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Hi, everybody. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 pacific. im yasmin vassoughian in for jose diaz-balart. we have a lot to get to this morning, including the big news from the cdc. new guidelines for those two test positive for covid are exposed to the virus. here is what you need to know. those who test positive but have no symptoms should isolate for five days instead of ten and wear a mask for five days. the new guidelines apply to everybody, including the unvaccinated. the quarantine time for so...

Just a week before the australian open begins, a judge will now decide whether the nine—time champion will be able to defend his title. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, melbourne. here in the uk, the education secretary has said shortening the isolation period in england, for people who test positive for coronavirus, would be helpful in dealing with staffing shortages. nadhim zahawi said, any decision would be made on the basis of advice from the uks health security agency — and said absences among...

Going to medical school and practiced at this profession for so long, to have someone come in telling him they read something on the internet that could help them. its baffling. lets talk about whats going on on the ground right now. hospitalizations of covid-19 up 35% from last week. thats not as high as the cases from omicron, but its still taxing, i would think. whats it like in hospitals in michigan, and what are your biggest concerns and challenges right now? >> i tell you, we are still dee...

U.s. covid cases has left school officials facing staffing shortages and dealing with concerns about whether in-person learning is safe. cnns nadia romero looks at how cities and states are reacting from coast to coast. >> well, here in the state of georgia, the governor releasing new guidelines, slashing restrictions for teachers who test positive for covid-19, even if theyre infected with the virus, as long as theyre asymptomatic, they can go back to the classroom to teach as long as they wear...

As they have a negative test at the end of that seven days. but they said if the hospital puts themselves in a contingency plan, if the hospital says, wow, we are short and we are really getting overrun with patients, actually that can be shortened to five days and you dont need a test at the end of it. if its a crisis situation, again, its the hospital that gets to decide that, if its a crisis situation, theres no restrictions. the hospital can decide if theyre going to be doing any isolation o...

Of those available for all americans and their continuing to urge testing and their continuing to urge testing and their continuing to urge testing and the difficulty with the testing is its been a bit of a mess and the president again today suggesting that these half—billion tests that the federal government sends out the peoples homes that website will be available sometime this month but not really specifying when that will be and also the guidance on isolation if you do test positive some ...

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...

Tell us about this move, and do we think other companies can follow suit? >> i kika like companies around the globe is struggling with mass staff absences and rising costs as a result. theyve gone ahead with this adjustment in the policy. the company in doing so highlighted that throughout the course of the pandemic has not furloughed any staff, and those self-isolating had received full pay to date. this move is seen as fairly controversial because on the one hand it could insensitivity advice ...

>> now if a kid does test positive, the cdc new isolation guidance this shortened the amount of time to ten days to five days, it does apply to kids as well. but schools may have their own policies and procedures when it comes to kids coming back into the classroom after a positive test. so much of the guidance here is still local and so experts are urging parents, if you have a case, or if you have questions, call your kids pediatrician and call their school. >> it is good guidance for everyone...

Rules set by governor brian kemp and public health commissioner kathleen toomey. under an order signed this week public schoolteachers who test positive for covid-19 no longer need to isolate before wlurng returning to the classroom as long as they are asymptomatic and wear a mask. stools are also not required to do contact tracing. here now to talk about it the president of the georgia association of educators, lisa morgan. ms. morgan, so good to see you. well, whats your reaction to this new o...