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With this story. tell us what this means, leyla. >> reporter: all right. brianna, here is how he is explaining high value versus low value testing. hes saying, this is about prioritizing. the example he used is it is of more value to test, say, a grandmother than an 8-year-old, a third grader that is getting weekly testing. so he wants to put out more guidance that emphasizing that. and then after he explained that in a press conference yesterday, he says he also wants to unwind testing psycholo...

To be a problem too. ohio turning to its national guard for help while floridas surgeon general offers a new approach, what he calls high value testing, prioritizing those most at risk. and alisyn and victor, israel has started giving fourth shots, boosters to people who are 60 and up, as well as healthcare workers. a new preliminary study out of israel shows that fourth shot of a pfizer vaccine can improve antibodies five fold within the space of a week, seems to support the policy thats being ...

>> it certainly is. what happens is, while more and more children are getting omicron because omicron is so transmissible, youre going to have more and more children in the hospital than you did with previous variants. lets take a look at those numbers. the previous peak for childrens hospitalizations was the week ending september 4th of last year. that was 342 admissions a day. were now at 574 admissions per day. those are based on seven-day averages. we are considerably higher than we were at ...

Weeks by the number of people hoping and look at the lines there to get tested. so leyla santiago is joining us. is there a health definition to testing? there doesnt seem to be guidance from the cdc ore or others. >> i will use the florida surgeon generals explanation, when he said high value testing. he used an explanation comparing a grandmother to a third grade or an 8-year-old getting weekly testing say theres more priority, more value, in getting a grandmother tested over an 8-year-old or ...

States. covid made many prediction wrong. what we can do though is focus on taking the mitigation measures and wearing our masks, which we know help reduce spread, getting vaccinated and boosted as soon as possible and ensuring that in settings like schools, were using testing to help reduce risk. >> okay, testing. the surgeon general of florida now suggests limiting tests to high value subjects, to high value testing. dont test everyone necessarily, test people who maybe are symptomatic or grea...

Approach. what he calls high value testing. prioritizing those most at risk. jake, we have now hit another pandemic record. this time the highest number of covid cases among children. some 32 5,000 children testing positive for covid last week. thats up about 64% from the week prior. the american academy of pediatrics calling this an alarming increase and saying theres urgent need for more date on the impact of covid on children. >> alexandra field, thank you. lets bring in chief medical corre...

To florida where the covid case count section pleading. cases, hospitalizations, deaths, positivity rate, all jumping. governor desantis blames a federal decision to cut pack on the distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments but experts say those treatments are less effective fighting the omicron variant and a new change from the state surgeon general who wants to reduce low-value testing and focus on what he calls high-value testing. cnns laila santiago is here with more on that. walk throu...