an unprecedented rate. we ll have a report from one of the busiest airports in the world. plus, i ll discuss with my guests how hong kong is handling their zero covid strategy. as the political crisis grows, the prime minister resigns and we re live in the region with the latest. a post holiday surge in covid infections is gripping the u.s. right now. the u.s. is now averaging about 400,000 new cases a day and experts warn it s likely to get worse in the days ahead. well, that surge fueled mostly by the omicron variant is also crushing hospitals which are overwhelmed mostly by unvaccinated americans. also today at least 5 metro atlanta school districts have joined others nationwide in moving to remote learning after the holiday break. one of the largest teachers unions in new york is urging the mayor to let public schools move online. this as the former head of the fda warns the new omicron variant can be more dangerous for young kids. does appear based on a lot of ex
surging om krob cases are fueling a pandemic of cases across the u.s. as parents return to work, try to, and kids head back to school just days before the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. lawmakers hint at the coup attempt and 40 million people are under a winter storm warning stretching from alabama to new jersey. we ll have the latest forecast. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, january 3rd. we begin 2022 with cases surging like we haven t seen before in the pandemic. it s causing staffing shortages across businesses and amongst had health care and airline workers. we ve started a new day and more than 1600 flights canceled. more than 14,000 flights canceled since christmas eve. airlines say it s a combination of workers getting sick with covid and bad weather. look at the seven day average of new cases in the u.s. higher than ever before. experts warn it s likely to get worse in the days ahead. of course you tonig
Surging om krob cases are fueling a pandemic of cases across the u.s. as parents return to work, try to, and kids head back to school just days before the anniversary of the january 6th insurrection. lawmakers hint at the coup attempt and 40 million people are under a winter storm warning stretching from alabama to new jersey. we ll have the latest forecast. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. monday, january 3rd. we begin 2022 with cases surging like we haven t seen before in the pandemic. it s causing staffing shortages across businesses and amongst had health care and airline workers. we ve started a new day and more than 1600 flights canceled. more than 14,000 flights canceled since christmas eve.
Reported nearly 23,000 new cases on sunday. france announced on sunday that it will ease quarantine rules for the fully vaccinated and showe shortened the time from booster shots. more than 120,000 people tested positive between christmas and new year. england s secondary school children will wear masks when they return from holiday. the u.k. secretary said they wanted to keep as many kids in school as they can. israel says it will offer a fourth shot to people over 60 and medical staff. israel approved the pfizer biontech booster last week. cnn has reporters all around the world. nada bashir is in london. barbie nadeau has the story and elliott gotkin has the story
First epicenter outside of china. the number of deaths were devas devastating. nobody here has forgotten that. that s why we re seeing such a compliance. it s against the law not to have a mask on outside across the country. you see people adhering to those policies as well. we re not seeing the kinds of protests that you ve seen elsewhere across europe against restrictions, anna. barbie nadeau in rome. many thanks. now to london and cnn s nada bashir. what is the situation in the u.k.? we re hearing about secondary students needing to wear masks. reporter: anna, it s much like here. what barbie mentioned, the focus is getting kids back in school and minimizing the disruption to education. facemask wearing will be compulsory to students in secondary schools. that s students between the ages 161 and 19 and there will be new air filtration systems being introduced to some schools as