8,000, an 8% spike from the day before. hospitalizations have risen almost 20% since monday. clearly new york and washington, d.c. are ahead of the curve, but not by much. so expect that in the next three to four weeks we re going to see everyone really hit with this. reporter: new jersey identified more than 28,000 new covid-19 cases via pcr testing, governor phil murphy said on thursday. the number of positive cases likely higher due to at-home testing, he added. some governors calling on the national guard. ohio governor mike dewine deploying 1,250 national guard troops on the day the state reported its highest hospitalization numbers. georgia deployed 200 troops in the same week that six major health systems saw 100% to 200% increase in hospitalizations, governor brian kemp said. and new york doubling its national guard deployment to 100 and preparing for 80 guardsmen to undergo emergency medical training next month. with more virus spreading in the
if a student is in a classroom with close contact with someone with covid, they can return to the class? it s about increased testing. previously in new york city schools if a student tested positive for covid-19, any of their unvaccinated close contacts had to quarantine for ten days. that s no longer the case. if a student tests positive for covid-19, the teacher will distribute at-home rapid tests to the entire classroom, and then those students, if they do not test positive, they can keep coming to class as long as they also don t have any symptoms. they say they will need to take a covid test the first day after exposure and also on the fifth day. so the only person who would potentially have to quarantine for a ten-day period now would be if a student tests positive. there has also been weekly pcr testing in new york schools prior to now. the mayor, they said they re
days for covid pcr testing, following high demand, and pharmacists warn of patchy supplies of rapid test kits. we don t know when these are going to be available, so it s very difficult to plan, and let our patients and people know, in terms of when to come back, and when it s going to be in the pharmacies. nicola sturgeon rules out any further restrictions in scotland, but continues to urge caution, as cases rise further. record numbers of covid infections are recorded in both france and the united states, as the omicron variant continues to spread. soaring energy bills, rising taxes and stagnant wages will leave millions of british families struggling in 2022 according to a leading think tank. one of the last pro democracy media outlets in hong kong shuts down, after a police raid. prayers and thanksgiving in soweto, following the death
or not fully vaccinated children and children under 5 who cannot be vaccinated. so, you know, the measures that we should be taking because, frankly, our schools should be the last to close and the first to open, we all need to behave in a way that will keep us safe and keep our children safe and need to get everybody vaccinated and with good ventilation and masking we ll minimize the spread. there s that one other thing, fredricka, which is rapid testing. if we had abundant rapid testing we could test every child every day and guarantee that schools are safe. in fact, you wrote in the washington post an op-ed talking about the failure by not having the rapid testing available and i want to quote a portion from your op-ed. it says, it makes no sense that federal and state governments continue to rely almost entirely on expensive clinic based pcr testing when staring them right in the face is a much less
being see kraoetd? neither the antigen or pcr tests tell you that. the degree to which you are infectious. they found there is not a great correlation. especially for people who are vaccinated. if you are vaccinated, you will shed far less virus for far shorter period of time. that was the problem with the study. i like the cdc guidelines initially, which if you re covid positive or symptomatic, quarantine yourself until you re not symptomatic anymore, and then mask. the testing, especially the pcr testing, can be misleading. dr. paul offit, thank you for your expertise and being here today. thank you. ghislaine maxwell is dropping to keep the men s names secret.