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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Thursday three additional deaths and 103 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley, with 25 additional deaths and 3,968 new cases countywide.

China, theyve posted 412 in the past six months. that means that or it seems to mean there are things happening in china that we dont know about. the thats the worry. the unknown, really, is the worry. jessica? >> absolutely. we know that the response from the u.s. and some much these other countries has been to implement these new testing requirements. is there any indication of how effective this is going to be? >> reporter: it is not fool proof. the hope here is at the very least with genomic...

Overnight south korea and spain joined the growing list of countries adding testing requirements or restrictions. the u.s. and italy also among them. despite italys pleas, the larger european union not getting on board. the european cdc is calling new restrictions unjustified and said the surge in chinas covid cases is not going to have a significant impact on europe. back here in the u.s. there is renewed concerns about the omicron subvariants developing globally and taking route in the u.s. ...

To put the extra restrictions in saying they felt that it was unfair. also in a statement from the ministry of foreign affairs saying that all parties need to work together scientifically against the epidemic to ensure the safe movement of people between countries. now of course that is ironic considering china has had among the most stringent and long-lasting restrictions when it comes to mass testing, lockdowns, border closures since the pandemic began. the u. smt is just one of many countries...

With connections in certain cities and those tested positive in ten days. basically, theyre putting testing requirements in. we are back with the panel, kimberly, this is a serious situation. we are where we are in the u.s. about covid but there are concerns from the cdc and others about new variance because of this now open-policy in china after being completely closed. >> they can put these travel requirements on. what we know from having them on previously is they dont stop from moving from c...

>> well, come on , jason . first of all, look at the chaos thats already happening at the airports right now. and president biden just needs to give them a couple of weeks, although i can tell you, i dont really think that these testing requirements are really going to do anything. the only thing that i think would be interesting is to get some positive tests from people coming from china just to see. exactly try and sequence the virus. if they test positive to see what variant is circulating in...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed 21 new deaths throughout L.A. County, 2,138 new cases countywide and 46 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley over long holiday weekend.

Happening at the airports right now. president biden needs to give them a couple weeks. i dont think that the testing requirements are going to do anything. the only thing that would be interesting is to get some positive tests from people coming from china, just to see exactly sequence the virus if they test positive to see what variant is circulating in china right now. we assume its omicron. it could be delta or something else. they have high levels of infection. for every new case of infecti...

Well see some of that playing out next congress. >> hopefully, it will be playing out and everybody gets home to their destination. up next, the panel react to the new testing requirements from travelers coming to the u.s. from china. plus, seven sky dives for seven days for a good cause, coming up. when you really need to sleep. you reach for the really good stuff. zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. its non-habit forming and powered by the makers of nyqui...

Information is not transparent. joined by mike memoli to discuss all of this. give me a sense of what we know and what the administration is hoping to accomplish by requiring tests to travel from china. i believe everyone on a plane from age 2 and up has to test negative. >> reporter: thats right, alex. there are really two separate but related concerns on the part of the biden administration and other public health officials. as were seeing cases rise around the world, really, but especially so...