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New york city has seen a five-fold increase this month. meanwhile, sickouts from covid have forced airlines to cancel or delay thousands of flights worldwide. the top infections disease expert in the u.s. says the administration is working hard to increase access to testing across the country. >> it's a combination of people concerned appropriately about omicron, which is spreading so rapidly, as well as the fact that we're in the holiday season and people want to get tested before they start mingling with their family and their friends and traveling, so, it really has made a major upsurge in ...

Three weeks ago. public health officials are watching worrisome upticks in hospital numbers. south korea is reporting its fourth straight day of record high numbers in icu. the virus upended holiday travel for countless passengers as covid-related staff shortages have led airlines to cancel or delay thousands of flights during one of the busiest times. university of hong kong, joining me from oxford in england. we're getting a good idea of to some extent that the level of death and hospitalization means this is not covid redux from previous spikes. south africa's numbers seem to suggest the sa...

Long as a person has no symptoms -- and this is key -- wears a mask for the next five days. listen. >> it just makes sense if you keep them out for five days, keep them isolated for five days, then get them back doing their job, doing their work, keeping a mask on to protect themselves from infecting other individuals. >> so meantime, testing in the united states hasn't kept pace with the spread of the virus. wait times in some cities are well over two hours due to increased demand and a shortage of testing resources. the virus appears to be infecting more children than ever now as well. pedia...