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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 ....
peng shuai walks back allegations of sexual assault. why she says this was all a misunderstanding. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, not a wave but a covid tsunami. that is the warning from one u.s. health expert as the omicron variant threatens to plunge the country into yet another covid emergency. the delta variant is already driving a surge in cases and hospitalizations. but experts say omicron will overtake delta soon, straining a health care system that s already at the brink. and that s why officials say it s more important than ever to get vaccinated and boosted. and new numbers underscore that point. recent cdc data shows unvaccinated people are 20 times more like ly to die from covid than people who have been fully vaccinated and boosted. meanwhile, u.s. president joe biden is preparing to meet with the white house covid response team in the coming hours. he s also set to address ....
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 ....
over 93,000 cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours a new record for a third consecutive day. documents from the government s scientific advisory group sage, seen by the bbc, suggest additional measures could be needed to slow the spread of the virus. 0ur health editor hugh pym has this report. it was a record day for boosters and unlike many other sites this week, there was no queueing at this walk in centre in barnsley, set up yesterday. we ve got a lot of vaccinators on site and a lot of admin support, so patients are getting a really good experience. they are in, they are out and away. but there is a warning that to slow the spread of the virus, the vaccination effort on its own may not be enough. papers from the expert sage committee seen by the bbc suggest that covid hospital admissions could double by the end of this month. scotland s first minister, meanwhile, said her prediction of a tsunami of cases was now coming true with 0micron the dominant strain ....
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the 0micron strain of coronavirus is continuing to spread rapidly around the world. here in the uk, over 93,000 cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours alone a new record for a third consecutive day. documents from the british government s scientific advisory group sage, seen by the bbc, suggest additional measures could be needed to slow the spread of the virus. 0ur health editor hugh pym has this report. it was a record day for boosters and unlike many other sites this week, there was no queueing at this walk in centre in barnsley, set up yesterday. we ve got a lot of vaccinators on site and a lot of admin support, so patients are getting a really good experience. they are in, they are out and away. but there s a warning that to slow the spread of the virus, the vaccination effort on its own may not be enough. papers from the expert sage committee seen by the bbc suggest that covid hospital admissi ....