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Across the nation are testing the limits of testing centers. >> i was supposed to go home to florida tomorrow, and a bunch of people were testing positive. >> reporter: in states like new york, california and florida -- >> the testing got shut down. >> reporter: sites are overwhelmed and out of stock. >> every two, three weeks, me and my wife we get tested just in case. >> reporter: facing crushing demand, the mayor of new york city is calling on the president to invoke the defense production ac...

Cases to surge. they already are in some areas as you mentioned. omicron has become the more dominant variant. but the messaging is about emphasizing where to prevent hospitalization and thats. and the way to do that is vaccinating the 40 million adults who have been resistant to it so far. it is at home rapid tests. it is more access to free testing. and i think we will hear the white house addressed that tomorrow. how they will plan to step up efforts to make testing more available. and how th...

Monoclonal antibodies and booster shots. i think theres understandable frustration why the white house is still ramping up testing ability, at this point still talking about that. is that already a failure? >> well, sure. this was something we should have done a while ago. the uk was way ahead of us on this one. id be curious about the data. if you choose to get tested or want to, it says youre interested in your own health and presumably the health with those of who you come in contact with. th...

Production act to ramp up production. thats quadrupled the supply in december s. whats happened, we seen with the tremendous spread of omicron, a big surge and demand in testing. just after thanksgiving, the president announced 50 million tests will be distribute and sent to people on top of pharmacies. he announced in addition to the 500 million tests sent to people in january, starting right now, he would be setting up testing centers, federal mask testing sites where people can come and get a...

Become the more dominant variant but the message is about how to prevent hospitalizations and deaths and the way to do that is vaccinating some 40 million adults who have been resistant to it so far and access to testing and well hear the white house say how they plan to step up and make testing more available and how to help overburden hospitals ahead of this winter surge. i think youll hear him emphasize were not where we were in 2020, even though were seeing images of long lines at testing ce...

To get at-home tests. then you have people who test positive, and some people are getting very sick, particularly those who are not vaccinated. so we are seeing more patients come through. >> yeah. the presidents going to be speaking on covid and specifically omicron on tuesday. what would you like to hear from the president? >> you know, i think in order to mitigate and to get things back to -- our lives back to normal or as close to normal as possible in this period of time until we get on top...

With that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us, im dion lim. the omicron variant is fueling the latest surge in covid cases. in developing news, abc news reporter marcus moore has expert advice on how to handle the holidays. marcus: president biden will deliver a speech on tuesday to address the omicron variant as the country faces another unrelenting surge in covid cases. the u.s. now averaging more than 125,000 new cases every single day. at the end of october, the nation was aver...

On the edge of a winter freefall. long lines at testing centers across the country, families hoping for negative test result a head of the holidays. health officials pleading with the public. >> for the unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves asks and your families and the hospitals that you will overwhelm. with cases up over the last two weeks and deaths 1300 a day, hospitals are bracing for a hard winter. >> theres a lot of death and sadness and feel...

Americans has received that shot worrying health officials. nbcs steve patterson has the latest on all of this. hey to you, steve. >> hey, alex, yeah, experts are warning all of the conditions that were in place for what some are now calling a potential viral blizzard, the more transmissible omicron variant is projected to become the dominant strain within just weeks as cases spike, as hospitals fill up in these marquee events now shutting down. >> covid whiplash, as the nation teeters once agai...

Its more than 136,000 students. so, that decision coming hours after the cdc rolled out new guidance to allow kids who have been exposed to covid to stay in school. >> today, we are releasing cdc science on test to stay that allows unvaccinated children to stay in school even if they have been exposed to the virus so that they dont have to miss school while theyre quarantining at home. >> of course, the details matter a lot. tests to stay, you heard dr. walensky refer to that. that requires a si...