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Mentioned, cases are dropping and also americans are starting to get these free at-home rapid test kits from the federal government. they're just starting to arrive in the mail. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. joining me is dr. wesley long, the medical director of diagnostic microbiology at houston methodist. your hospital has already identified several cases of this new stealth variant of omicron. what can you tell us about it? >> jose, i can tell you thus far we've only detected two cases ba.2, what we collison of omicron. the stealth name is -- all our pcr tests are able to detect ba....

This son of omicron? >> to the best of our knowledge, the antigen tests that are popular in the u.s. can detect the ba.2 as well. it's a way to make sure the tests approved in the u.s. can detect it. we can confidently say our pcr tests that we use here at houston methodist are able to dedeath ba.2 without any difficulty. >> what do we know about ba.2 versus omicron original? >> the ba.2 variant is closely related to the original omicron, and they both emerged around the same time and were first detected in the same parts of the world, in south africa, the first to report both of these variant...

Government data, 84,000 and 53 cases were... it estimates that one people have symptomatic covid. tim specter, what is going on? tell us how your figures match with the government figures match with the government figures and what is your view? it is figures and what is your view? it is com - lex figures and what is your view? it is complex and _ figures and what is your view? it 3 complex and confusing for many people. the government have been changing the way they have been handing out pcr tests and looking at lateral flow tests. previously, every lateral flow was supposed to be confirmed by...

72 hours before departure. then daily tests in beijing. organizers are relying on sensitive. that cr tests which mean recently recovered but healthy athletes could potentially be isolated or barred from competing. >> they've gone to the public health extreme. that test is so sensitive. it is picking up remnants of the virus. you are not contagious to anyone else. >> organizers are not taking any chances. the host country is sticking to its zero covid policy where just one case can trigger lockdowns and mass testing. during the tokyo summer olympics here, 41 athletes test told positive for covi...

Dictatorship in the world gets a two week promotional push from the network. so this morning the wait is over . we've been talking aboutor for a long time.ou the winter olympics are here if you can believe it. some competition already underway ahead of tomorrow's opening ceremony. if only the reality of the situation, though, reflected nbc's getting our journey from the united. they started with an approval process that took weeks to be fully vaccinated. ho shochu negative pcr tests require a green health qr code and so i've just been so strict lately and definitely make things like going to t...