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reporter: the iomicron variat ripping through the state and the children s hospital prepare for ing. what is your sense for what the next few weeks holds? the bar for resilience keeps moving. we think, we don t know how we can do it again, and we do it again. reporter: as they ready for a fourth coronavirus wave, already the er seeing a spike in kids suffering mild sumpymptoms, the parents are seeking testing and bogging down triages for the seriously ill. we are seeing patients represent for covid of course posers and mild symptoms and a lot of them are really seeking testing. reporter: like previous waves the sickest kids, those needing hospitalizations having a tough time breathing. they are getting a lot of ....
Months. prevention is the best cure for india. reporter: in the spring of 2021 india s health care system buckled under the pressure of its second coronavirus wave, which peaked at some 400,000 recorded daily cases. since then the government has increased the number of icu beds and bolstered oxygen supplies. but it s still an open question how hospitals will cope if there s a new wave of omicron infections. for now prime minister modi s message is clear. when it comes to casting ballots, the show must go on. ivan watson, cnn, hong kong. still to come here on cnn newsroom, lebanon has endured crisis after crisis over the years, but in 2021 things definitely got worse. we will take a look at the country on the brink of collapse. we ll have that after a short break. ....
Readies for a fourth coronavirus wave, already, its e.r. is seeing a spike in kids suffering mild symptoms. their parents seeking testing, bogging down triage for the seriously ill. we re seeing a lot of patients present with mild respiratory symptoms, cough, convention, fever. known covid exposures, et cetera, and i think a lot of them are seeking testing. reporter: like previous waves, the sickest kids, those needing hospitalization, are having a tough time breathing. they re getting lot of respiratory symptoms, as we ve been expecting. pneu pneumonias, needing respiratory support to help them breathe better. reporter: viral spread expected to intensify in the weeks ahead. and even if the omicron variant isn t as severe, the problem is even if the percent, percent hospitalization rate is lower, ....
The same pattern and we compare the population of both countries, 50,000 daily cases in u.k., would mean 1.4 million daily covid cases in india. reporter: they worry the election cycle could fuel a new wave of infections. people might not get tested if the symptoms aren t visible. there s more chances of the election rallies becoming superspreader events. but there s no doubt that we should postpone the rallies for two months. prevention is the best cure for india. reporter: in the spring of 2021, india s health care system buckled under the pressure of its second coronavirus wave, which peaked at some 400,000 recorded daily cases. since then, the government has increased the number of icu beds and bolstered oxygen supplies. ....
A. today it s another week, potentially another shift in cdc guidance which could leave many americans scratching their heads wondering exactly how to approach the latest coronavirus wave. just a week ago the isolation period for people infected with covid was shortened from ten days to five, so what could potentially be changing now? here s secretary-general dr. mur thy this morning at cnn. guidance on shortening the isolation period was one that the cdc issued last week. they have certainly received feedback and questions about the role of testing in shortening that quarantine period and they are actually working right now on issuing a clarification on that. i would expect that any day now. so stand by for some sort of clarification potentially involving testing. meantime, where do we stand as a country? omicron now accounts for 95% of enough cases in the u.s. in the last week, and while those infections do appear in most cases to be milder, we know the nation s hospital system i ....