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Vaccinated. i dont think its a failure. i think you could argue that we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago. ive ordered a half a billion of the pills, 500 million pills -- i mean, excuse me, 500 million test kits that are going to be available to be sent to every home in america if everybody wants them. >> if everybody wants them, but omicron is exploding now and those tests will not start rolling out until january. the fear is in the meantime hospitals wil...

Eight temporary covid hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a potential wave of 0micron admissions. nhs england says each site will have capacity for around 100 patients, and there are also plans to identify a further 4,000 beds if needed. meanwhile, almost 8 million test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow, amid warnings of patchy supplies following the changes to self—isolation rules. our health editor hugh pym reports. at the height of the pa...

News for parents sending their children back to school today, that is, if the school is open. a number of district are returning to virtual learning not just because of exposure risk but because there arent enough staffers to open. too many cases keeping too many people in isolation. here in new york city, though, public schools are open. mayor eric adams defying a call from the teachers union to go virtual. >> i am keeping my schools open and were going to make sure that theyre going to be in a...

After line of people waiting to be tested, trying to be safe and be sure they test negative. but rapid tests can be unreliable and pcr results could take days to come back. the testing apparatus set up by cities and states and the federal government is buckling under the strain. that much is clear. president biden, while taking some responsibility, says it is not a failure. >> youre a year into the presidency. empty shelves and no test kits in some places three days before christmas when its so ...

Surprised on just how transmissible this omicron variant has been >> im shocked at how this went through our family. >> reporter: we met kerry white in the icu as she watched over her six-year-old son carter who had been diagnosed with covid days before. he also has a rare central nervous system disorder, hydrocephaly >> its terrifying since the beginning of covid, we have always been afraid of what happens if carter touches this and our family has done everything we can. my husband and i are bo...

Vacation holiday weekend, that there is 200,000 test kits coming to massachusetts. we got the news just last night that theyre going to be delayed. so what were calling for now is using monday to get those tests distributed to educators, keep thes closed, make it a day for testing, so that the school district could analyze the results and make decisions about school opening or contingency plans according to what the science of the testing is telling them. >> so have you heard just anecdotally fr...

To 12 days. that means households should receive these test kits at the end of the month or early next month. strategically, if you think about the tools that we have had to contend with this pandemic as a nation, a lot of things have been within our grasp, whether or not to get vaccinated, to get boosted, to follow the appropriate public health guidance on social distancing and masking and quarantining and all of those things. but for the first time, this should wholesale across the country put...

Just trying to get tested as they prepare to spend the holidays with family and friends. and the president acknowledging his administration is struggling to meet the growing demand, but he is denying that it dropped the ball. >> no, i dont think its a failure. i think its a -- you could argue we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago. i have ordered half a billion of the pills. 500 million pills. excuse me. 500 million test kits that are going to be available t...

This countrys testing capacity. the white house is once again scrambling with its strategy and messaging. >> were nearly two years into this pandemic, youre a year into the presidency. empty shelves and no test kits in some places three days before christmas when its so important. is that good enough? >> no, nothing has been good enough. >> i know youll get together with the children and the grandchildren for the holiday. how will that work? will you all rapid test before youre together? >> yes....

U.s. regulators have authorized two new at-home test kits made by rush and siemens. protection from the pfizer vaccine is reduced against omicron, but is restored by a booster. one of the studies provides real-life data that two doses still protect people from severe illness and death even without a booster. the cdc director says 12 to 15-year-olds could be approved for boosters in the next few days or weeks, but vaccines for children under 5 will take longer. the number of children admitted t...