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testing labs now forced to prioritize results just for the symptomatic. diagnostic testing is in shambles. and so when you add up all of that together, we ve got a very serious situation facing our nation this month. this country is now averaging a stunning 700,000-plus new covid-19 infections every day. an all-time high and still rising. thousands of schools didn t open last week after winter break due to covid. there was a staff shortage that led to the closure. reporter: others closed to slow the spread elsewhere. strikes because teachers want more safety measures. i agree that the best learning happens in schools but i don t feel safe at work right now. reporter: one north carolina district now tell something high schoolers to ride city buses because they are out of drivers for the yellow ones. meantime, city bus services slashed and the likes of washington, d.c. and portland, oregon, cruises also being
hospitals. nearly 1 in 4 nationwide now reporting critical staffing shortages, federal data shows, while covid hospitalization numbers near the pandemic s all-time high. among unvaccinated people and among unboosted high-risk people, it is putting a big strain. and given how much infection there is, our hospitals really are at the brink right now. reporter: for children, average daily hospitalizations are well above any pandemic peak we ve seen before. for those children not eligible for vaccination, we do know that they are most likely to get sick with covid if their family members aren t vaccinated. reporter: amid a shortage of covid tests nationwide, some testing labs report they re already overburdened. universities from washington state to north carolina prioritizing who gets tested. if you look what s happening across the east coast, new york city, washington, d.c., maryland, probably florida as well, have already peaked. maybe delaware and rhode island. you ll start to
asymptomatic. i think it s very callous and, you know, it s putting our patients and ourselves in great danger. reporter: some overwhelmed testing labs, now forced to prioritize results just for the symptomatic. diagnostic testing is in shambles, and so, when you add up all of that, together, we have got a very serious situation facing our our nation this among. reporter: this country is now averaging a stunning 700,000-plus new covid-19 infections every day. an all-time high, and still rising. thousands of schools didn t open last week after winter break due to covid. it was a staff shortage that led to the closure. reporter: one north carolina district now telling some high schoolers to ride city buses because they are out of drivers for the yellow ones. meantime, city bus services slashed in the likes of washington, d.c., and portland, oregon. cruises, also, being cancelled and more than 25,000 flights cancelled since christmas due to
aplomong unvaccinated people it s putting a big strain. given how much infection there is, our hospitals are at the brink now. reporter: for children, aver raj daily hospitalizations are well above any pandemic peak we have seen before. sd for those children not eligible, wee know they are most likely to get sick if their family members aren t vaccinated. reporter: amid a shortage of testing nationwide, some testing labs report there are already over burdened. universities from a wa sshingto state to north carolina prioritizing who gets tested. you ll start to see the kerves, the epidemic kecurves. the risk is to the midwest where you have rising infection. reporter: we re also already seeing big efforts to tailor vaccines with the challenges