miami some urgent care centers have been closed to reposition strained staff is this purely a function of not enough people is that why you re making these choices yes we have plenty of equipment, plenty of medications. it is a staff issue. reporter: the crunch prompting change in california it s major disaster waiting to happen. reporter: the hyperinfectious variant leading to new state rules. health care workers who test positive and are asymptomatic may return to work immediately without isolation and without testing. that switch incensing the california nurses association i think it is very calloused and putting our patients and ourselves in grave danger reporter: the toll of sick outs on the transportation sector is also getting worse. portland, atlanta, washington, d.c. have all pulled back on routes with d.c. s heavily used transit authority shifting week day bus service to a weekend schedule to ensure
cases. reporter: the omicron variant may be spreading at the speed of light, it s slowing down critical services. we have over 500 employees throughout have come down with covid. reporter: at baptist health in miami, care center had been closed to reposition staff. we have plenty of equipment and we have plenty of medications. reporter: the crunch prompting change in california. it s major disaster waiting to happen. reporter: the hyper infectious variant leading to new state rules, healthcare workers testing positive and asymptomatic returning to work immediately without isolation and without testing. i think it s callous and it s