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Has some ways to go. i think that it will be hard for all of america. >> how bad do you think that it will get? >> i think that it will get much worse. right now about 150,000 in the hospital with covid. i expect those numbers to get substantially higher. the problem is the healthcare workforce. they just do not have the staffing. that will be a challenge for many weeks ahead. >> one of the reasons why he posed this vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in publicly funded places. as far as as t...

Unprecedented spike experts say the most serious threat may be over by next month >> we would like it to get down to that level where it doesnt disrupt us in the sense of getting back to a degree of normality. thats the best-case scenario. >> reporter: while omicrons wave may crest by mid-february, its wake is still rippling across the country. every day more than 2,200 americans are still dying. 16 states, hit later by omicron, have cases spiking by over 100% >> we have all reached the point wh...

Can now order free at-home coronavirus tests from the federal government online or by using a new hotline. >> people need a test immediately, we continue to encourage them to utilize one of the many testing options that are out there in addition to the website. 20,000 community-based testing sites nationwide, federal surge sites, dozens of which have opened in the last few weeks are online. >> reporter: lets talk more about the at-home test kits. the biden administration says she want to push ou...

Tends to spread very quickly. even if theres half as many people or lessened up being hospitalized, if you have twice as many cases in a very short period of time, its still going to stress the health care system and thats what weve been dealing with for five or six weeks here with delta. >> you have seen a surge in michigan now for weeks, and id like to play for our viewers what president biden said last night in an interview with abc news responding to criticism that his administration didnt g...

The white house says its being beta tested. you can get up to four free test kits per household. back to you. >> charles: good news. the white house rolling out the free at-home covid-19 testing program as they try to keep up the fight against covid. i want to bring in jacqui heinrich who is at the white house to talk about this and the action at todays briefing. what did we learn? >> yeah, charles, i tried that beta tested website as jonathan mentioned. covidtest.gov. it went live today. the wh...

Dramatically as well almost 1 million infections reported in the last week and as the u.s. averages 2,000 deaths a day, a new model is forecasting 58,000 to 305,000 new deaths by mid-march. all of this comes as americans can now order those rapid at-home test kits from the government heres jo ling kent. >> reporter: one day earlier than expected, the federal governments website for free covid tests has gone live in a soft launch, the white house began taking orders for up to four tests per house...

Studied estimated for two people wearing cloth masks, it can take about a half hour to spread the virus from one infected person to an uninfected person in the same room. if they are both wearing surgical masks, it can take about an hour. and if theyre both wearing n95 masks, it can take about 25 hours to cause an infection. >> higher grade masks are really going to protect people, because they not only hav a moree a bet but they also have a better filtration device. and they have an electrostat...

Now nat school building. this is the most important thing we can do, keep our schools open and allow our children to receive the support they deserve. >> the president of the new york city teachers union, who wanted city schools to start the year rem remotelies, is concerned about staffs schools as cases remain high. what do you see to that concern? >> first, michael has been an amazing partner through outthis entire operation. we did something over the weekend we should all look at. do you know...

The president acknowledged that the u.s. should have dunmore testing early in the pandemic, but said more tests are now being done. a government website formally launched on wednesday to send at-home test kits to any u.s. household that requests them, and 400 million n95 face masks will soon be distributed through local pharmacies. now, the latest u.s. data on the coronavirus suggests the most recent wave of new cases may be subseeding. but health experts caution infections are still climbing ...

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