Being Omicron News Today

Driving a surge in covid cases and hospitalizations and omicron will only add fuel to the fire. were already seeing impact in some areas. long lines for covid tests have been forming across new york city as americans try to balance holiday plans with covid safety. >> we need to flood the system with testing. we need tests available for anyone who wants them particularly when were in a situation like right now where people are going to be gathering even though they are vaccinated and boosted it i...

Eve, christmas day, the day after christmas, new years eve, and new years day when four are permitted. previous coronavirus measures have been unpopular with violent protests erupting in november. this weekend police clashed with small groups of protesters as thousands of people demonstrated in brussels and there were protests in london, paris, and germany. many european countries are considering reimposing new covid-19 restrictions. the threat of omicron much greater than the pockets of discont...

>> ten more countries have been added to israels red no fly list. foremost among them the united states and canada but also germany, belgium, hungary, italy, morocco, portugal, switzerland, and turkey. that means israelis are now barred or will be once it is fully approved from flying to those countries and any israelis returning from them will have to go into seven days quarantine including the first of those in a designated quarantine hotel. they will be released to home isolation after they g...

It is a little bit depressing. >> no country wanting a lockdown before christmas but omicron may make further restrictions unavoidable. cnn, rome. still to come on the program u.s. senator joe manchin says he wont vote for the build back better plan. the presidents top legislative priority. details of the swift and angry reaction from democrats in washington coming up. also why one expert on foreign civil wars believes the u.s. might be closer to its own such war, closer than you would like to...

Home in what they are calling virtual wards as medical experts warn almost 50,000 health care workers in england could be sick with covid by christmas day. irish health officials say nearly 52% of new infections there are the omicron variant. it has taken less than two weeks for omicron to become dominant in ireland with germany requiring its citizens and residents returning from the uk to quarantine for two weeks germany adding the uk to its travel red list on saturday. thousands gathered in br...

Message. 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. despite all of that only 60 million people in the u.s. have gotten a booster shot and only one-quarter of eligible americans still havent gotten their first shot. the u.s. is seeing a jump in air travel. the tsa screened more than 2 million passengers at u.s. airports on saturday for the third day in a row. the number of travelers over the...

Lets check in with our international correspondents. >> im in tell aviv where israe has added ten more countries to its no-fly list, including the united states, canada, and turkey. that means israelis are banned from there unless they get special permission, and israelis returning from there have to quarantine and spend eight days in a quarantine hotel. once they get a negative pcr test, they will be allowed to go to home quarantine, only after they have signed for the authorities to be able to...

Question, and yikes at those numbers, imagine, 61 with 13 being omicron. raf, thank you so much. well check in again with you in the next hour. the u.s. is certainly on high alert for cases of omicron to be detected here, potentially. new york has declared a state of emergency to prepare for the very worst amid warnings that the variant could already be here in the country. nbcs stephanie stanton joins us from tampa, florida, a state that has final seen its covid case numbers drop, stephanie. ...