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CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar June 4, 2024 12:05:00

territories will descend on an island nation that is currently fighting to keep the virus at bay. what is the risk at doing an event like this in the middle of a pandemic, to the citizens of japan? citizens that live in that area? first, we realize that coronavirus is going to be an issue for the games. we re trying to maximize the separation between international visitors coming am, the athletes and officials, and the local population. this is why all spectators, both local and from abroad, have already been banned in tokyo. and athletes movements will mostly be confined here, to the olympic village. beyond that strategy, mccloskey says the rest comes down to the pillars of public health. social distancing, wearing a mask and hand hygiene. they were always at the fundament core of what we knew would reduce the risk of covid during the games. and we started a layer on top of that, testing strategy we might

Saliva testing to be an option for border staff from mid-August

ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says 16 border workers have been fined $300 for not undergoing regular testing. “The workers - many of whom are on rotating shifts - will also be able to undertake the testing directly at their workplaces, making access even easier.” Hipkins said quarantine staff were reluctant to take the saliva tests after Stuff revealed only 386 voluntary tests had been carried out since they were first offered in January. They would’ve been able to move from a weekly to fortnightly nasal swab with saliva testing every two or three days in between, and the new regime had already been rolled out in Canterbury.

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cold, but that is happening more and more that colds and flu are back because people are interacting and not wearing masks. are you seeing that same thing happening with kids now? yes, and we re seeing this with adults as well that people are getting all kinds of viruses because we ve just been apart from one another during this last year and a half or so. we need to remember that the covid-19 vaccine for those who got vaccinated protects you against covid-19 but not against all these other viruses that are potentially out there. and also worry about what will happen in the fall when we get even more of these normal viruses. influenza and all the other cold viruses. it will be hard to distinguish what is covid-19, what is influenza, and so we need to be ramping up testing and thinking through what is that testing strategy going to look like or contact tracing going to look like especially in schools this fall. all right. dr. wen, thanks so much. up next, we re live he white house

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