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Spike in kids testing and bogging down triage for the seriously ill. >> we are seeing a lot of patients present with mild respiratory symptoms, cough, congestion, fever. known covid exposures and i think a lot of them are seeking testing. >> reporter: the sickest kids those needing hospitalization are having a tough time breathing. >> so they're getting a lot of respiratory symptoms, as we have been expecting. pneumonias, needing respiratory support to help them breathe better. >> reporter: viral spread expected to intensify in the weeks ahead and even if the omicron variant isn't as severe. >...

L.a. county also had the highest number of daily infections with more than 45,000. >> all right. at a testing site in los angeles there. i want to bring into the conversation surgeon dr. susana hills. dr. hills, thank you for your time this morning. since the start of this pandemic, there's been a lot of concern about the convergence of the flu and covid according to the cdc, the flu has accounted for up to 52,000 deaths a year between 2010 and 2022. how concerned are you about this now? this convergence of the flu and covid? >> yeah. craig, it's something we see all the time in our pediatric ...

And me in new orleans. and also these guys. anderson cooper and andy cohen. they'll be here in new york. so join all of us for a very festive cnn new year's eve. it's going to start friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. i will also see you tomorrow. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. a new warning from children's hospitals. "the lead" starts right now. in one pediatric hospital they are seeing a 1,000% increase in the number of kids testing positive for covid compared with the delta surge. but does that necessarily mean serious illness for those kids? does it mean hospital...

You have been exposed. you don't know if you have covid-19, but you've been exposed. if you've had a booster or if you're less than six months away from your second shot, the cdc says no need for you to quarantine, although they do recommend wearing a mask for ten days. now here's the reasoning behind that. the cdc says that a booster, having three shots, including the booster, is 75% effective at fighting omicron infections. so again, you know, economic concerns here, too. the thinking is, why are we keeping people out of work if they have been boosted? they're 75% protected, why are we keepi...

Hours before so that the crew could use it for target practice. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news in the health lead. 28 million american children may soon have access to a covid vaccine. right now, right this second, the u.s. food and drug administration's advisory committee is voting on whether to recommend pfizer's vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 under emergency use conditions. this comes as the american academy of pediatrics says the number of kids testing positive for covid is still considered, quote, extremely high. nearly 6.3 million american kids have gotten infecte...