russian government, joe biden and vladimir putin will speak by phone thursday about the build up of russian military forces on ukraine s border. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vors. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. the beginning of the pandemic s third calendar year is days away with daily covid infections at all-time highs averaging more than a million a day worldwide according to johns hopkins university. for the first time the united states averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day, the highest number since the pandemic began and more than any other country in the world. there s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the new omicron variant, but there is agreement that the numbers are certain to rise. while 2021 was the year of the vaccine with national immunization programs begin in many countries, the death toll from covid compared to the year before without vaccines has almost doubled. according to data aga
while 2021 was the year of the vaccine, while national immunization programs began in many countries, the death toll from covid, compared to the year before, without vaccines has almost doubled. according to data from johns hopkins university, as well as the w.h.o., 1.8 million people died from covid in 2020. this year, the virus has claimed about 3.5 million lives. the head of the organization says with the twin threat of the omicron and delta variants and without a collective global response, this pandemic is set to get worse. delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to record numbers. i m highly concerned that omicron, being more transmisible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases. in the united states, the national guard is being deployed for more health care workers. now, with omicron in the mix, new forecasting from the centers of disease control updates 44,000 new covid deaths over the next month. tom foreman ha
For one pedpedophile, her long-e associate jeffrey epstein. and at the request of the russian government, joe biden and vladimir putin will speak by phone on thursday, about the military buildup of russian forces on ukraine s border. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with john vause. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin this hour with the pandemic, entering a third calendar year, now just days away, with covid infections at all-time highs. averaging more than 1 million a day worldwide, according to johns hopkins university. and the united states is averaging 300,000 daily cases, the highest number since the pandemic began. while there s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the omicron variant, there s agreement, the numbers are starting to rise.