that if we don t control things now, there is a real phone shl potential for the epidemic curve to soar, again. reporter: but in states like arizona, which reported its first two cases of the south african variant, officials are dropping their statewide mask mandate. north carolina, allowing more businesses to operate at full capacity. and more schools announcing in-person learning. universities like rutgers asking all-campus students to be vaccinated. i am ready tof more people out here, and get to enjoy normal life, again. while those who have already received their vaccines say it s starting to feel like the end of the pandemic could, soon, be in sight. this is the beginning of the very best to come because it s been, really, the worst year. that was nbc s gadi schwartz reporting. tomorrow, we will answer more of your questions about covid-19 in our 9:00 p.m. hour. specifically, on covid and pregnancy. if you are expecting and have concerns about how the virus or the vac
for the epidemic curve to soar again. reporter: but in states like arizona, which reported its first two cases of the south african variant, officials are dropping their statewide mask mandate. north carolina removing its alcohol curfew and allowing more businesses to operate at full capacity and more schools announcing in-person learning. universities like rutgers asking all campus students to be vaccinated. i am ready to have more people out here, and get to enjoy normal life again. while those who have already received their vaccines say it s starting to feel like the end of the pandemic could soon be in sight. this is the beginning of the very best to come because it s been really the worst year. that was nbc s gadi schwartz reporting. tomorrow, we will answer more of your questions about covid-19 in our 9:00 p.m. hour. specifically oncovid and pregnancy. if you are expecting and have concerns about how the virus or the vaccine might affect your newborn, we would love t
pandemic the subway system in new york city also seeing record ridership as many across the country emerge from a year of isolation during spring break the beach is coming back to life the town s coming back to life. we re having some fun out here reporter: but the cdc says there s no vacation from the virus. in florida and california the uk variant accounting for 25% of new cases citing the third wave of infections in europe, authorities say easing restrictions too quickly at home could lead to serious trouble. i m pleading with you for the sake of our nation s health. these should be warning signs for all of us. reporter: still states like florida are flaunting any notions of a lockdown, allowing restaurants to open sooner, masks that are optional and getting children into the classroom faster the state s death rate no worse than the national average all righty. reporter: and now with nearly 3 million
january to fewer than 100,000 now. hospitalizations have dropped by nearly half in the last month. while progress is steady, so are the issues nation s largest vaccination site at dodger stadium still empty. they ran out of vials three days ago. that is unacceptable i want to be clear, los angeles needs more doses. reporter: the dose shortage impacting four other l.a. locations now temporarily closed too. and the weather, snow and ice storms are forcing mass vaccination sites to close from oregon to texas, and into the northeast. and the threat of more contagious variants remains. so far, over 1,000 cases detected in more than 39 states, including the south african strain that reinfected a patient in france. it s the first known case. which tells us that prior infection does not protect you against reinfection, at least with this particular variant. reporter: and news
by sunday, it may well have parts of wales, the midlands and even southern england in its sights. you can really follow that dig down of cold air as we progress through the weekend, with the colder air into all parts of the uk and becoming established through the end of the weekend and on into the new week. it looks like we are going to see some disruption for england and wales through the weekend, and it is cold enough that any lying snow will tend to stick around, and so ice will be a problem as well. and even into next week, the story holds, but for this weekend, dojust bear in mind there is the risk of disruptive snow.