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>> heres a note from the president when he speaks at any moment. new testing requirements for international travelers, extension of the mask mandate, a campaign for booster shots. hundreds of family vaccination siteset at-home testingcovered by insurance going forward and free at-home tests. do you think this plan will be effect active? >> i think its a steph r step in the right direction. we have delta variant even would omicron, so im glad to see the biden administration stepping up with the p...

Steps there. weve talked about tightening those testing requirements for international travelers, extending the mask mandate. overall theyre going to try to push this messaging about boosters. thats about the extent they can go to right now. they say there are 100 million people in the united states who are eligible for a booster right now theyre going to continue to hammer that message home until they learn more. >> we want to go to cnns david mckenzie in johannesburg, south africa. what are th...

Do you agree with that? >> yes, i do, christine. were projecting to do a little over a million tests a day. the amount of tests a country should do, no one has a specific number. its not based on your population size. its actually based on the level of the epidemic or outbreak in your particular country. so given the burden of coronavirus prevalence that we have, we should be doing even more tests. i want to applaud that improvement, but there is further for us to go. and further genomic sequenc...

Said, do travel bans or restrictions make any difference? because once its present in a country, its already there.— already there. travel restrictions - already there. travel restrictions can - already there. travel| restrictions can make already there. travel i restrictions can make a difference if theyre done rigorously, and rapidly. so, how do we restricted travel into the us on the 26 or 27, of last month, that might have made a difference —— had we restricted. had we imposed those re...

President about the possibility of new testing requirements for people coming into this country? did that include everybody? >> the answer is yes, because you know that the new regulation, if you want to call it that, is that anybody and everybody is coming into the country needs to get a test within 24 hours of getting on the plane to come here. >> what about people who dont take a plane and just these border crossings coming in huge numbers? >> we still of title 42 of which is protection of th...

For new details about what the omicron variant may bring, the nation entering the winter months still grappling with mounting infections and deaths from the delta variant. bidens plan designed to increase vaccinations and boosters and impose more strip stringent testing requirements on international travelers while ramping up at-home testing availability. >> the bottom line, this winter youll be able to test for free in the comfort of your home and have some peace of mind. >> reporter: its the l...

0 stand before you all been behalf of all the jewish families and communities out there across our country. >> the menorah used in that ceremony last night was made by artist and holocaust survivor manfred ancer. an ana cabrera picks up our news stories right now. soon the president will address the nation to unveil his winter strategy to combat covid-19. were learning at the core of his plan is more access to testing, more boosting, and more requirements for traveling as the cdc now predict...

>> and the cdc is considering stricter guidelines and also tests of getting back. with that of helped if it was in place? >> im not sure. they got off and as soon they became symptomatic, they got tested and it was positive. >> clearly this is something thats already fecund united states. >> thats obvious. all things being considered are under the discussion and i cant make any real statement if and when thats going to happen. >> thank you. dr. fauci, in addition to testing requirements, what ab...

No, you can feel safe without fit mack wearing a mask and having dinner at a receptio. if you are in a public conquer get setting and which you do not know the status of the vaccination of the people involved, its prudent to wear a mask. thats what i do. >> what about the eggnog? >> unless you have a special type of mask that i dont know about, sure. when youre eating or drinking, take the mask down. to the extent possible, keep it on when youre in an indoor congregate setting. >> have you advis...

It new monoclonal antibodies. you may need new monoclonal antibodies, but you dont need them if its a dead stomach mild variant. if its deadly, were going to need new monoclonal antibodies. instead, felt she will want you to wear in extra mask and dictate you dont go to church. if this turns out to be a bad disease. >> sandra: you might be one of his toughest critics. youre not as only one. you look at the way he is pulling when it comes to president biden on his handling of the pandemic. he con...