicron and many hospitalizations. so it's really the unsettled question right now. we know why it would be less severe, because we have this immunity wall, the vaccinations and the boosters and the prior covid. and there's also some intrinsic evidence that are hints about this virus that would make it less severe. but still there are an untold number of people who will be very severely ill. >> and, doctor, why do you think it is that it's still a struggle to get tested in this country

care system. let's say that 5% of delta, 100 people went to the hospital, but if omicron infects a thousand people and 1% get infected, ten will go to the hospital. it can still very easily just overwhelm our health care system. >> and dr. wen, good news from the administration talking about pfizer's pill to treeat covid that got emergency authorization today, pacxlovid, the federal government will provide any resources to ramp up production. that's a pretty good indicator now. >> absolutely, and for the individual who is high risk, this is really good news because there are so many people who are very worried about what happens if they're already medically frail, and contract covid. this pill can reduce their likelihood of hospitalization or death by almost 90%. i think this is also good news for our hospital system because we also want to prevent our health care system from getting overwhelmed. if you can reduce the number of people who require hospitalization, if all they need is a pill, that would be great, but of course there are many logistical challenges here. there needs to be enough testi

care workers. rising omicron cases, delta cases and the not to be taken lightly flu. hey won't have the resources to care for everyone. right now omicron accounts for just 3% of all u.s. covid cases, but health officials tell cnn those numbers could start to double daily. >> wow, for now omicron doesn't appear as deadly as other variants, but the speed of its spread is concerning. it's time for three questions in three minutes. we're going to bring in airway surgeon at columbia university center. so good to see you. covid metrics, doctor, are up across the board. just the emails i get every day from the school, it used to be we have a case in the high school, we have a case in the middle school. now it's nine cases in the high school. reminding everybody stay safe and stay home if you're not feeling well. what are you looking for to see if we're in for a rough covid winter here? >> well, christine, there are really three things i'm looking for. first of all, i'm looking for the infection rate. so, for example, here in new york city we're up 109% in covid cases in the l

care, what is going to happen. the solution that we offered, 1 in 50 working women that work in this industry was smaller than what we gave to deltaortage. people aren't going back to work in child care centers. it's not safe and they don't get paid enough. how do we solve that? >> one of the ways we really need to be thinking about this is shoring up the child care industry beyond what just the dollars flowing to us are doing. so you know, it's absolutely right that just more money into this problem is not going to solve it. it's a systemic thing. one thing that's being piloted in massachusetts is to be able to provide child care centers with basic infrastructure, so that that way, they're freed up to pay higher wages and attract more workers into this industry. >> all right. well, you've got to take it on. the most broken business is one of the most important ones. alicia, claire, thank you both so much. that wraps up this very busy hour. i always love ending with two extraordinary women. i'm stephanie ruhle, jose diaz-balart picks up breaking news coverage right now. >>> and good morning, it's 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. paci

meanwhile, our already exhausted health care system is now caught between the delta variant and this new highly transmissible omicron strain. >> omicron is here. it's going to start to spread much more rapidly at the beginning of the year, and the only real protection is to get your shot. for the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death. we are going to protect our economic recovery if we do this, we're going to keep schools and businesses open. >> it is already spreading. the cdc predicts there could be over a million new cases by the end of christmas week. the government says this new strain is spreading fastest in new york and new jersey. some city restaurants and even some broadway shows are having to close back down, and the city plans to offer residents half a million rapid tests and a million masks. we'll get an update from the front lines of covid later in the hour, and there's also news tonight in the investigation into the january 6 insurrection. the house committee has now issued a subpoena to phil waldren. who is that? he's a retired army colon

delta. in china locking down the western city of two young. such moves since the pandemic began in wuhan. let's get to rachel chang, who leads bloomberg's asia health care coverage. what led to this lockdown? >> there has been a projected delta outbreak. they have caught like 50 infections a day. they found about 127 infections across 14 districts. now they have put the entire city on lockdown. the number is so small compared to what they are hearing in other countries. it speaks to china's zero-tolerance policy. the only country in the world still trying to get infections down to zero. the virus is just so infectious, to do that, they have to keep locking down places. locking down a city like this. it speaks to the fact china is stuck in the cycle right now. haslinda: omicron unlikely to send people to hospital, and the u.s. adding a new pfizer pill towards the growing stockpile of covid treatments. is it a game changer? >> i think the data, the studies out of the u.k. are encouraging. people with omicron, 40% less likely in hospital. it is about vaccination, not necessarily the variant itself. the wall in most cases right now, preventing illness from

driving a surge in cases and hospitalizations, but experts say omicron will overtake delta soon, straining a health careystem that's already at the brink. that's why officials say it is more important than ever for americans to get vaccinated and boosted. and new numbers underscore why that is so. according to data from the cdc, unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from covid than people who have been fully vaccinated and boosted. and yet around 70% of fully vaccinated americans still haven't gotten that extra dose. >> we could be in for an ominous winter season and a kind of grim beginning of the new year. there are still so many now vaccinated but still not boosted folks out there. i wish everybody would go and get vaccine tomorrow. we've got plenty of vaccine available. it's in the refrigerators just waiting to get into arms. >> we're also seeing the impact of the latest surge in other ways. on sunday, u.s. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker both announced they've tested positive for the virus. both say they are experiencing mild symptoms. now, new york reporting some troubling

but experts say omicron will overtake delta soon, straining a health care system that's already at thenk. and that's why officials say it's more important than ever to get vaccinated and boosted. and new numbers underscore that point. recent cdc data shows unvaccinated people are 20 times more like ly to die from covid than people who have been fully vaccinated and boosted. meanwhile, u.s. president joe biden is preparing to meet with the white house covid response team in the coming hours. he's also set to address public concerns about omicron in a speech on tuesday. and over on capitol hill u.s. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker both announced sunday that they have tested positive for the virus. both say they are experiencing only mild symptoms because they are both fully vaccinated and boosted. >>> well, new york is reporting some troubling covid numbers with another record case count on sunday of more than 22,000. cnn's polo sandoval has our report. >> reporter: for three days now new york state has seen a significant increase in the number of new covid cases. in fact, a re

i don't care if it's delta or omicron. >> dr. carlos del rio as always, really appreciate you being with us, spending time with us and sharing your insights and expertise. >> thank you, ana. >>> you think you've had some tense zoom calls throughout the pandemic? well, tomorrow, president biden will be holding a video call with russian president vladimir putin. as russia's military buildup on the ukraine border has nato now fearing an imminent invasion, and we've just learned the biden administration is weighing new sanctions against members of point's inner circumstance toll try to deter any military activity. cnn chief international affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is live at the white house. the stakes are high here. what do we know about the potential sanctions and what the president hopes to get out of tomorrow's call? >> ana, the stakes are dramatically high as tensions between the u.s. and russia are really at a low point. certainly since the summit between these two leaders earlier this summer in again haves, switzerland.

this, delta, number one, 0micron surge numbertwo, and in this, delta, number one, 0micron surge number two, and in already depleted health carehave to have a lot of absences, which will add to the stress of our already stressed health care system, so a lot to worry about. we are going to leave 0micron for a moment and come back to britain. a crushing by—election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost 200 years. the result comes in the middle of a turbulent period for mrjohnson, whose party and government have been plagued with allegations of corruption and breaking covid rules. here's what the british prime minister had to say in the wake of his party's defeat. i hear what the voters are saying in north shropshire and, in all humility, i've got to accept that verdict. things have taken one more turn for the worse for borisjohnson in the last couple of hours. the uk's top civil servant, who has been leading the inquiry into parties at downing street which happened a year ago, potentially in breach of the lockdown rules, has s

land into hospital but enough to knock out the health care workforce, so they have to stay at home, and i think that's the third piece to this, deltalready depleted health care workforce now going to have to have a lot of absences, which will add to the stress of our already stressed health care system, so a lot to worry about. let's get some of the day's other news. the world health organisation has issued the emergency approval of a new coronavirus vaccine in india. covovax has been produced by the serum institute of india. it's part of the covax portfolio, an initative to vaccinate more people in lower—income countries. russia says it is extremely disappointed with signals coming from the united states and nato, in response to its demands for security guarantees from the alliance. russia's long list of requests include asking nato to commit to end its expansion. the white house press secretary said there would be no talks with russia on european security without european allies. talks in vienna aimed at salvaging a two—thousand—and—fifteen nuclear deal with iran have been adjourned at tehran�*s request. they are not expected to

delta variant, so that remains a threat. when it comes to omicron, many confirmed cases have been found in vaccinated people who reported having mild symptoms. >> we've really got to be carefulus far the signals are a bitten encouraging regarding the severity. >> reporter: still, experts say it is crucial to determine whether omicron variant is more transmissible than other variants. sfo is one of the airports helping with surveillance testing. people can get tested here. if they test positive, those are sequenced. it helps cdc determine if there are cases of the omicron variant coming through. >>> the mayor of of new york says he is imposing vaccine mandate for private work places. the city has proven that mandates and incentives are effective. he wrote "now we are taking another step toward the future, private sector employee vaccine mandate. >>> in the bay area, union city police trying to learn more about a deadly shooting cavity you willers near 7th street reported gun shots around 8:30. officers found a man in the driver's seat with multiple gun shot wounds. he was pronounced dead minutes later. >>> to michigan where parents of an alleged school shooter are in police c

delta too. so we have to be careful. we can't let our guard down, and we will have more data within the next two to three weeks that will tell us is omicron slightly less lethal and less serious, but not yet. >> and while we hope, of course, that's the case, as you pointed out, in two or three weeks, the cases could have significantly spiked even from the point we're at now. dr. scott miscovich, thanks so much for this. really appreciate it. >> thank you, paula. >>> to europe now where countries are imposing new restrictions amid a staggering wave of infections. on monday, france announced plans to tighten its covid rules heading into the new year. starting next week, eating and drinking will be banned inside most public venues. officials say working from home will be mandatory at least three days a week when possible. it comes after france reported more than 100,000 new infections on christmas, the highest number since the pandemic started. italy has also seen a record-breaking surge in new infections with nearly 55,000

delta, too. so we have to be careful. we can't let our guard down. and we will have more data within the next two to three weeks that will tell us, is omicron slightly less lethal? less serious? but not yet. >> while we hope, of course, that's the case, as you point out in two or three cases, the cases could have significantly spiked even from the point we're at now. thank you. we really appreciate it. >> thank you, paula. >> as we mentioned earlier, omicron's rapid spread is disrupting holiday travel across the globe. and chinese destinations particularly hard hit. it comes as authorities are trying to contain a growing situation there. they reported 175 cases on monday, small, of course, to other countries, but that is the highest daily count in a chinese city since march of 2020. in europe, meantime, itly battling its highest case of numbers of the pandemic, reporting nearly 55,000 new infections christmas day alone. cnn's steven jang has the latest west begin with barbara in rome for us. italy like so many european countries is dealing with the s

delta. we're left wondering, should we change our behavior? usf says not yet, but words be carefulere is no evidence yet that it would be causing serious disease. that might change. reporter: dr. john moore is a professor of immunology and microbiology at cornell. he's been following the latest reports on omicron coming out of south africa. >> they're seeing evidence that it is more capable of inflections -- infections are people who have recovered from earlier infections. reporter: unlike delta, infected patients in south africa are not having symptoms of loss of smell and taste. >> that alone would say there's something funky about this variant. reporter: omicron came out of nowhere in november and makes up 60% of the iselin's in south africa. but it's -- >> south africa is a hard, example to draw from because the vaccination coverage is so low. it's only 21%. and there's a lot of people with hiv infection, uncontrolled hiv infection. reporter: is dr. george rutherford points out, there's still too many unknown variables to determine if omicron will be more deadly than delta, but

land into hospital but enough to knock out the health care workforce, so they have to stay at home, and i think that's the third piece to this, deltawo, and an already depleted health care workforce now going to have to have a lot of absences, which will add to the stress of our already stressed health care system, so a lot to worry about. not a country wide one. it's damaging to the authority of the prime minister. here in britain a crushing by—election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost two—hundred years. really since the birth of parliamentary voting began in the 1832 reform act. this constituency had 23,000 just two years ago. a very turbulent pairfor had 23,000 just two years ago. a very turbulent pair for mrjohnson right now. mrjohnson, whose party and government have been plagued with allegations of corruption and breaking covid rules. here's what the british prime minister had to say in the wake of his party's defeat. i hear what the voters are saying in north shropshire and, in all humility, i've got to accept that ve

suggest when you look at it totally, the hospitalization to case ratio is less than with delta, but you got to be carefule really to the fact that their population has so much experience with prior infections it might be underlying immunity that is making it looks like it's less severe. as a virus it inherently may not be less severe. >> kathy park is joining us now. it's good to see you. i know you have been tracking all the closures, and we have seen some in the last couple of days and there are even more now. walk us through that. >> yeah, it's hard to keep up with sport being events to broadway shows and even "snl," covid is disrupting our lives. the omicron variant is tightening its grip as we brace for a dark winter. rising covid cases being blamed for major disruptions all across the country. even "saturday night live" -- >> whoa, where is everybody? >> heard what? >> the show decided it would not be a live audience due to the spike in cases in omicron variant. the winter wave is stretching into the sports world, too. nine brooklyn nets players entered the nba's health and safety protocols while t

care? you had such a terrible delta wave to deal with are now you've got this on top.icron but if you look around the borders of germany, the netherlands and some others, we expect the worse. in terms of restrictions i was referring to, that germany has announced, does that make any sense, once infection is in the community and spreading in the community? well, it makes always sense to stop the spreading, regardless of what you are planning to do, it will have an impact but obviously if you do it too late, it probably does not help much. restrictions are helpful, that's for sure. ijust had some use, in germany, from the 28th of december, there will be massive restrictions in terms of contact, people are not allowed to meet any more. there will be some further restrictions coming. interesting that is what the german government is considering because here in the uk that is exactly what the british cabinet are currently looking at. when you look at the number of cases here, does it make sense to you not to impose restrictions as soon as possible, or is there still time to

delta variant. >> we have to be careful before we make any determinations, but thus far the signals have been encouragingding the severity. >> reporter: but officials stress that all eligible americans roll up their sleeves and get that booster shot. in louisiana, thousands being tested after a covid outbreak on a week-long international cruise. at least 17 confirmed cases on the norwegian breakaway. the cruise ship company is saying in a statement, in part, in addition to requiring that 100% of guests and crew are fully vaccinated, we have implemented quarantine, isolation, and contact tracing procedures. robin? >> stephanie, the new travel restrictions for international travelers coming to the u.s. are now in place this morning. tell everybody what exactly that is. >> reporter: right, robin. so starting today all air passengers with a flight departing to the u.s. from a foreign country will be required to show a negative covid test taken within 24 hours, instead of three days. off of this in an effort to slow the spread of the omicron variant. robin? >> all right, stephanie. thank you. t.j.? >>> we tur

rate, into severe consequences, people in hospital, people in intensive care, people, unfortunately losing their life. the delta does in sheer numbers terms. even if you have something which is ha, mortality rates of the other existing barons. if you get maybe twice to 3 times as many cases, you're still gonna have a worse outcome in terms of disease burden. because of the small number of people who can still becomes baby on. well, now that is what has prompted. well, data is policy makers, governments all over the world to say, right? we have to do something to make sure we showed up the system because of the other big elephant in the room. the uncertainty will this translate into severe disease in particularly heavily vaccinated countries. like say the u. k. u s. compared with south africa, a country where there's a relatively low level of uptake vaccine, 50 percent in some of the country. okay, so south africa's largest private insurance company actually is saying this new variant is not making up the most of the new cases in the country. as you mentioned, they just have a little listen to this for us. immed

cares? it doesn't seem to make people as sick as delta or other variants. and here is the reason why we care. if this spreads far and wide as it seems like it will, it will reach people who are unable to fight it off. so there will be many, more people for whom it will be the case of the sniffles and no big deal, but it will reach people who are immune compromised, it will reach people who can't fight it off and that's one of the concerns going on here. brianna? >> we're all vectors, you know. that's what we have to remember. we're all part of the system. elizabeth, thank you so much. >> and on that note, this just in -- secretary of state antony blinken's trip to asia being cut short due to a member of the traveling press testing positive for coronavirus. instead of attending his meetings in thailand scheduled for tomorrow morning, blinken will make his way back to the united states speaking with thailand's foreign minister, speaking with thailand's foreign minister, he expressed his deep regret and invited him to washington. he already visited the uk, indo

care workforce. so we face this very daunting prospect of the perfect storm of delta, home, people coming into hospitalsgh health care providers to take care of them. that will be a very unstable situation that i'm looking out for. >> dr. hotez, bloomberg is reporting that omicron spread between two vaccinated travelers in a hong kong hotel just from their rooms being across the hallway from each other. you talked about the ease of transmission. what is it telling you and what can you share with us about the transmissibility of this new particular variant, omicron? >> you know, with each passing wave we've seen greater transmissibility. following the original lineage that came out of central china, the alpha variant was more transmissible with that. delta out-competed alpha and was more transmissible. now omicron is more transmissible than delta. we're getting up to transmissibility matching measles. measles can linger in aerosols in the air for periods of time. that's what makes me very concerned about this big firestorm we'll see among omicron. i'm also worried about the kids. in south africa we've se

today i'm much more concerned about delta, 99.9% of the cases. i'm still carefuli go inside unless i'm sure everybody's vaccinated. if omicron takes off to be 1, 2 or 5% of the cases in the u.s., we have to factor into decision making. >> facing a potential winter surge, last winter saw a horrendous spike after the holidays. do you think this plan will prevent another spike in cases? >> i think it should help some, it's kind of baked in we're going to see a spike. still have a lot of people unvaccinated and vaccinated people not getting the boosters yet. and in large parts of the country, people are over covid, decided not to wear masks anymore and as people go inside because of the colder weather, it's setup for them to be slammed. delta is bad enough, i don't think the surges will be what we've seen in the past but still seeing 1,000 deaths a day, still not a good situation, forgetting about omicron for a second. >> glad you said that, people are over covid because just because people are over covid, doesn't mean that covid is over. hearing conspiracy theories t

me grown woe at a to prominent health care level definitely for the average patient cause as much milder symptoms than even delta. if i look at my own personal experience out of a 110 patients, we had to admit it from 3 to 4 patients. i'm not very severely you. the probability of landing in a hospital with only chron is 80 percent lower than the delta infections. experts say the reason is threefold. a great many people in south africa already have some immunity against the virus due to past infections. secondly, the new parent is weaker, and thirdly, vaccines have helped almost 40 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. patients who nevertheless need hospitalization or not severely think a severe he often hospitalisation often listen, we monitor how many needed oxygen or ethan. i see you can call cause i'm asked that he has seen. it's sophia, who says, when noted in those with on some south africans wonder if micron is a blessing in disguise. those who fall sick, i'm not too sick and the infection act as natural booster. russian president vladimir putin and his american counterpart, jo bud spoke for nearl

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delta variant. that remains a threat. when it comes to omicron, many confirmed cases have been found in vaccinated people who reported having mild symptoms. >> we've really got to be carefulake determinations that it is less severe or really doesn't cause severe illness comparable to delta. thus far the signals are encouraging regarding severity. >> reporter: experts say it is crucial to determine if omicron is transmissible, more transmissible. cdc has expanded surveillance at airports like sfo. if you are coming from a certain country, you can get tested. if it is positive, that sample is sequenced. this helps cdc determine if there are cases of the omicron variant coming through. >>> new, union city police trying to learn more about a deadly shooting. callers near 7th street reported hearing gun shots around 8:30 last night. officers found a man in the driver's seat of a car with multiple gun shot wounds. he was pronounced dead. detectives are asking anyone who saw something suspicious to contact them. >>> to michigan where parents of alleged school shooter are in police custody. the couple insists they were never on the run as is reported. james and jennifer crumbley