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And more vaccinated medical workers are experiencing breakthrough cases and being sent home just when demand for their expertise is soaring. >> that's still an impossible strain on an already-strained healthcare system. so, i understand the pressure to get workers back earlier. >> reporter: the virus is spreading so fast, the impact is now going far beyond the widely reported holiday travel problems. in new york city, apple has closed all its stores to browsing shoppers. in maryland, courts are cutting back their winter schedules. and everywhere, health officials are fretting over the long lin...

>> reporter: others fear the return to school next week could be even worse. >> i think what we're going to see is once children go back to school, within a week or two of schools opening, is when we see the highest numbers. >> reporter: amid the winter weather, the pandemic is roaring across the country, with 250,000 new cases diagnosed daily, that's a record. >> this variant is a game-changer in terms of its high, high transmissability. it's like a virus blizzard. >> reporter: hospitalizations are half of what they were last winter. but some are seeing peaks there, too. and more vaccinated m...

To come back to work, frankly, because there's pressure from the airlines or other companies to get them back on the job to cover those shifts. or we're going to have passengers who are coming because they have not tested. the industry asked for breakthrough cases only and testing before people would come back at five days. it doesn't seem like we're even meeting the basic standards to have a level of comfort in this country, and we really need everyone around this country to have confidence in our public health officials. that is what has created conflict on our planes, because people don't k...

Altogether, 369 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Northwest Indiana Sunday, including both ICU and standard patients, according to the Indiana Department of Health.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its quarantine and isolation guidance for those exposed to COVID or those who test positive as cases...