22nd, to turn their pet over to officials to have it killed. this after officials say an employee at a pet store tested positive for covid this week, and then officials found that at least 11 hamsters in the shop also tested positive, and they're worried that hamsters could be a vector of covid transmission in a city where the government is trying to impose zero covid, zero-covid policy. the plans to call some 2,000 pet hamsters have activists protesting online, signing petitions, saying, this is a cruel policy. back to you, christine and laura. >> that is very interesting reporting. ivan and the rest of our team, thank you so much for all of that global reporting. when it comes to covid, a divided u.s. supreme court, just like us, there's been a notable physical absence on the bench recently as justice sonya sotomayor has been hearing oral argument from her chambers instead of in-person with the