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Measures to stop the spread. the entire city of tianjin in china with 14 million is under lockdown. authorities are testing everyone for covid after multiple new infections were reported including omicron cases. starting today, italy will require a super green pass to access most businesses as well as public areas. it is only available to those who are fully vaccinated and no option for a negative test. covering both of those stories. nina, let me start with you in italy. talk to us about this green pass and how it's being received there. >> reporter: the super green pass is adding on an extra...

Started testing everyone. we have been doing this. and that rate, that percentage of tests that is coming back positive has gone up so there's no doubt that there is more covid in our community. >> i want to ask you about a debate we're saying about the process. the fda has approved the nasal swabs, our children are doing this now as well. and in europe some are suggesting that the throat swabs are more effective. do you think that's something that we should be looking into now? are they more effective? >> i do think it's something we should be looking into, but we don't have the data yet. wha...

>> reporter: yeah, when it comes to pop culture and movies, and tv and sport, everybody wants to get back to where we were prior to the pandemic but it's complicated. broadway has really led the way in terms of requiring vaccinations. they've also created positions like the covid safety manager. in an attempt to keep everybody safe and have them return to the theaters. they also have been doing a lot of testing. movie production has been doing the same thing. they're testing everyone, trying to make sure that people can film as safely as possible. they're requiring masks. the question is going...

>> i do speak to quite a few border patrol agents. reactions are mixed. overwhelmingly i would say at the just want some sort of consistency. they really want some sort of policy that is going to let people in that should be in but also to get a little bit of relief for them. they are understandably overwhelmed and seeing numbers they haven't seen in a long time. >> bill: the mayor of mcallen, texas says the covid positive rate there is between 35 and 40%. if you are testing everyone in brownsville, what is your positive rate there? >> thankfully we aren't doing as bad as mcallen. if you look ...