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By talking to your doctor about twice-daily xiidra. like i did. i prefer you didn't. xiidra. not today, dry eye. >> bret: as the omicron variant races through the country, the keep schools open and going to school is top of mind in most school districts. but how safe are the kids in school? correspondent mark meredith has that story tonight. >> schools should be the first place that's to open and the last places to close. >> while the cdc director insists america's schools are safe, the decision over whether to stay open, given the latest covid surge is being made on the local level. >> it's s...

Have the best guidance on what we can all do to protect ourselves, including teachers, administrators, and students. so it's up to local school districts to determine how they are going to approach what implementation measures they are going to put in place. what we know from public health officials who are the experts on a pandemic. studies show masks reduce transmissions in school. they are a proven tool that keeps students and teachers safe from covid and thus help keep schools open and safe. in short we know it works and every leader to focus on the tactics to keep the schools safe and sch...

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There's plenty offing. >> reporter: but covid is surging and the testing supply hasn't kept up. >> we need to flood the system with tests and have tests available for anyone who wants them. >> reporter: senior administration officials tell cnn that president biden is set to announce new testing measures today. they will purchase half a billion at-home rapid tests to be delivered to americans for free starting in serbia and they will set up more federal testing sites including one in new york city that will open before christmas. >> this far into the pandemic the u.s. is, you know, loyalty year...

>> my covid-19 team -- >> reporter: senior administration officials tell cnn that president biden is set to announce new testing measures today. they'll purchase a half billion at-home rapid tests to be delivered starting in january and set up more federal testing sites including one in new york city that will open before christmas. >> this prior to the pandemic, the u.s. is, you know, light-years behind our, you know, our peer nations in terms of making these tests readily available. >> reporter: last week, cdc director dr. rochelle walensky suggested increased testing will help keep schools ...