transmissible as it is and it throws curveballs and that this was the best way to try and help new zealand control the spread of omicron. remember, they are in a much better position than they were after the delta variant outbreak that happened a few months ago, there are now more than 90% double vaccinations across the nation in new zealand and the community cases are trending down, they are dropping and have recorded about 28 today and of course these feel like out of this world numbers but the big test will be what happened here in australia, you know, australia opened its international borders albeit partially here in new south wales, in victoria and the act and they have seen an increase in the number of covid 19 cases and i think this is going to be the big test for new zealand. how is it going to handle reopening borders, how it is going to respond to the spread of covid 19 and, right now, they are trying to buy time to
reporter: philadelphia averaging one homicide every 16 hours. we know the year isn t over dwret. yet. a city council leader saying recently please stop killing each other. the city hit that grim statistic on wednesday when a woman was gunned down on the street in what police believe was a domestic violence incident. philadelphia, as you said, hasn t seen this high number of killings since 1990 according to police records. the chief says homicide had been trending down, but it s not just the killings but gun violence. it s a critical problem impact manager places across the country, a result of many things including the pandemic, the economy, and the aftermath of all those protests that we saw over racial injustice and police brutality. philadelphia s mayor says the city is on track to get guns off the street, more than 6,000
because following the trends, i mean, covid deaths and hospitalizations and cases, yet in general, they have been trending down, but we re also hearing from the cdc director, look, we still have to remain vigilant. you know, and, of course, there are people you talk to who say, i m so sick of having to wear a mask. i m not only vaccinated but i ve gotten my booster shot. when is it the time, is it ever the time, to start lifting mask mandates? i don t think it s time right now to lift mask mandates. i think as more and more people get vaccinated. we are going to get to a point where if you re around other people vaccinated even in close spaces, yes, there will be a time that you can take the masks off. i think the biggest mistake we make, amara, the moment we see bright light at the end of the tunnel, we re ready to pull masks off. this is the time to be even more
covid, natural immunity is not enough to protect you from contracting an alternate strain of the virus. for people who have had covid, we still recommend you get vaccinated. as cases and hospitalizations start trending down, are you worried about the 22% of the eligible, yet unvaccinated population, do you think that they are a lost cause at this point? i don t think that anyone is a lost cause. i do think, though, that there has been so much misinformation that at this point it s kind of difficult for people to determine what s fact and what s fiction. all we can do in the medical community is continue to push the data, continue to push the science, continue to talk about facts and hope that those who are hesitant will listen. the cdc says immunocompromised adults might need another booster down the line, theoretically a fourth shot. just for people with a compromised immune system, do you foresee that the covid
speaker vos is simple, shut this fake investigation down. shut this fake investigation down, that is just call the attorney general of the great state of washington wisconsin attorney general joins us live. thank you for making time to be your. tonight it s a pleasure to have. you hear thanks for having me. rachel you said there bluntly, that you are calling on the republican speaker in wisconsin to put an end to this. to call this thing off. i wonder if you ve had any response? well, the speaker said he s going to continue with this investigation, which is unfortunate. as i talked about at the press conference, this is irrevocably tainted. it s clearly biased in a partisan way, and was announced at a political convention. it was expanded after donald trump had the speaker join him on his plane. it s not being conducted competently, it s been prejudged. i say it s corrosive to our