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Case counts across California have dropped steadily since the middle of December after seeing an increase in November. Other COVID-19 metrics have also improved since December. The state did not see a record-setting spike in infections or surge in hospitalizations.
Case counts across California have dropped steadily since the middle of December after seeing an increase in November. Other COVID-19 metrics have also improved since December. The state did not see a record-setting spike in infections or surge in hospitalizations.
Effective against the omicron variants and they have limited hospital and icu capability. and they have the people, as ivan and you just discussed, they're dying to see their families. they're going to get together, they're going to hug each other. and the lunar new year. so it's a perfect storm right now, paula. >> in terms of how this will impact the rest of the world this is the last frontier in terms of covid restrictions. a lot has been made that china is not releasing case counts but surveillance has been spotty at best around the world. how should we view this phase of the pandemic now ...
Welcome both. what's the thinking on the white house' decision to require these tests from china? >> there are really two concerns that public health officials and people in the biden administration are trying to address with these new rules. fsts china has scaled back, the case counts are rising. all travelers from china will be required to provide that negative test from within the previous 48 hours. it's not just travelers from china. also travelers through seoul, south korea, toronto and vancouver, which are also major tran sut points for passengers coming from china. the hope there is the...
Professor anne rimoin from ucla fielding school of public health told me why she was concerned about china's recent surge in covid cases. i think the issue here is that we don't have a lot of data coming out of china right now. we don't have case counts, we don't have good mortality data, and we certainly don't have good sequencing data that could tell us a lot about what variants are circulating and what we could expect. i think the idea of requiring testing, which will allow us to have an idea of what is happening and be able to follow the sequencing and the data, will be a smart move. what ...