it is embedded with the way it is handling covid. if the spread is not limited, if it is not contained, what impact do you think that will have on china's global image, when it has been so adamant it is going to maintain a covid zero policy? >> china is facing this dilemma because it has been closing the border for so long. now it allows more athletes and relevant personnel to come in, but it is still a very close country compared to what we had two years ago. the policy is the central government in china are making will have a different image from before because miscommunication happens in this situation. we have seen the words of some of my foreign friends, the exodus of foreigners from china because either they have not been seeing their family for two years, they just have to, and the cost of that would be they need to leave their job in china, or they stay, but they have to endure this long time of loneliness and the potential change of visa policies and things have become quite difficult for china. the olympics is only a small

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did they have covid? suspected covid. that's what happening, isn't it, across the board. covid has disrupted our normal activity and it has had impact on the waiting list. this is the hospital's intensive care unit. these beds are needed for patients following major surgery as well as those with serious illnesses. how many covid patients are there in here at the moment? so, the numbers have been dropping over the last few weeks, happily. so we're down to five i think today, which is the lowest we've been for months. dr billyard's seen a big difference here in covid numbers since the start of the pandemic. so most of your patients are in critical care for other reasons? yes, absolutely. and what sort of numbers are we talking? so we have about 30 non—covid patients in critical care at the moment. the vaccine and new treatments have helped reduce the number of covid patients needing these beds. but there are some and they appear to be getting younger. what sort of people are ending up in, err, the covid critical care area? the key headline is unvaccinated. the vast majori

i have gotten covid and gotten over covid. wearing a mask, washing hands constantly, you know, where my mask out in public. when i was my taste or smell, i smoke marijuana and i'm cured. host: let's go to chuck in dolores, colorado. hello. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for c-span. i came down with the virus in 2019, december of 2019. i went to visit my mother. she was ill. my mom and dad worked over the world. people would stop in and visit from all over the world, so they were probably patient -- he was probably patient 1, or one of them. anyway, i brought it back to colorado, isolated myself, but my wife still came down with it. we both came down with long-haulers. she. still has memory problems. -- she still has memory problems. i could barely breathe. i was on methadone for pain management for my back. and i took a blood oxygen count and my blood oxygen was down to 74, so i titrated off the methadone. and i can equate that with having covid. every joint in my body ached. i went through methadone withdrawals becaus

out of the 20 listed as covid hospitalizations last week ten were admitted for covid out of the 20 cases reported to the cdc as covid-19 hospitalizations, three of them were women that were asymptomatic that were delivering babies? >> that's right. if we don't understand the distinction between the people who might be in icu on a ventilator truly there because of covid-19 we might over estimate the burden of omicron. >> reporter: now doctors are calling on the cdc to specify how patients who test positive should actually be counted. >> we have simply been reporting patients who test positive for covid in one big bucket and those numbers go to the cdc. that's what we've really got to change >> it is fascinating but given everything you just said, there are still hospitals very much overwhelmed, right? >> absolutely. the experts we talked to said there is still a significant crisis still happening within hospitals but so much of that crisis has more to do with the staffing shortage and health care workers testing positive for omicron than it does with the severity of the disease. >> intere

plea to the public. >> we may be all done with covid, covid is not done with us. due to the omicron variant, our case rates have never been higher and hospitalizations beginning to climb. widespread transmission with unvaccinated groups and some transmission among vaccinated individuals. >> county's positivity rate reached high of 16.5% this week, all-time high. when it comes to schools, the order does not apply to normal classroom or recess activities. bay area hospitals are make changes. ian cull has the new protocols and talked with the head of emergency department. >> reporter: valley medical center in san jose putting a pause on adult elective surgeries that require a patient to stay overnight. goal to keep the beds open for patients as covid infections rise. stanford is also delaying some elective surgeries. >> we're reviewing every patient case by case, to see who could be delayed, taking into effect their medical urgency and individualized condition. >> reporter: in the south bay, number of patients doubled from 36 to 66 but far fewer than the winter surge

deaths from covid or deaths from covid versus with covid. now watch this response. >> do you know how many of the 836,000 deaths in the u.s. linked to covid are from covid, or with covid but they had other issues you have that breakdown? >> yes of course with alma curran we are following that very carefully, our deaf registry takes a few weeks, takes a few weeks to collect across omicron just been with us a few weeks but that data will be forthcoming. >> laura: she completely avoids the question again. he wasn't talking about omicron is relatively new. we have almost two years of data. and they still can't tell us what deaths are really covid cause deaths versus. >> that is true and a chance to go over this with scott, another one of your contributors on the medical scientific side and scott believes that our officials, the cdc officials, that they are just not confident in managing this rapid flow of data. but we know from sources actually on the cdc website but also -- it is clearly, basically 10% or fewer of all of the deaths is purely dr

those covid test shortages. what's not enough appointments for pcr tests and the highly transmissible variants such as omicron and it's a perfect storm. so if you need a test and you can't get one and thank you might have the virus, what should you do? a cloud four's. dan kerman is live in san francisco tonight to help answer that question than a lot of people need to know. that's right. because people can't get the tests. and right now this variant is so transmissible. medical experts say you have to assume you have it and you have to isolate. with increased difficulty. scheduling a pcr test in store shelves bare when it comes to at home. covid tests. >> what do you do if you feel sick and can't get tested? yeah. >> a scratchy throat cough. runny nose congestion. its covid right now and there's so much to be going around. >> ucsf, infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says because you could potentially transmit the virus to others. those untested and 6 should go into isolation. >> you keep us off

de maestros decidieron no presentarse como forma de protestas por las pocas protecciones frente al covid >> 503 maestros faltaron en sus trabajos en oakland sus carteles lo decían todo reclaman mejores protecciones >> necesitamos que el distrito use el dinero para comprar más máscaras >> donde hay más estudiantes >> provocó cierre de 12 escuelas ante la falta de personal adecuado 8.400 estudiantes fueron impactados padres de familia apoyan la acción de los maetros >> es verdad que vale más prevenir a lamentar pasé 22 días en la cama sin comer >> ya estuvo enfermo no me gustaría ir a enfermarlo >> la acción es ilegal el lugar más seguro es las escuela donde tenen grupo estable y hay inspección se hicieron las órdenes para dárselas a estudiantes también los sistemas de ventilación se han mejorado >> les hubiera gustado que se hubiera dado antes >> otras 65 operaron normalmente telemundo 48 >> gracias una protesta se llevó a cabo en san francisco para mejorar medidas de precaución del covid-19 mientras tanto el distrito escolar pidió disculpas por la situación que se vi

google, covid test near me, go there, google excuse me covid test near me on google to find the nearest site where you can get a test, most often and free. look, more capacity, free and person test we should have lines shortened and more appointments freed up. look, if you want to test yourself at home, we have three options now. one, drug stores and online websites are restocking. two, actually the more chests are available or going to continue to become available. next week, our requirement that your insurance company reimburse you for at-home test takes effect. so you can get reimbursed. if you are insured you can buy the tests and get paid for. the second thing i want to mention is, many states and local governments and health care providers are passing out free at-home test you can pick up, just find out where they are. and finally as i announced recently the federal government is launching a website this month. : : : >> that greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death. i'm pleased to say that on christmas eve we shipped out the first batch of these pills that we received

to covid-19. is formally an assistant federal defender who served the united states district for the eastern district of washington and idaho. she received her law degree from the university of iowa, college of law or she editor-in-chief of the iowa law review. i'm just a scene with the u.s. government accountability office where she leads the work on justice and law enforcement issues. her portfolio includes federal prison systems, federal law enforcement oversight and training, civil liberties and civil rights in the federal judiciary. twenty plus years she also worked on issues related to social security reform, disabilities, k-12 and higher education. doctor gooden received her phd and masters degree in economics from the university of nebraska lincoln and a bachelors degree in economics at the university of houston. kelly is a political commentator and senior contributor at america's greatness. ms. kelly covers a political and policy issues. she is an author and former political to officehold

calhope offers free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. >>> we have seen a lot from stephen curry over the years while he revolutionize the game. tonight stephen curry's walk off today. rick wells honored the warriors. here we go. rockets and warriors. rockets had their way, houston led 101-92. what's happening here? warriors are at a funk. final minutes, curry had a chance to give the warriors the lead but he misses. this has been the deal for the warriors the last couple of weeks. five seconds remaining now and this time look at that stephen curry nails it. there you go. the game winner at the buzzer, look at his reaction, it is like they won the nba title. he was fired up. warriors beat the rockets, 105-103. >>> we are ready for tomorrow. a lot of hype and talk. we are ready to go. all the talk of the weather in green bay, 5 degrees or whatever it is going to be. nick bosa, the niners' defensive lineman, he was cleared today. the packers are in favor to win when you have xfinity, you

to covid. here is a closer look at the $2.7 billion proposal fighting covid which his office expects to largely be reimbursed by federal government. 1.2billion is set to expand testing by extending clinic hours and sending rapid tests to schools and homes. 614billion for upping staffing at vaccination sites and hospitals, 583 million to continue vaccine education campaigns including combating misinformation. his spending plan allots millions and billions of dollars on drought prevention, wildfire suppression, climate change, homelessness, and many other programs. today's budget layout, newsom said he wants health coverage for all immigrants. this would make california the first state to cover everyone under its medicaid plan regardless of immigration status. len. >> justin, thank you. >>> we brought you the news conference live on cbsn bay area. watch 24/7 streaming on cbsn bay area or the kpix5 news app. >>> the cdc is urging u.s. citizens not to travel to canada saying even fully vaccinated t

infecting our non covid patients. our non-covid co workers for some people. maybe they we just got the cold. that's well and good. but we never know what else will develop after that cold. >> the guidance does say that before the changes are made, there should be every attempt to bring in additional staff. >> all right. time to look at the forecast again, as look live over downtown san francisco on kron 4 meteorologist dave spahr as back pay. >> you said it feels like spring. it does. you almost little flavored. yeah. i think it can't get rain about not some sunshine going on here and it looks like that's what the doctor ordered for this week ahead. >> the temperatures we're checking in at this 3 o'clock hour. oakland actually a cool spot at 57 hayward. 59 off to the east bay here, antioch, 60. 59 in livermore. 62 san francisco and half moon bay has been in the 60's now for a couple of hours now. the traffic coming into the pacific, even if it's coming from the mid latitude is still kind of being pushed up to the northwest. so we're not getting any of this ac

can china really get to zero covid? >> i think what we are seeing is a zero covid strategy for china is becoming less tenable by the week. they have been able to pull it off, but what has changed is the omicron variant is so much more transmissible that it is easier to spread than prior variants. we know vaccines create immunity but immunity is waning in china. the vaccines predominately used in china are less effective, especially without a booster, so vaccines are not as good at preventing infections. they still will likely be good at preventing bad outcomes, but the idea that increasing vaccinations to prevent all transmissions and getting to a zero covid state is possible is not the case anymore. laura: in the united states we had a million cases yesterday, but what about hospitalizations and deaths? do we have the tools to get through this, as president biden said today? >> we do. the one reason for optimism with the omicron wave is that it does seem to lead to milder disease. but the sheer number of cases, averagi

and that has led to high demand for covid testing. it is not just sick people. >> who are looking for the tests. you have students going back to school. people going back to work after the holidays, folks who have been traveling some internationally. they're all driving up demand. and since take on tests have become almost impossible to find testing sites are often the only option. >> well, it was hard. this month because of the surge that usually it's not. but it's definitely gotten worse. so it's hard to get an appointment. i luckily this is guest this week. >> the cdc has also updated its guidance regarding rapid test today. they're now suggesting if you've tested positive for covid and are using rapid tests to see if you're still infected, you should wait towards the end of the 5 day isolation period to do so. if your test result is negative, you canendure isolation but continue to wear a well-fitting high quality mask around other people at home and in public until day 10. if you test positive, it is being recommended that you co

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had zero symptoms of covid, zero. it's in the medical literature. throughout the spring of 2020, except while i was in the white house in the summer, late summer, early fall of 2020, we knew this because we were defining covid differently on the basis of simply a positive test. so there was a complicated system of reimbursement and other incentives of these people were called covid hospitalizations. ten symptoms of a disease, that's not the reason obviously for being hospitalized. he just happened to test positive. this is always a remembrance for me of how it was. when i was talking about the risk factors to the task force, the people on the task force didn't understand, didn't know or simply deny the facts. we know now it's two-thirds of deaths of americans from covid are people with six or more comorbidities. yet the message was out there that anybody with hypertension, high blood pressure, was at high risk for covid. that was false. we knew that. i showed the peepers to the people and task force back in the summer

these are our top stories: china's covid commandos. the authorities close down a city of more than 1 million after just three reported cases. it's a strategy that includes things like this — pop—up tents where you can get a booster on the way home and win prizes as well, but it also includes very, very harsh measures that can be imposed on a city in a matter of hours. it's more than a million and counting in the us as it hits the highest number of daily infections ever recorded. president biden urges people to get vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we've got to make more progress. prince andrew's lawyers argue in court for the sexual assault civil lawsuit against him to be thrown out. they say he can't be sued because of an agreement signed by his accuser, virginia giuffre. despite strict covid rules, novak djokovic will be allowed to defend his australian open title without being vaccinated as he's granted a medical exemption. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it really

on the covid tab. there you can find news about a spike in covid related san francisco 911 calls learning protocols in east based schools and what happened to the penal police building because of covid. will all say jose residents who are old enough to vote may soon be allowed to vote in city elections. despite their immigration status. the san jose city council is considering expanding municipal voting rights, a measure before the council would allow non citizens to vote in citywide elections. council member magdalena cross co. says the measure would recognize the lasting contributions of the city's most marginalized communities. this moment is about our recovery. it's about resilience in the next 10 years ago, said well look very different, and we need to make sure that the voice of our non citizen community is not suppressed or erased. the power to vote will benefit or on community or teachers, the tech worker industry construction workers, every single industry that our community touches will benef

it is covid safer. you won't catch covid from us. what you can catch those a shower or 2 and it looks folks up in santa rosa points in the far north bay beginning to see a few sprinkles. just a straight ahead promise. so we are and the commute this morning. i can attest it was easy. it was quiet friday light. i didn't have any raindrops. i didn't need to the wipers. now at all. and hopefully you can get through your morning ride without either depending on how quick or slow that rain is moving. >> let's find out. good morning right now. good morning. and that's right. we've been tracking your forecast today. >> we did have a few drizzles this morning. so certain parts of the bay area. we're a little wet. we're looking at the tarmac here at sfo. just a few damp spots out there. but we're tracking that storm system right now. you can see to the north of us starting to ride through into santa rosa at this hour. we're going to be tracking that. it's not going to stay there. it's going to quickly continue to move southward throughout the

- invitan a otro para que se contagien de covid- >>> el año pasado o el anterior escuche de algo así igualmente pensé que era algo absurdo, es y responsable >>> situación que la cuesta entender a doctores >>> es algo peligroso y no debe de hacerse >>> son años difíciles pero recalca que esta fiesta no es la solución >>> el mundo está fatigado y frustrado para infectarse, no es una buena idea tenemos que recordar que no sabes como se daban a enfermar >>> según datos del gobierno estatal california cuenta con más de 6 millones de casos de coronavirus reflejan que más de 11.000 personas fueron hospitalizadas por complicaciones de coronavirus >>> en california son los menos vacunados, los latinos jóvenes son los menos vacunados en comparación que son blancos >>> dos años de la pandemia dice que el pensar de mucho es el mismo >>> a veces escucho, que el covid- es algo que nos quieren tener asustado y no es nada serio >>> hace llamado en los padres de niños que no son vacunados >>> los niños pueden recuperarse, pueden desarrollar pruebas de largo plazo por el virus que incluy

in fact, there hasn't been a covid death in china for months and supporters of zero covid say that that makes the case. they also point to the chinese economy. official data shows that china's gdp grew by over 8% last year — that exceeded most expectations. there are, though, caveats. my colleague mariko oi explains. now, china's strict zero covid policy has meant that some major cities started to go back into lockdown from last month, due to the omicron variant, and we have yet to see the full impact of that. for now, though, china believes its zero covid strategy has worked, for the economy and for public health. but sooner, rather than later, it faces a decision — how long to stick with zero covid? and it may have its hand forced. we know omicron is highly transmissible and variants pose a challenge to zero covid policies. we've seen that in australia. the arrival of the delta variant forced the government to change tack. prime minister scott morrison abandoned zero covid last year, saying that australia would now live with the virus. or there's new zealand. while visiting from o

with someone with covid. people who do not develop symptoms should get tested. if you test positive you should begin isolation. people who test negative might and quarantine and continue to wear well fitting mask when around others for an additional five days. these recommendations are consistent with over 100 studies collected over the past two years indicating people are most infectious during the first few days of infection and significantly less infectious six to ten days after infection. icore part of cdc's mission iso translate signs into recommendations for best practices and real-world circumstances. over the holidays, we saw growing surge of omicron and took swift science -based action to address a very real possibility of staffing shortages and hospitals and other essential areas of the workforce.to public safety, public, grocery stores and others. shortages could have an proven to have dire public health consequences. the guidance for what we currently know about transmission and real-world circums

our covid school dashboard. head to nbcbayarea.com. to go your home page. it will tell you the information for your child's school. >>> stuck on a shipment with a possible outbreak on board. can you imagine? we did it a couple years ago, now it's happening again. the cdc is telling people to avoid cruise ships because of omicron. what about those already at sea? a princess cruise ship will dock tomorrow in san francisco and some say there's an outbreak on board. this couple tells us they've been isolating in their room on the ship for the past several days. they separated themselves after learning the shipment's enter teenagers were quarantining because of an outbreak. the couple from mountain view said the view hasn't followed promised precautions. he even called the cdc to warn them. said he finally got help from a public health worker. >> he finally found something called a mega event. he was able to take a report and give me a tracking member so that's the only thing i have. especially now that they're denyi

of covid. the washington post also reports that biden administration plans to set up a website where people can request at home test kits, several university of california schools and cal state university has announced plans to delay in person courses. due to the covid-19 surge. i think that is a really good move from the university, and it really makes us get relief, but on the other hand is a little sad that we cannot see. our friends again at class. ahead of 10 30 elissa harrington will have a full report on students uncertain return from winter break. new at tennessee. hp says it has recovered dozens of items believed to be stolen from the home depot. it started with the traffic stop by san ramon. police on new year's day. officers suspected of possible retail theft connection and say chp took over the case. chp says the person arrested is a known booster or shoplifter. the suspect allegedly stole all 93 items you see here from home depot, the merchandise is valued at more than $3000, also

loud and clear — covid is serious. some of the shifts that i have had are the toughtest i've ever had. and the race to vaccinate the public. i got the letter yesterday, and i'm booked in today. i three, two, one! welcome back, everyone! cheering lockdown ends. i can literally not stress how much i missed being able to go out. but there's the threat of a new variant. there is a tidal wave of omicron coming. the year began with intensifying pressure on the nhs. covid infections were rising, and there was a worrying increase in hospital admissions. the second wave of the virus was going to prove more deadly than the first. with covid cases rising, the new school term began with confusion. some teachers and children stayed at home. there's 21 members of staff that have opted not come into school, because they would consider it to be an unsafe environment. in my school, that's led to nursery, year 3—4 not coming to school. the empty classrooms were a warning of what was coming. another lockdown announced in the uk's natio

calls and er visits for covid tests and minor cold flu or covid symptoms. we've been. >> having about over 400 m s calls. >> a day in the city for the past several days. typically that number hovers around 300 or 330, that's about a 20 to 25% increase in calls. doctor susan ehrlich chief executive officer at zuckerberg, general hospital. >> says as the only level one trauma center in the city, there are always extremely busy, but they've never seen anything like this. people are coming to emergency departments seeking testing. >> because i think the demand is high in some cave in some circumstances, the supply is both ems and zuckerberg general hospital are seeing about 10% of their staff out with covid or quarantining because of a close encounter. they also have other people out on vacation personal time or other illnesses. she jeanine nicholson with the san francisco fire department says they're struggling to keep up with the extra demand for one-third of our staff today is on mandatory overtime. health officials want to remind people that most covid case

the modified vaccine by pfizer perhaps months away as new covid cases continue to drop, still leaving overwhelmed hospitals, which are now finding some antibody treatments against omicron are not working. >>> also today, the biden administration is pulling its rule that employees at large companies either be vaccinated or regularly tested as now two years into the pandemic, mask rules continue to generate heat. miguel almaguer starts our coverage >> reporter: announcing the start of their new clinical trial today, pfizer says it's testing if their new reformulated covid vaccine will specifically target the omicron variant and to see how effective that new formula would be. with the vaccinated and boosted already highly protected against hospitalization, the fda would then have to consider if the formula is even needed. in a trial expected to take months, it comes as pockets of the nation emerge beyond omicron's peak how difficult is it to get ahead of a new variant with a vaccine? >> if a new variant emerges, we can always build vaccines, but they can take several months to build and

covid-19 or otherwise. how do we close the gap between the states that are heavily sequencing and following this and those that aren't? >> yes, thank you for that and for your leadership in colorado in genomic sequencing. as i mentioned, you know, we need to have both numbers and breadth and geographic distribution in order to get a real good view of what's happening in genomic sequencing. we need to sample from state labs so we get samples from every lab. we also get samples from commercial labs which gives us a lot of volume. we have partnerships with 19 academic medical centers in order to do so. what we do and power our genomic sequencing is so we're able to detect a sequence that's present in less than .1%. we scale up based on the number of cases we have, we scale up or scale down. what we're able to do with omicron, when we saw the footprint of the pcrs, a similar footprint as alpha, we were able to do targeted enhances surveillance of sequences that had that initial footprint and able to identify se

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his lawyers say he already had covid. >>> the terrifying cliff collapse caught on camera. boaters racing to safety and special delivery a message from this ups driver that inspired so many across the country ♪ >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening we are entering a new phase in this latest covid wave driven by the highly contagious omicron variant. first, came the explosion in cases and now come the hospitalizations in some areas the health care system is buckling under new pressure the virus is so widespread many healthcare workers are testing positive and calling out sick, and there's a lot of seemingly conflicting information. this virus is less severe, but icus are still approaching capacity, and what to make of the larger number of people who tested positive for covid while hospitalized for something else sam brock leads off our coverage tonight to help us make sense of it all. >> a year ago or even a month ago the dail covid infection number might have seemed impossible roughly 870,000 cases recorded friday alone. >> this has now be

suffering from long-term covid. there's also the fact that many people get covid and then recover without ever knowing they really had it. when is the best time to get tested for covid after exposure. the cdc has a few suggestions. >> get tested at least 5 days after you last had close contact with the person with the virus, the date of the last close contact is considered a 0 fully vaccinated. people should get tested 5 to 7 days after close contact with a person suspected or confirmed with having covid. and according to the cdc, people have tested positive for covid within the past 3 months and recovered. do not have to get tested as long as they do not develop new symptoms. the skyrocketing demand for covid tests has led to a rise in new testing scams. san francisco health officials are warning of an authorized covid test sites in the city such as this location in a tweet advertising free pcr testing at a tent near to lowe's stores park. that is not on the list of san francisco's authorize testing sites. you can

also weekly covid testing a mandatory school. why quarantine when there are 3 a more positive covid cases on campus in a 2 week time period and a vaccine clinic at frick united before january 31st, as well as an emergency plan for absent teachers and staff across 4 reached out to the alameda county office of education, oakland, unified schools and the oakland educators association for comment. but so far none of our requests have been returned. well, the rise in teacher absences is impacting schools all across the bay. the san ramon valley unified school district returned to class tuesday where teachers were absent yesterday, 134 teachers called out sick superintendent doctor john loy says those numbers fall within the normal range of teacher absences but says his staff is preparing for those numbers to possibly go up and an increase in covid-19 cases and staffing shortages. let the west contra costa unified school district to cancel classes this past friday and monday, 284 teachers were absent tuesday, 249 called out sick on wed

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calls and er visits for covid tests and minor cold flu or covid symptoms. we've been. >> having about over 400 m s calls a day in the city for the past several days. typically that number hovers around 300 or 330, that's about a 20 to 25% increase in calls. doctor susan ehrlich chief executive officer at zuckerberg, general hospital. >> says as the only level one trauma center in the city, there are always extremely busy, but they've never seen anything like this. people are coming to emergency seeking testing. >> because i think the demand is high in some cave in some circumstances, the supply is both ems and zuckerberg general hospital are seeing about 10% of their staff out with covid or quarantining because of a close encounter. they also have other people out on vacation personal time or other illnesses. she jeanine nicholson with the san francisco fire department says they're struggling to keep up with the extra demand over one-third of our staff today is on mandatory overtime. health officials want to remind people that most covid cases are mild and

we'll explain. >> and as covid cases surge, the u.s. supreme court takes up a case focused on the biden administration's effort to slow the spread vaccine mandates. new year, new start. and now comcast business is making it easy to get going with the ready. set. save. sale. get started with fast and reliable internet and voice for $64.99 a month with a 2-year price guarantee. it's easy... with flexible installation and backing from an expert team, 24/7. and for even more value, ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card. get a great deal for your business with the ready. set. save. sale today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >> vaccine requirements that affect. more than 80 million americans were discussed before the nation's highest court. today, the supreme court justices will decide whether to allow the biden administration to enforce a vaccine or testing requirement for large employers and a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers. our washington, dc correspondent jessi tenure has details. good get is the first

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the website is covid test dot gov. the white house says orders will be accepted starting on wednesday, january 19 supplies will be limited to just 4 test for home. the tests are free, including there's no shipping fee but do not expect a rapid turnaround on the orders. the white house says tests will typically ship within 7 to 12 days of ordering starting tomorrow. private health insurance companies will be required to cover the costs of at home covid tests. the biden administration announced this change in order to lower the costs and make testing more convenient health insurance providers will be required to cover the costs of up to 8 at home tests per person per month. >> meanwhile, open enrollment for covered. california is open through january 31st. experts say with covid cases surging, it's important to make sure you have health insurance because while vaccines are free, hospitalizations are not. if you sign up this month, coverage begins on february. 1st in the south bay, health officials say that with covid cas

we've known about covid for two years. why is it we can't get at least one test for every family per week like they're doing in england? >> last month we had a covid specialist from uc berkley. she said we saw this coming. why are we dragging our feet on this? >> well, we shouldn't have been. senator sanders and i had called for the defense production act to produce masks and have n95 masks for everyone. we've called for universal testing and reiterated that with our letter to the administration. i think there was candidly complacency. people didn't think that delta would happen, that omicron would happen, but all of the ex-perths have warned us that the variants are going to continue to affect us, and there's probably going to be another variant after omicron. so we need to ramp up on the production of tests, the production of masks and the covid pill. it would literally save lives, and yet we're sort of six months out on that, and it isn't widely available to every american. >> final question, you announced today, you al

others have covid as a reason for coming into the hospital. what is true is that most of the people in the hospital just like in adults are unvaccinated. of course, under 5-year-olds, not possible for vaccinations yet so that's certainly part of the problem. but kids do get sick. certainly it's not in the same proportion as adults, but every child's death deserves some attention. >> we've become so concerned when you hear any kind of sniffle. so this is all coming as the fda is recommending boosters for children ages 12 to 15 and kids between 5 and 11 with compromised immune systems. booster shots for kids under 12. the right move you think right now? >> it's definitely the right move for -- certainly for the immunocompromised kids under 12 at the start. at the end of the day we'll all be thinking about a three-dose series at least. look at the other vaccines, measles, mumps and rubella, hepatitis b, human papilloma virus. vaccines usually come in threes. it's not because three is a convenient number or magic number. it's because the immune sy

there's a lot of investment, not only in improving the vaccines that we have for covid, for saars covid 2, but a lot of work, i mentioned in my opening statement is looking at the tools of basic and applied science to develop the next generation of vaccines, particularly universal coronavirus vaccines, or at least universal sars covid 2 vaccines so we won't be chasing after the next variant. that we'll be able to have a vaccine with the capability of responding to every iteration of a variant and there's a lot of work going on with that right now but again when you're doing basic research as you can appreciate more than anyone, that usually isn't very well rick uginized by the public. >> point well made. in terms of testing and parallel thought and dr. woodcock, maybe you can address it. testing, at retail, maybe as high as 22 or $23 in some places. i keep reading about different approaches to testing. that we might find a way to do reduce the cost of testing down to -- instead of $15, could be 15 cents. at least for the chemical side of it. i realize you have to put in packaging. >> su

government monday dates for covid vaccines. we'll discuss the pushback we're seeing on covid restrictions. >>> as we count down to the beijing olympic games, we'll look back on the two years since the chinese authorities locked down the city of wuhan . >>> thanks for joining us. we are following developments in ukraine this hour as fears mount over a possible russian invasion. the u.s. state department says it will be reducing staff levels at the embassy in kyiv starting with nonessential staff and family members out of an abundance of caution. ukraine says russia has now deployed more than 127,000 troops in the region. amid the heightens restrictions, antony blinken is set to meet with eu foreign ministers virtually today and brief him on his meetings with russia's foreign minister. ahead of that, u.s.'s top diplomat issued this warning. >> if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, aer is vee and a united response from us and from europe. and, again, the

there is so much covid in the u.s. right now, i have a hard time imagining that the immigration issue has exacerbated the covid situation. we've got plenty of our own covid to go around. host: cnn is running a headline, one in four hospitals are facing a staffing shortage. what's it like in louisiana? guest: it's very tough. there's two things going on right now. we had a staffing crunch before the omicron surge. we had the delta surge about four months ago. a lot of nurses and techs have taken the opportunity to pursue nonclinical work, many have gone back to school. the past 22 months has been incredibly taxing for no one more than nurses who are really on the front line of being with sick patients all day long. they have had a hard time hiring nurses and retaining the ones employed with them. we had that going into omicron. a lot of health-care workers are getting infected and getting exposed like the rest of the country right now. they have to sit out and isolate. hospitals and up shortstaffed. the workload has gre

infecting our non covid patients. our non-covid co-workers, registered nurse and president of the cna zenni trying folk art has says we need to continue to take covid seriously. she says for some people the virus may be minor. >> but impacts everyone differently for some people. maybe they >> got the cold. that's well and good. but we never know what else will develop. after that comb. the cdph says this change is in preparation for an anticipated surge in covid patients. >> because of the omicron variant they do recommend that healthcare professionals that test positive try to separate from other workers and wear an n 95 mask at all times. we will do the best we can given given what we have in given the situation that we are in the nurses association is hoping that by speaking out, the department of public health will reconsider the changes are hoping and >> urging the governor and the cdph to rescind their decision. because what we want is for our patients to get well. and what we want is for our nurses. >> to stay

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