lunchables! built to be eaten. the death toll from covid-19 in the united states has reached a tragic milestone, 900,000. the announcement came friday and president biden said each soul is irreplaceable. we are less than two years into the global pandemic. it was officially declared on march 11th, 2020, and you can see here the recent surge of the number of daily deaths as the omicron variant spread across the country. thankfully for now, the number of new cases has fallen, and experts say that means the number of new deaths should also fall. and slowly but surely, the number of people getting vaccinated is rising. despite the availability of life-saving vaccines and boosters, anti-vacc americans
compared to the week before. more travel disruptions have left some passengers stranded in airlines across the globe. airlines are facing dropping demand, with the fear of the omicron variant and staff shortages. some airline staff calling out sick themselves. it comes as the omicron variant spread continues at record rates. both france and the u.k. finding record-breaking infection rates, driven largely again by the omicron variant. but each country taking a different approach as to how to handle the surge. here in the u.k., three of the four nations have imposed some restrictions ahead of new year s eve. prime minister boris johnson an doesn t need tougher measures.
mandate for private businesses is set to go into effect tomorrow, as omicron variant spread across the country other major cities are set to impose similar mandates, david lee is in the new york city live with the very latest this afternoon. happy sunday david. happy sunday, ager cities are planning to implement vaccine mandates but the one that will take effect tomorrow morning in new york city is arguably going to be the strictest possibly in the entire country, almost all private sector workers in the city must be partially vaccinated and lesser working from home. it affects roughly 184,000 businesses, testing is not an option. lawyers said the mandate is too burdensome and requires them a vaccination records and fines for violations started $1000 more than 90% of new york city adults are vaccinated in the latest data from the city shows 14000 new covid cases today. according to an infectious