believed to be largely driven by the omicron variant. south africa is seeing a positivity rate of 24.3% which is extraordinary. there s not enough data yet on hospitalizations because that is a lagging indicator. south africa s national institute severity of the disease develops over time. these are the early days of the fourth wave of the disease here in africa. so far, about 3 million people have caught the virus at the start of the pandemic, hovering around 90,000. reporter: i m ivan watson in hong kong, authorities in the new south wales have ordered an investigation into the cluster of covid-19 infections, centering on a school in the city of sydney. 13 infections there confirmed, but what s got the authorities particularly concerned is that three of those cases are of the new omicron variant, and the authorities say that they re
himself on a recruiting visit to the university of toledo for football. just last month his family watched him play in what we now know was his final football game. tate was just 16 years old. fellow student hannah was just 14 years old. she was on the school s basketball team. her teammates described her as ki kind and silly. she was set to play in her first high school game. justin shilling was incredibly smart and hard working, part of the school district s bprogram,a letterman at the school. a crowd kept individual it outside the hospital. kept on life support since the shooting. his single life, now saving multiple others. justin was 17. those names, their stories, they
that you could be held responsible for the actions of a school shooter. zb . that s a small victory that we see that happening. sometimes you stay with whoever was able to stop the gun and you don t go back to whatever happened before that and how this minor had access to a gun. i m glad they re putting it out there on the media so everyone knows that s something that could happen. i m sure you ve been following this case and so often, we talk about the warning signs that were missed. the red flags that were missed. in this case, the accused gunman was searched for ammunition. he was drawing pictures that were alarming to the teachers. he was writing the words, help me. what do you make of what happened here? with how the school officials handled this? and does it remind you of
that have been lost since to these senseless school shooters. what do you hope to accomplish in meeting with the president? meeting with the team at the white house, and are you hearing any updates in terms of whether you re going to get that meeting? no, no updates. but the whole thing is that i keep fighting against this for the last four years. this for my family, it s already beyond joaquin. 150,000 people have died since our son was shot four times inside a school. so what have we learned from this experience? probably nothing. when i saw this happening a few days ago, i decided to you know what, i ve been saying and preaching enough is enough. what if i really act right now? whatever i have done, hasn t been enough. and i ve done a lot. but the message is not strong enough. so i m sick of this. and i need to do something.
she had been accepted to multiple colleges, some with full scholarships. she was an artist who loved to read and write. tate myer was a star football player on the school s varsity team. he helped his team make it to the playoffs this year. man, it feels awesome. i mean, it feels great. in the rain. this is where we live. it s like football. tough, muddy. everything about us is tough. just last month, his family watched him play in what would be his final game. tate was just 16 years old. hannah was just 14 years old. she was on the school s women s basketball team and her teammates describe her as kind and silly. tuesday night, the day of the shooting, hannah was set to play in her first oxford high school game. justin schilling was incredibly smart and hard working. he was part of the school district s program and a lettered athlete and organ d