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Vaccination status back into the country from march first, travelers won't have to present proof of vaccination, but instead take a pcr test before and after their flight. and australia has fully reopened its borders to vaccinated travelers making for some, emotional reunions to families who have been apart since the pandemic began. can't wait to get back there in the coming months. still to come, hong kong's fifth wave of covid-19 goes bad to worse with conhong kong, hospit there on the brink of collapse. is help from mainland china enough to stall the spread? we go live to hong kong for th...

All the region's fifth wave of the virus, hospitals stretched to the limit with people stuck in the rain due to a lack of hospital beds. the government brought in more than 100 healthcare workers from mainland china to help treat severe cases and manage new patients before the region's hospital system is completely overwhelmed. following the developments and joins us now from hong kong with the latest, christi, believes that they're recruited to help control this outbreak, explain how they'll be deployed. >> reporter: yeah, linda, hong kong reportedly mobilizing the police force to help with t...

Covid-19, even if some are saying not so fast. cbs' lilia luciano joins us from los angeles with more. lilia. >> reporter: that's right, adriana. here in the u.s., the masks are pretty much off at this point, but covid spikes in other parts of the world should serve as a warning that this sense of normal could be fleeting. in two years in the u.s., covid took more than 963,000 lives and changed everyone. now there's a seismic shift as all states, with hawaii the latest, rolling back restrictions, a sign of i don'ts rapid retreat. in hong kong, a fifth wave is a reminder of the misery when the ...

Since 2020 and first deaths of the year. the fifth wave of the virus confirmed cases soaring to highest levels since start of the pandemic. now the city seen its health system overwhelmed, containment efforts abandoned. a mass exodus of people and its embattled leadership looking increasingly likely to be replaced. russia's problems in trying to subdue ukraine might have thrown a wrench into chinese planning to take military action against taiwan. the west coming together quickly likely a warning to china what it might face should it decide to invade taiwan and the ukrainian resistance has sho...

Carrie lamb has announced new changes to the zero covid policy, a policy that's once isolated this international business logistics and aviation hub. in the last half hour she announced a number of changescluding this, the flight bans on nine countries including the u.s. and u.k. will be lifted starting april 1st. and also announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for most incoming travelers could be lessened at least seven days of the traveller that should kick in starting next month. but a host of tough social distancing covid measures may remain in place and won't be revisited or relaxed unti...