these long lines for covid tests across the country. and thanks to omicron, the demand for these tests are expected to skyrocket. today the fda authorizing the first pill to treat covid-19. paxlovid, made by pfizer, will be available by prescription for adults and high risk individuals 12 or older who have high to moderate symptoms but a high risk of hospitalization or death. pfizer says they stand ready to begin delivery in the u.s. immediately. as quickly as pfizer gets the pills manufactured and delivered, we ll immediately provide them to states and jurisdictions for distribution. reporter: the long testing lines across the country have already begun amidst the holiday rush. in atlanta, frustrations are running high. i ve been here an hour and a half. the line is stretched all the way back. we ve gone less than a mile but we re on hour three.
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and save money while you re at it with special offers just for movers at xfinity.com/moving. the cdc will consult an expert panel before finalizing official recommendation for who should get a covid maxine booster shot and when following the fda authorizing the next are dose to those who got the moderna or johnson & johnson vaccine. americans will be able to mix and match between any of the two
suit of companies, they re overruling the authorizing of boosters for people under the age of 65 but who might work at a high-risk setting. cdc director walensky acknowledging there is some confusion, but said look, there was a high degree of scientific consensus people above the age of 65 and those with high-risk conditions needed to be eligible for these boosters, but there was a scientific open question about whether people younger but who might work in a high-risk setting like schools or health care facility or homeless shelter should be eligible at this time. that s where she stepped in to make that additional population more eliable. let s remind folks what exactly the cdc is saying about who is eligible for booster shots. according to the cdc, it s now people 65 and older, as well as all long-term care facility residents, people who are 18 and above who have underlying medical conditions, as well as that other group we were just
highly likely within the next 24 to 36 hours. the president authorizing, quote, every possible measure to protect american troops and allies still there. which includes last night s air strike against isis-k. the president promising it will not be the last. at this hour, the state department says roughly 350 americans are still trying to get out of afghanistan. since august 14th, u.s. forces have evacuated some 117,000 people. here s nbc news foreign correspondent, matt bradley. yeah, alicea, the latest news out of that overnight drone strike in afghanistan is that not one, but two isis-k militants were killed and one was injured in that drone strike by a reaper drone. the biden administration and others are calling it retaliation, but you can also call it prevention, because intelligence agencies say it was aimed at an isis militant that was trying, planning to launch yet another attack outside the