does is it prevents people from accessing health care when they need it. it also places people in terrible conditions, where they are forced to flee for their own safety, but they end up in potentially unhygienic settings, where they are in crowded situations. we have all seen the images on the television. and it also puts populations in a situation where the control measures for infectious diseases or the prevention measures, such as vaccination campaigns, cease to be operating properly, so all of these are going to contribute to a higher risk of infectious diseases in ukraine, potentially ones that are already existing such as covid i9, seasonal influenza, but also other epidemics ongoing in the country and other diseases such as tuberculosis that already had a high burden of disease. these are likely to get worse. i disease. these are likely to get worse. ., , disease. these are likely to get worse. . , ., ., worse. i have been at the un all week. or worse. i have been at the un al
our country. that s just it. not everyone has access to these rapid tests. dr. ranney, you say that s part of the problem in this guidance being confusing. i m going to stop you right now because we re going to go to the briefing right now. let s take a listen and we ll come back to you if we can. the coming weeks are going to be challenging. we re going to see cases continue to rise because omicron is a very transmissible variant, but it s important to stay focused on three things. first, we have the tools to keep ourselves, our loved ones and our communities safe. and importantly, we have the tools we need to keep our schools open. the biden administration has provided $130 billion in american rescue plan funding to schools to implement proven prevention measures including ventilation and social distancing and an additional $10 billion to support testing in
u.s. in paris. maybe just in new york. thank you. right now we know covid isn t going away and we know omicron is spreading fast. there has been a lot of concern, cancel events, professional games postponed, and the nhl saying its athletes will not be competing for their countries in the olympics because of omicron so the read on all of this from a doctor from the nyu health and hospitals, first, doctor, thank you for joining us here. i think, you know, we ve all been able to figure out how to pronounce omicron now. might that be leading to some extra fear that may not be sort of warranted with this? there is a lot of fear and anxiety especially since we re seeing alarming cases of omicron but i think what s the good news is that many of our covid-19 prevention measures and the tools that we have in our tool box continue to work. this includes obviously vaccinations but even boosters. boosters are becoming very, very