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Infects. also with omicron now detects in all states, and d.c. and puerto rico, the biden administration is lifting the travel ban on seven african nations and south africa. lets begin with lucy kafanov. right here in new york, this is the epicenter of the pandemic when it started to two years ago and just broke another record in terms of case counts. >> reporter: that is right, poppy. more than 44,000 new cases in new york. that is up 14% from the previous record breaking day. but there is good...

From my colleagues in kansas city some schools are going mask optional this week is certainly very he, very concerning to me. i think we need to continue with these layers of protection. testing being one important part. >> part of it seems to be symptomatic of the fact we just dont have an effective testing strategy. were rationing the tests because we dont have enough of them. we certainly dont have them distributed in a comprehensive and uniform way. i want to talk to you about this data on h...

Really tell us anything, its an incomplete number. but if that happened and the media went along, wouldnt that be sort of a political gift to joe biden by defusing the focus on the surging number of cases? >> i mean, maybe, but i would argue that the political optics is less important to the underlying reality which is that how many americans are getting sick from covid, how many americans are getting covid. those are the numbers we need. public health officials use those daily case counts in or...

Health secretary says introducing new restrictions would be a last resort. i want to point out that those numbers, though, were for england only. scotland, and in fact, northern ireland did not report because of holiday delays. for more on all of this, we are joined by cnn contributor, barbie nadeau, who is live for us in rome. i mean, look, barbie, this continues to be an issue, those rising case counts in europe. is there any suggestion that anymore measures will be taken? i feel like a broken...

London. >> reporter: amid skyrocketing infection rates and record-breaking case counts, britains national health service says it is now on a war footing. its preparing plans for a potential wave of omicron patients. the national health service officials saying there is no time to wait. preparations must go into place now. so, what are these preparations? well, theres going to be surge hubs built, these will be temporary stations at eight hospitals across england. each station should be able to a...

Of cases. >> it is more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases. dr. anthony fauci yesterday offering a really helpful framing as we confront this latest covid wave, right? the point hes making is that the case numbers, its worth watching, but they may not be the most consequential thing right now, if most of the cases were getting with this omicron wave are cases in which people arent getting particularly sick. i mean, with this new wave of covid infect...

Your booster dose. thats really whats going to protect you right now. >> reporter: many health experts say the majority of americans that have received their vaccinations are the very reason there arent more hospitalizations during this gigantic surge, and theyve been relatively low. but there are still plenty of them, and thats a big burden on hospital staffs everywhere that have already been fighting this pandemic for a very long time. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> in the meantime, canadas ...

The only good meal they actually get every day. >> that is right. >> they have to be in school. and we do know that other large cities -- >> that is right. >> -- here in washington, d.c. >> they have figured out how to reopen schools despite the threat of the omicron variant. why cant chicago follow these models? >> i think we can follow those models. those are cities with higher positivity and higher case counts. we have the same and better mitigation in place in many cases. and these schools a...

This to your country. i honest to god believe its your patriotic duty. carley: president biden telling the unvaccinated its their patriotic duty to get vaccinated as he outlines new steps to combat the omicron surge. so will his message resonate with the american people. fox news medical contributor dr. nicole saphier joins us now to discuss. good morning. >> good morning, carley. carley: what are your top line thoughts on president bidens speech yesterday? >> well, carley, coming out of that sp...

Alliance to spread their conspiracy theories and devise new ways to potentially subvert the will of the voters. and later in the program, as dire as the covid case counts look these days, there are some signs, some glimmers, if you will, of hope that suggest that in some parts of the country, the omicron surge may be cresting. "deadline white house" continues after a quick break. stay with us. after a quick break. after a quick break. stay with us entrust your heart to entresto. its the number...