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Variant is more dangerous for children, but it's highly transmissible. and holiday gatherings could fuel the surge in cases including among children, the age groups with the lowest vaccination rates in the country. >> we have not seen the worst of it yet. >> reporter: with cases climbing, staffing shortages are crippling industries. airlines canceling thousands of flights this holiday season. maryland's federal court scaling back operations. team usa hockey forced to forfeit the world juniors tournament. the cdc's latest guidance aims to put people back to work more quickly. but the recommenda...

Continue to mask for five days to minimize the risk of infecting others. now, that new guidance is sparking relief for some, confusion for others as americans attempt to navigate how to manage the virus at this point and, of course, the new variant. these changes come as new cases are surging across the country right now. the us .s. is averaging more th 237,000 daily cases. for many americans, this holiday season may be remembered for hours spent in long testing lines or desperately searching pharmacy shelves for at-home tests. our team of reporters following all the latest developments this m...

Smaller percentage of cases being omicron than the previous week. so what they told us last week was that 73% of the new cases rr omicron, and now they're saying it's 58%. now,ly say that the cdc has been clear that there's a large margin of error here. this is not an exact science. but interesting to see that it's not sort of taking off the way that people thought it might, at least according to these numbers. >> elizabeth cohen, i appreciate you. thank you so much. as you know, the covid surge is leading to long, very long testing lines from new york to austin to milwaukee, people spending...

Omicron variant as it spreads across the country. lauren blanchard is live with for. >> today president biden will meet with the nation's governors and the covid response team to talk about what comes next. some states are reinstating mask mandates. others are considering shortened quarantine periods to help get people back to work faster. more than anything, the president is likely to be asked where are the tests is last week the president promised 500 million free of charge rapid test kits but the tests won't be available until next month. not all at once and well past the holidays. the webs...

Earlier today. and so while they do have that plan to send those 500 million tests to americans who request them beginning next month there's a clear acknowledgment of what is an obvious failure to meet that testing demand right now around the holiday season and with omicron cases surging around the country. but also today, president biden authorizing the use of stafford act to use emergency funds so that hhs can stand up more testing sites in partnership with state and local governments across the country. >> and it has been a huge failure and not just one that we're experiencing. it's very v...