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Vaccinated. i don't think it's a failure. i think you could argue that we should have known a year ago, six months ago, two months ago, a month ago. i've ordered a half a billion of the pills, 500 million pills -- i mean, excuse me, 500 million test kits that are going to be available to be sent to every home in america if everybody wants them. >> if everybody wants them, but omicron is exploding now and those tests will not start rolling out until january. the fear is in the meantime hospitals will buckle next in ways we did not see even at the worst of the worst of the pandemic. that is beca...

Eight temporary covid hubs are to be set up at hospitals across england in preparation for a potential wave of 0micron admissions. nhs england says each site will have capacity for around 100 patients, and there are also plans to identify a further 4,000 beds if needed. meanwhile, almost 8 million test kits will be made available to pharmacies by tomorrow, amid warnings of patchy supplies following the changes to self—isolation rules. our health editor hugh pym reports. at the height of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, a network of so—called nightingale hospitals were set up in england ...

News for parents sending their children back to school today, that is, if the school is open. a number of district are returning to virtual learning not just because of exposure risk but because there aren't enough staffers to open. too many cases keeping too many people in isolation. here in new york city, though, public schools are open. mayor eric adams defying a call from the teachers union to go virtual. >> i am keeping my schools open and we're going to make sure that they're going to be in a safe place. that includes doubling the amount of testing that we're looking at. the science is s...

After line of people waiting to be tested, trying to be safe and be sure they test negative. but rapid tests can be unreliable and pcr results could take days to come back. the testing apparatus set up by cities and states and the federal government is buckling under the strain. that much is clear. president biden, while taking some responsibility, says it is not a failure. >> you're a year into the presidency. empty shelves and no test kits in some places three days before christmas when it's so important. is that good enough? >> no, nothing has been good enough. but look, here we are. last c...

Surprised on just how transmissible this omicron variant has been >> i'm shocked at how this went through our family. >> reporter: we met kerry white in the icu as she watched over her six-year-old son carter who had been diagnosed with covid days before. he also has a rare central nervous system disorder, hydrocephaly >> it's terrifying since the beginning of covid, we have always been afraid of what happens if carter touches this and our family has done everything we can. my husband and i are both fully vaccinated. carter was just vaccinated back in december i hate to think what could have h...