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400,000 new cases daily. hospitals are packed with covid patients. more than 100,000 tonight. this is the first time that it s happened in nearly four months. child hospitalizations are the highest they have ever been with more than 500 kids admitted each day over the weekending december 31st. so far cases are less severe. but the omicron wave is hitting so hard states and cities are struggling to keep schools, businesses and workplaces open as daily life is disrupted. flights cancelled, long lines for testing, americans desperate to get back to something even approaching normal. they want to know, when will all of this end? that is the fda today is authorizing pfizer booster shots for 12 to 15-year-olds but even now after everything we ve been through, only about 62% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. and that s because of vocal minorities denying reality. we see it with millions of americans who believe covid misinformation and conspiracy theories putting the ....
happened in nearly four months. child hospitalizations are the highest they have ever been with more than 500 kids admitted each day over the week ending december 31st. so far cases are less severe. but the omicron wave is hitting so hard states and cities are struggling to keep schools, businesses and workplaces open as daily life is disrupted. flights cancelled, long lines for testing, americans desperate to get back to something even approaching normal. they want to know, when will all of this end? that is the fda today is authorizing pfizer booster shots for 12 to 15-year-olds but even now after everything we ve been through, only about 62% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated. and that s because of vocal minorities denying reality. we see it with millions of americans who believe covid misinformation and conspiracy theories putting their health and the health of their loved ones at risk by refusing the vaccines that are nothing less than a medical miracle. we ....
right now flight aware says more than 3,700 u.s. flights have been canceled today. that comes after more than 2,700 were canceled saturday. one of the reasons for the cancellations? severe weather. thunderstorms are expected today across the southeast. rain in the northwest as well as the northeast. and then the other reason for the cancellations, the spread of the omicron variant. drivers lining up today in cities across connecticut for some home testing kits. education secretary miguel cardona says help is on the way for schools. we are working with districts to set up systems that maybe were not set up when there was a spread but we re working to make sure they re being set up. we re working hard to make sure they have access to tests and resources to provide testing. also breaking, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene s twitter account permanently suspended for spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. in a statement, greene called twitter an enemy to amer ....
colorado. flames, fanned by hurricane-force winds. we ll take you to the scene in weather center for detail. and president biden s phone call with vladimir putin. the warnings they gave heech ot each other and how they re responding. cities right around the globe are preparing to welcome in the new year, but for many the celebrations are set aside as an explosion of new covid infections takes hold on several continents. now, the u.s. has set a third straight record with average daily cases now topping 355,000. john hopkins reports, meantime that 650,000 cases were reported in the united states on thursday alone. we should point out, of course, that number could be inflated because of reporting over the holidays. this map gives a sense how fast it s spreading. most states showing a 50% increase or more in cases in the past week compared to the previous week. all but two now reporting some type of an increase. now, more children, meantime in a worrying development, ar ....
the pattern and disparity between cases and hospitalizations strongly suggest that there will be a lower hospitalization to case ratio when the situation becomes more clear. still, dr. fauci says do not be complacent. the rise in cases still has the potential to overwhelm hospitals, at least in some parts of the country, especially those with low vaccination rates. those milestones we mentioned, more than 53 million total cases now confirmed across the united states. and a new record in the number of daily infections, now averaging more than 262,000 cases a day. that is prompting colleges and school districts around the country to reexamine their safety protocols. washington, dc just announced school kids will be required to show a negative test before returning back from winter break next week. also today, the cdc is trying to clear up some of the confusion over its new guidelines that says asymptomatic people can isolate five days instead of ten. we re going to ....