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this is the good news in this, despite the virus resurgence, the president said vaccinated americans can celebrate christmas and the holidays safely. while, however, sending a dire message to those who still have not had their shots. if unvaccinated, you re at a higher risk of getting severely ill from covid-19, getting hospitalized and even dying. the surge in cases has led to a scarcity of hospital beds in some pockets of the country. in houston, doctors say that infections have tripled there in just days. to help the white house is mobilizing 1,000 more troops to deploy to hospitals who may need help. and 500 million tests, they promised, they cannot come soon enough. we re seeing long lines in many cities, some people even turned away as wait lists for testing grow. walgreens and cvs announcing a limit to how many tests can be purchased at once. jeremy diamond is at the white house, shimon prokupecz is at a pop-up testing site in new york. first, to the white ....
three-quarters of new infections. it is important to note this, this is the big question, how severe of illness does omicron cause? we still don t have complete data on that. have a listen. you obviously want to pay attention to the number of infections because they could be the forerunner of severity. but if you have a lot of infections, and less severity, it is much more important to focus on hospitalizations. and that s where the jury is still out. fauci also emphasized that getting vaccinated and boosted remains a strong defense from severe illness for all of the variants. u.s. has now confirmed its first death from omicron, notably an unvaccinated texas man with underlying health issues died after contracting the virus for a second time. again, note, unvaccinated. right now, cases are surging across the country, forcing some event cancellations, the nhl has suspended all of its games for the next several days over the christmas weekend, in an attempt to slow th ....
address the nation. the president will be announcing his plan to tackle the winter surge of coronavirus as the omicron variant becomes the dominant strain in america. three weeks ago, omicron made up 1% of cases, and now the cdc says it is 73% of cases. we re learning of the first known u.s. death linked to this variant, a texas man who was unvaccinated. dr. anthony fauci is stressing this morning that people should not panic and can still celebrate the holidays as long as they re taking the right precautions. people are vaccinated and boosted and do the things that i said. you want to be prudent and always be extra special careful because you re dealing with an unprecedented situation of a virus with an extraordinary capability of transmitting. you want to make sure when you travel to see relatives who are vaccinated and boosted, that you don t get into a situation where you go to an airport, you don t have a mask on, you re in an indoor congregate setting. that s wh ....
what does a wave of new cases mean? the age of vaccinations? and we are getting a dose of good news this morning, moderna reports preliminary data shows its booster shot significantly increased antibody levels, it comes as experts including dr. anthony fauci are warning about the impact of the omicron variant. this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. right now, in certain regions of the country, 50% of the isolates are omicron, which means it s going to take over. it s going to be a tough few weeks to months as we get deeper into the winter. right now, the average number of daily covid cases being reported in the u.s. 130,000, that s up from an average of 70,000 new cases just last month. new york seeing an average of 16,000 new cases each day, that s up 154% in less than a week and the covid surge has new york city s new year s eve celebration plans up in the air. the mayor says they will decide whether to go ahead wit ....
unvaccinated. nonetheless, the arrival of the omicron variant in this country has sparked some cancellations. stanford and harvard are the latest universities to announce online learning starting in january. the national hockey league has halted cross-border games between the u.s. and canada this week. and this afternoon, president biden will meet with his covid-19 advisers in the oval office. he is expected to address the nation tomorrow on exactly how the administration is going to respond to this new surge. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard, also cnn national correspondent jason carroll are following the developments this morning. jacqueline, let s begin with you. we always try to take the good with the bad here. the data has been clear throughout, this remains largely a pandemic for the unvaccinated. we have some good news on moderna and its booster shots. tell us what we re learning. that s right, jim. we have some good news from moderna this morning. preli ....