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If you look nationally, what were seeing according to cdc data is that for the week ending december 18th, there were 201 children in the hospital. for the week ending december 25th, there were 260 children in the hospital. so thats a big -- still a small number, but a big difference. if we look specifically at new york city, december 5th, through 11th, there were 22 children in the hospital with covid. december 19th through 23rd, a shorter time period, but more recent, 109 admissions. so that re...

The challenge is that the entire country is not moving at the same pace. the omicron wave started later in other parts of the country. we shouldnt expect a national peak in the next coming days. the next few weeks will be tough. jake, this is also why its so important that we are surging our resources to hospitals that are struggling. its important we double down on precautions were taking. one thing were learning during this surge is that our vaccines are still working very well to keep people ...

Inflation, you got the supply chain constrains and the price of gas is high. there are definitely some negatives too. i think and have thought from the beginning that the most critical aspect of this is you got to get control of the virus. and if the omicron variant is going to explode the way it seems to be exploding, then we have to absolutely have a -- keep our fingers crossed it is going to be mild and that this could turn more like into a flu or the cold, et cetera. if were going to have a ...

Need to do on testing, and thats a message thats very clear from him to the public, to the team we need to pull every lever possible. thats why you see so many additional spigots open when it comes to testing and supply in the months ahead. we cant allow to lose sight of the bigger picture. in addition to testing, there are other tools that are so important that people are aware of. we have more therapeutics this month that are available than at any other month during the pandemic of because of ...

Variant or before, we had a lot of -- proudly, texas had a lot of mass testing sites. and it was fairly easy to go get tested, we have all this land, it was easy. >> reporter: and now? >> its two to three days in advance. we ordered a lot of home kits so we can do our staff so they dont have to run around the city trying to find them. but theres only so much you can do, theyll run out of those and then well be in the same boat. >> reporter: that testing situation only complicates this latest omi...

After a report in a sunday paper. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but each day, hundreds of thousands of people are having to isolate for at least seven days, so now there is a suggestion that period could be cut to five days instead. it would help with staff absenteeism, hence why i think if th...

Frustrating. >> and so, you know that there are cheaps that are cheaper and easier to acquire, and in fact, we are hearing from people who are talking to family members or friends in europe who are literally sending them tests from europe, because they cant get them here in america, and speaking of the administrations ramping up the efforts to really go hard, and there is data that the omicron wave could be reaching a peak in some regions, and so any efforts that happen after this moment are goi...

Pharmacy chains, walgreens and cvs say they had to temporarily close a small number of stores and now at least 80% of staff hospital beds are full in 21 states. more states are also reporting record pediatric covid hospitalizations at upnc childrens hospital at childrens hospital of pittsburgh, they have never been busier. right now the entire hospital has about 35 covid patients at this time last year, they had just five. >> it is exponentially increased in terms of our numbers. >> reporter: no...

With covid in england is being cut to five full days from next week. covid restrictions are to be eased in wales as the data suggests the peak of the omicron wave here has already passed. pro—democracy demonstrators in sudan protesting against a military coup and facing a crackdown by security forces. its not a yoghurt that can be taken out of the fridge and put back in multiple times. and the king of analogy gives up his throne. jonathan van—tam, famous for his pithy phrases during the pand...

Had negative tests on days five and six. its hoped the move will ease pressure on employers hit by staff absences, including the nhs. it comes as the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to another record high during the pandemic. they did say there was a space in g a while ago. in the emergency department at warrington hospital, staff are having to manage competing pressures. the omicron wave is sweeping across north—west england with a fast—grow...