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Sure that youre using cites of care for the purposes theyre intended. so, please, please do not show up in the emergency room for a covid test if youre mildly ill. if youre sick enough, absolutely, want to care for you in the emergency room setting, but we need to use those tight resources right now to the maximal capacity. >> reporter: her advice, if you have symptoms, act like you have covid, stay at home, isolate, save those testing resources for those who need it. maybe even health care work...

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Long as a person has no symptoms -- and this is key -- wears a mask for the next five days. listen. >> it just makes sense if you keep them out for five days, keep them isolated for five days, then get them back doing their job, doing their work, keeping a mask on to protect themselves from infecting other individuals. >> so meantime, testing in the united states hasnt kept pace with the spread of the virus. wait times in some cities are well over two hours due to increased demand and a shortage...

Message to residents is to use layered mitigation strategies. the first one being a safe and effective vaccine, all people 5 years and older should be getting vaccinated if they havent been and getting a booster and now is the time to do exactly that. >> the other thing you announced today that i mentioned in the intro is that you now have a vaccine mandate for government workers. a vaccine mandate without a testing opt out. why? >> well, we put a vaccine mandate, an absolute mandate in place fo...

Large gatherings. one thing that the federal government can do is provide significant support for testing, to be able to get testing resources where we need them. thats going to be hard to do in a matter of weeks. some of that will take longer, but its that old saying, whens the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is today. and the second best time to get testing improved is starting today. and then i think that there are a number of things that can be done with ...

Optimism that were prepared but i think there are some steps that we can take. and again, first of all, doing everything we can to increase vaccination, ramping up non-pharmaceutical interventions, including using all of the levers that we have to create mandatory wearing of face masks indoors, reducing large gatherings. one thing that the federal government can do is to provide significant support for testing, to be able to get testing resources where we need them. thats going to be hard to do ...

Have wearing mandatory face coverings indoors, reducing large gatherings, the government can improve support for testing, to be able to get testing resources where we need them. that will be hard to do in a matter of weeks. some of that will take longer. but its that old saying, whens the best time to plant a tree? 20 years ago, but the second best time is today. and the second best time to get testing improved is starting today. and then i think already a number of things that can be done with ...

Saturday. hours ago officials ruled out the idea that that guy is a suspect in the 8-year-olds murder. the hunt for the killer continues. claudia cowan following the story from our san francisco newsroom this afternoon. claudia? >> and, shepard, we have just learned that new details in this case will be released in just about two and a half hours. as investigators move closer to releasing a composite sketch of the suspect and the community hopes then naming a suspect. more than 50 deputies with ...