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we re getting reports from our correspondents around the globe on all of the coronavirus developments. we begin with cnn s tom foreman in washington. reporter: the cdc announcementen isolation time came hours after president biden admitted to the nation governors, covid testing has not kept pace with the omicron threat. it s not enough. if i had known, we would have gone harder, quicker. reporter: with covid cases soaring, more than 2,000 flights were grounded worldwide, nearly 3,000 delayed in the u.s. just today. at sea, several cruise ships have been affected, turned away from ports, in all, dampening the festivities. they weren t enforcing masks until a lot of people were getting covid and they were enforcing masks more. i don t think i ll go on a cruise again honestly, at this point. reporter: as the omicron ....
Yes, indeed fiona, you may remember in the middle of last month he had a briefing, said when the omicron threat was become clear, there are several things we don t know, but all the thing we do know are bad. now as of today, according to government sources he briefed the cabinet, and the tone was more positive than in recent weeks, and it has been guided that next week, the scientists believe they should be able to say whether for england plan b measures need to continue or not after the end of january. what is happening the underlying level of daily reported cases is falling, thatis daily reported cases is falling, that is the seven day rolling average, it is falling in scotland, although risings in northern ireland and wales. as for hospital admissions they are levelling off in england, and that, i think is a source of some consolation in government, but it won t be much consolation to the nhs, who were still dealing with this intense pressure because of covid, people coming in to ho ....
Of hospitalization that might stress the health care system. so it s kind of like a very interesting, somewhat complicated issue. where you have a virus that might actually be less severe in passage. but so many people are getting infected that the net amount, the total amount of people that would require hospitalization might be up. coronavirus, hospitalization across the country is up 37% in the last two weeks. joining us now is, pulitzer prize-winning global and msnbc science contributor. laurie garrett, let s speak to the fully vaccinated. the people who have gotten the two shots. what should we be doing now? how should we be handling our lives day-to-day with this omicron threat. i think that the big thing, ....
Experts about that, shortly. but first, the breaking news on how all the other pieces fit together from cnn s tom foreman. reporter: the cdc announcement shortening isolation time came just hours after president biden admitted to the nation s governors, covid testing has not kept pace with the omicron threat. it s not enough. it s clearly not enough. if i had we had known, we would have gone harder quicker if we could ve. reporter: with covid cases soaring, more than 2,000 flights were grounded worldwide. nearly 3,000 delayed in the u.s. just today. at sea, several cruise ships have been affected. in some cases, being turned away from ports. in all, dampening the festivities. and they weren t really enforcing masks until a lot of people started get koeg vid, and then they were kind of, you know, enforcing masks more. i don t think i will ever go on a cruise again, honestly, at this point. reporter: as the omicron variant rages, testing lines are stretching out and tests run ....
As of noon on Saturday (February 12), Singapore had recorded 10,505 new COVID-19 cases, including 10,325 local infections and 180 imported i. | News Track ....