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Behind us. hospital admissions in texas are higher than theyve been since february. ventilators are being sent in bulk to florida. and, a field hospital is going up in mississippi. all because of covids summer surge fueled by the delta variant that is tearing through virtually every part of our country. today, the c.d.c. urged all pregnant women to get vaccinated. california became the first state to order its public school teachers and staff to do the same or submit to weekly testing. and there...

Kids under 17. >> now were seeing more kids who are symptomatic and more kids being hospitalized due to the delta variant. >> tonight cities and states are issuing more mask mandates, including california and oregon hawaiis governor limiting social gatherings and california asking school staff to show proof of vaccination or submit to weekly testing. meanwhile, governors in seven states banning mask mandates in schools, including texas and florida. >> we believe that the parent rather than the g...

>> nick watt is in los angeles. lets start with this new mandate in california. >> reporter: yeah, well, victor, as you mentioned just in the past few minutes, california becoming the first state in the nation to mandate that staff and teachers must be vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. we have just heard from the california teachers association. they are supportive of this. now, the governor was also asked will he extend this to mandate that kids are also vaccinated. he said, well, we will...

Booster shot. multiple media reports say the announcement could come as early as tomorrow, the agency is saying that it is closely monitoring the testing data. the fda says it will share information in the near future. meantime stefan california schools, must now be fully vaccinated or agreed to weekly testing. california governor gavin newsom announcing the requirement after large school districts, several of them in a state enacted several policies. in the center for disease control, cdc urgin...

>> this is abc 7 news. >> schools are doing t keep ours safe. the entire school ecosystem also submit a verification of vaccination and/or smiment to weekly testing. while were high that colorado california nams among the highest vaccination rates in america, its not good enough. >> all california schools now join the growing list of people required to get vaccination named to go back to work. >> youre watching abc 7 news live on abc 7, hulu live or wherever you stream. >> the f.d.a is expected ...

Vaccine mandates, vaccine requirements in place. >> reporter: the numbers are trending in the wrong direction and were expecting an update with mayor bill de blasio and well bring you that as soon as he announces it. last week he announced that city workers will need to be vaccinated by mid-september or be subject to weekly testing. as you mentioned, governor cuomo also announced today some more restrictions, specifically when it comes to the mta and port authority by labor day, those folks in t...

Will delineate to new yorkers the best way to use masks. they dont change the basic reality, but vaccination does. so what we want to make sure is that everything supports vaccination, and focus people from vaccination, and it does not distract from vaccination or undermine vaccination. >> geoff, last week the mayor announced that all city workers have to be vaccinated by mid-september or subjected to weekly testing. and the governor earlier today said that the policy is that a similar policy is...

Since that, 98% of the employees at the hospital system have been fully vaccinated. 2% received exceptions or deferrals, and the judge in the lawsuit tossed out the case, saying, quote, the hospital was just trying to do their business of saving lives without giving patients the covid-19 virus. if you measure success here by how many people got vaccinated in the ecosystem of people working at this one hospital system, this worked. a 97% vaccination rate among a single group of people is probably...

At the hospital system have been fully vaccinated. 2% received exception or deferrals and the judge in the lawsuit tossed out the case, said the hospital was just, quote, trying to do their business of saving lives without giving patients the covid-19 virus. if you measure success here by how many people got vaccinated in the ecosystem of people working at this one hospital system, this worked. a 97% vaccination rate among a single group of people is probably higher than anyone else in the world...

Vaccination. because it will be the responsibility of the employee to get tested on a regular basis. and that comes with its own challenges. were really depending on personal responsibility. thats going to say to people, just get vaccinated. get it done. be safe. help your colleagues be safe. dont have to go through the hassle of weekly testing. but to your larger question, look, i think were all climbing a ladder here very rapidly. i think we need to look at every form of mandate and thats publ...