we still do know that with the rising cases, we still had do know that with the rising cases, we still had tens of millions of unvaccinated people and we are seeing unvaccinated people and we are seeing hospitalisations rice. these are hospitals in some places that will get are hospitals in some places that will get overrun, but in terms of equipment will get overrun, but in terms of equipment and staff. president biden speaking in the last hour. now to new york city, which has made it compulsory for everyone aged 12 and above to be fully vaccinated against covid, in order to access indoor entertainment and sports activities. it has also become the first us city to require vaccines for all private sector workers; jabs are already mandatory for state employees. cbs correspondent courtney kealy is in new york and gave us the reaction to the new mandate. well, here in new york, people are adhering to that, but with this quadruple rate of children in hospital since the 0micron vari
warning that some us hospitals could be overrun by covid. speaking during a virtual meeting with state governors, he said the us is generally well prepared to meet the surge of 0micron cases and its citizens need not panic. but he also urged americans to get their booster shots. because we have had so many vaccinated and boosted, we are not seeing hospitalisations rises sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even this past fall. america made progress. things are better, but we do know that with the rising cases, we still had tens of millions of unvaccinated people and we are seeing hospitalisations rice. these are hospitals in some places that will get overrun, but in terms of equipment and staff. new york city has made it compulsory for everyone aged 12 and above to be fully vaccinated against covid, in order to access indoor entertainment and sports activities. it has also become the first us city to require vaccines for all private