figure for infections, 83 patients in icu, 242 people have died due to covid 19, but the figure on scre, just under 180,0 new cases in one day, a sad and scary record. we have more at france 24 with this. reporter: 179,008 hundred seven cases is a record high that comes one day after the french government announced new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of covid-19. the new measures did not dampen the festive mood in the capital. many parisians say they plan to celebrate new year's eve in small groups of friends. >> [speaking french] >> [speaking french] reporter: the new measures come into effect next week. it will then be mandatory for employees to work from home for at least three days per week. large events be limited to 2000 people indoors and 5000 outdoors. bars and restaurants will only serve seated customers. it was a relief for those working in the food service industry. >> [speaking french] reporter: several traditional new year's events, including paris' fireworks display, are canceled for the second year in a row, while the government announced closure of nightclubs th

now at a million americans dead, a million americans dead, and, you know, it's not the sc-- it's the scre full-front page headline in the world and people shrug it off. we have to realize death is going to continue and it's going to be disproportionate. it's going to disproportionately affect the people in this country who are unvaccinated, who have made that choice. it's a bad choice. we shouldn't give up on them, we should reach out to them. almost every person right now who is dying of covid is dying unnecessarily. even with the surge in cases, the vast majority of people who get really sick, need to be hospitalized or die will be people who are unvaccinated. >> and we are averaging 37,000 deaths a day. dr. reiner, thank you for being a guiding light for all of us right now. i know it's very challenging for you and your colleagues to continue day after day. >> that means a lot. thank you, ana. >>> we also have this moratorium on student loan payments until may 1st. cnn's jeff zeleny is at the white house and this is a 180 from what the white house was saying a few weeks ago. what are w

. >> athena, four major airports, i tkpwrunderstand, will do thei scre screening. >> reporter: the setupxpress check, for international arrives, this is going on not just at newark but john f. kennedy in san francisco and atlanta hartsfield jackson. again, part of trying to keep up a step up surveillance for this omicron variant. this will allow increased testing of covid for specific international arrivals and increase the cdc's capacity to identify these cases and of course to trace them later. they're going to be working with state and local health authorities to keep track of all of this to enhance surveillance and keep an eye out for travelers from anywhere that could be coming into the u.s. with covid-19 and particularly with this ohm kropbt variant. of course this is a week of changes to travel rules. just on monday, the u.s. banned travel from several african countries. >> some think it's something the u.s. could have and should have been doing all along. athena, thanks. >>> how transmissible, is it, is it more severe than other versions of covid, and how effective are vaccines a

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