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Have one of the greatest experiences you could ever imagine. the latest covid wave is overwhelming hospitals in hong kong. mainland china has sent a second medical team to help with the surge in patients. now some of the strictest quarantine and tracing measures in the world dont seem to be working. for more lets bring in cnns beta ka sue live from new delhi. take us through how hong kong is trying to get a handle on this surge, leaving some patients outside in the cold. >> reporter: according...

Strong words coming from the leadership there. hes the number two in the leadership as far as hong kongs authority is concerned. and hes come out and said this is full-scale combat. there are a lot of medical teams that have come into hong kong to help not only curb the escalating numbers when it comes to covid-19, but also to treat and test people in hong kong. testing will be intensified. remember, hong kong has 7 million people plus, and its going to be a huge task as theyve promised to go ah...

Lets turn to hong kong with a health care system has been overwhelmed by huge surge in covid—19 cases. 0fficials overwhelmed by huge surge in covid—19 cases. officials have warned of even tougher social distancing rules ahead and place the city on full on were made against covid. the government will launch a controversial vaccine passport on thursday that allows only inoculated people to enter places such as supermarkets. earlier i spoke to a clinical virologist in hong kong and he told me t...

Cheered in the birds nest stadium for the closing ceremony. after 16 days of competition, norway finished atop the medal table with a record number of gold. the countrys 16 gold medals are the most ever won at a single winter games. germany came in second with 12. and china with nine gold edged out the u.s., sweden and the netherlands all with eight. well, england is making plans to throw out all isolation requirements for those testing positive for the virus. the prime ministers office says a...

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Vaccination status back into the country from march first, travelers wont have to present proof of vaccination, but instead take a pcr test before and after their flight. and australia has fully reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers making for some, emotional reunions to families who have been apart since the pandemic began. cant wait to get back there in the coming months. still to come, hong kongs fifth wave of covid-19 goes bad to worse with conhong kong, hospit there on the brink of...

All the regions fifth wave of the virus, hospitals stretched to the limit with people stuck in the rain due to a lack of hospital beds. the government brought in more than 100 healthcare workers from mainland china to help treat severe cases and manage new patients before the regions hospital system is completely overwhelmed. following the developments and joins us now from hong kong with the latest, christi, believes that theyre recruited to help control this outbreak, explain how theyll be dep...

Covid-19, even if some are saying not so fast. cbs lilia luciano joins us from los angeles with more. lilia. >> reporter: thats right, adriana. here in the u.s., the masks are pretty much off at this point, but covid spikes in other parts of the world should serve as a warning that this sense of normal could be fleeting. in two years in the u.s., covid took more than 963,000 lives and changed everyone. now theres a seismic shift as all states, with hawaii the latest, rolling back restrictions, a...

Since 2020 and first deaths of the year. the fifth wave of the virus confirmed cases soaring to highest levels since start of the pandemic. now the city seen its health system overwhelmed, containment efforts abandoned. a mass exodus of people and its embattled leadership looking increasingly likely to be replaced. russias problems in trying to subdue ukraine might have thrown a wrench into chinese planning to take military action against taiwan. the west coming together quickly likely a warning...

Carrie lamb has announced new changes to the zero covid policy, a policy thats once isolated this international business logistics and aviation hub. in the last half hour she announced a number of changescluding this, the flight bans on nine countries including the u.s. and u.k. will be lifted starting april 1st. and also announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for most incoming travelers could be lessened at least seven days of the traveller that should kick in starting next month. but a host o...