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>> reporter: no to war. randi kaye, cnn, moldova. >> if you would like to safely and securely help people in ukraine who may need shelter, food, and water, please go to cnn.com/impact, where you can find several ways there to help. nearly 20 million people in beijing are going through a sixth round of covid testing thursday. the chinese capital is bushing ahead with the mass testing despite the high cost and relatively low case numbers. averaging just about 50 a day. beijings largest district ...

Lockdown like we saw in shanghai, theyre not there yet, but it looks like things are moving in that direction, is that right? >> reporter: and all for 50 cases. i mean, it is quite extraordinary. shutting down parts of the nations capital, at least the largest district, and placing all these other restrictions on residents in the city, all for 50 cases. but i think as they saw in shanghai, it quickly spiraled out of control. you know, case numbers were in the dozens, suddenly the hundreds, then ...

The risk level was raised because the city is now averaging more than 200 daily new cases per 100,000 people.

When Pfizer's COVID vaccine became available for kids five to eleven in October of 2021, cases were soaring and the mood of the country heading into the holidays was different.

Masks. but the stomach bugs that kids have will still be far more common than the much more concerning injury to the liver. and so a simple vomiting and diarrhea, you will follow your normal protocols that you would to making sure that your child is hydrating, touching base with your doctor. these children are quite ill, so a parent wont miss these symptoms. they have severe belly pain, really uncomfortable, and they start to have jaundice, the whites of their eyes get yellow. so again the sympt...

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COVID-19 numbers are on the rise again, but tracking the cases has become more difficult and analyzing the impact of a surge is getting a new measuring stick.

>> good morning, first of all. thank you for having me here. yes, so indeed, first of all, take a step back. were in a much better place than we have been throughout much of this pandemic. more than 200 million americans vaccinated. hospitalizations are at the lowest in the entire pandemic, since march of 2020. youre absolutely right. case numbers are rising, driven by this ba.2 subvariant of omicron. were going to watch this carefully. my expectation is that were going to see cases go up, cases...

Their vaccines for that under five group. hopefully by june. there are two dose regiment, great data on it, they all really saw fd a clearance for that two dose back in the end of march. so hopefully, will have the use in summer. no later than that. but that is going to be helpful. but, do i think young parents are very young children should be traveling? no. >> you know, im also thinking about the ba.2 variant, over the next couple of weeks given how many large gatherings there are over the hol...

Are the public numbers were seeing of case counts accurate? or not really? >> you know, according to ihme part of the university of washington, a group thats done some really fantastic projection work over the course of the pandemic, they are not accurate. as a matter of fact, the case numbers are being woefully underrepresented because, just as you said, people are doing home tests. and of course if you get a positive home test, youre not calling it into your county health department. so, lets ...