Surging om krob cases are fueling a pandemic of cases across the u.s. as parents return to work, try to, and kids head back to school just days before the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. lawmakers hint at the coup attempt and 40 million people are under a winter storm warning stretching from alabama to new jersey. we ll have the latest forecast. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, january 3rd. we begin 2022 with cases surging like we haven t seen before in the pandemic. it s causing staffing shortages across businesses and amongst had health care and airline workers. we ve started a new day and more than 1600 flights canceled. more than 14,000 flights canceled since christmas eve.
Reported nearly 23,000 new cases on sunday. france announced on sunday that it will ease quarantine rules for the fully vaccinated and showe shortened the time from booster shots. more than 120,000 people tested positive between christmas and new year. england s secondary school children will wear masks when they return from holiday. the u.k. secretary said they wanted to keep as many kids in school as they can. israel says it will offer a fourth shot to people over 60 and medical staff. israel approved the pfizer biontech booster last week. cnn has reporters all around the world. nada bashir is in london. barbie nadeau has the story and elliott gotkin has the story
First epicenter outside of china. the number of deaths were devas devastating. nobody here has forgotten that. that s why we re seeing such a compliance. it s against the law not to have a mask on outside across the country. you see people adhering to those policies as well. we re not seeing the kinds of protests that you ve seen elsewhere across europe against restrictions, anna. barbie nadeau in rome. many thanks. now to london and cnn s nada bashir. what is the situation in the u.k.? we re hearing about secondary students needing to wear masks. reporter: anna, it s much like here. what barbie mentioned, the focus is getting kids back in school and minimizing the disruption to education. facemask wearing will be compulsory to students in secondary schools. that s students between the ages 161 and 19 and there will be new air filtration systems being introduced to some schools as
London. appreciate it. thank you. in the world of sports lionel messi and three of his teammates have tested positive for covid-19. the french football club says the four are in isolation and subject to, quote, the appropriate health protocol. paris st. germaine is set to play monday in the round of 32. u.s. president joe biden tells ukraine the u.s. will act decisively if russia invades. more on that shortly. plus, prince andrew is facing lots of legal trouble this week as he tries to have a sexual assault lawsuit against him dismissed.
Christmas. he is fully vaccinated and has received a covid booster. he said he was last at the pentagon on thursday. he followed all covid precautions the short time he was there. cnn is covering the pandemic from around the world. we are in london where secondary school students in england are advised to wear masks in school. barbie nadeau is in europe, in roam. elliott gawking is in jerusalem as israel rolls out four doses. we ll hear from nada, barbie and elliott. foirs christi kristie lu stout. what s the latest? reporter: cases are following but the worry is growing.