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Curve, but not by much, expect in the next four weeks everyone hit with it. >> reporter: new jersey identify more than 28,000 new covid cases via pcr testing governor murphy said. the number of cases higher to at-home testing he added. the some calling on the national guard. ohio governor mike dewine deploying, 1,755 troops. georgia deployed 200 troops in the same week that the six major health systems saw 100 to 200% hospitalizations. and doubling to 100 and preparing for 80 guardsmen to underg...

The pcr testing and they do need to be addressed because otherwise we lose control of the numbers of infections per day, but i do think that the data supports the move to lateral flow, for community testing. i think what we need to do now is used pcr tests and thats probably for the most clinically vulnerable, clinical cases in hospitals and may be the idea of using them for key workers rather than lateral flow tests. i workers rather than lateral flow tests. . , workers rather than lateral flow...

Thank you very much, chairman schiff, as always. >> thank you. next, one year after taking office, president biden struggling to deliver on this major promise -- >> anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. and an in-depth look at why testing is still such a problem in country. you will see the full report, next. plus, new details act when tennis star novak djokovic test ed positive for covid. was it just before he is seen here out and about un-masked? se. trust me, after ...

That could change — if the government decides to drop the test before you begin yourjourney home. and theres lots of evidence that will spur travellers to book. thats what lorraine did last time. we are a couple that go on holiday regularly, but, over the last year and a half, two years, because of all the hassle with the pcr testing that we would need to go, we chose not to. having said that, back end of last year, restrictions did ease and with the knowledge that we would only need a lateral...

>> reporter: one year after taking office, president biden facing a stubborn problem he vowed to solve. long lines and empty shelves exposing a testing system failing once again to match demand. bidens own rhetoric. >> anyone who wants a test should be able to get one, period. >> reporter: biden came into office with a plan to expand testing. pouring billions of dollars to boost manufacturing and ramp up testing in schools and underserved communities. his top priority was vaccines, which kept mo...

Been produced. both the lab-based tests, the pcrs, but also the antigens. and the really good news, and thats why this what happened today is important, but the really good news is that with omicron, antigen tests and dr. redline will tell you, theres a lot of false negatives, but they can help you know whether you are positive with covid or not. its a good way of dealing with outbreaks. surveillance testing, the pcr testing, is a good way of being table to see where our schools are. thats why w...

Impossible. there were only a handful of authorized at-home tests and plummeting demand during the summer caused several testmakers to downscale production. republicans have seized on the failure with two senators calling out a, quote, fundamental lack of strategy and failure to anticipate future testing needs. in his first network interview, the white houses new testing coordinator responding. >> this administration has been pursuing a strategy to expand testing since its earliest days and will...

Months ago, a month ago. >> reporter: but many public-health experts have been sounding the alarm for months. >> everybody saw it coming. we knewby needed more tests. i think the administration dropped the ball on this. >> we are still way behind on testing. >> frankly, i think a big problem is, right from the start, we didnt have a strategic plan about how testing was going to fit in with our response. >> reporter: and in october, anticipating a winter surge, a group of experts including dr. mi...

Urgent surgery on hold. in scotland, the government considers a reduction in the time people have to isolate from ten to seven days. were expecting an update by first minister nicola sturgeon to the scottish parliament in the next hour. i will report on the continuing rise in covid cases and i will outline our approach to managing the pandemic at this stage and i will set out the changes to self isolation and testing and while we are not proposing any additional measures at this stage, i will co...

You are meeting indoors limit the number of households in your group to three at most and keep windows open and follow advice on hygiene. i want to record my thanks to everyone across the country who continues to do all of this and played their part in helping us through this latest very challenging phase of the pandemic. thank you very much and im happy now to take questions. the first minister will now take questions _ first minister will now take questions on _ first minister will now take qu...