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to dallas. president biden pressed on the inadequate supply. seen how tough it was for some folks to get a test this weekend shows we have more work to do. we quadruple the number of pharmacies offering the free test and there are now more than 20,000 places to get tested for free. reporter: that expanded access comes alongside some alarming developments. and in new york city, the number of kids hospitalized quad druping from 22 in early december to 109 through last week. 0% of them were fully vaccinated children. they re not seeing any cases of vfled children in the hospital right now. reporter: that pushed new york s governor to make this plea. parents, i m calling on you. this is the time, you have the kids home from school. there s plenty of vaccination opportunities from your pediatrician to a site set up by the state of new york, our urgent care centers.
available. we posted a number of clinics since the beginning of the school year. we will continue to partner with our local and state health departments to offer those clinics. most importantly to educate. continue to talk about why t important to be vaccinated and our district and the state if you re vaccinated and close contact, you don t have to miss school. there s real opportunities to continue learning when our students and staff are taking advantage of those vaccination opportunities. it s really important. have any of families relayed to you whether their reluctancy has changed at all? what are some of the reasons they are reluctant? sure, absolutely. we have heard from families given the higher rates of transmission in our community right now who are nervous about students coming back into the school building. then we have heard from families who are trusting in and supportive of those mitigation
calling on you this is the time you have the kids home from school. there is plenty of vaccination opportunities from your pediatrician to a site set up by the state of new york, our urgent care centers. reporter: new york city also implementing the strictest private sector vaccine mandate in the country while also adding even more testing like this site in times square. this is a priority. like don t eat the steak. never mind the chicken. go get covid tested or get the vaccine. reporter: health care workers increasingly are trying to address full icus with depleted staffs. i feel like every shift we have a text message that goes out that says we re short or looking for a nurse, but a lot of people are burnt out. reporter: the attrition taking a toll across the globe with israel testing out a fourth shot to help strengthen its virus-stricken front line. sam brock joins us now from outside a testing site in miami. so, sam, a lot of developments tonight can you explain the sc
this. every country has a duty to look after its own, i guess, but would you be supportive of a fourth vaccination at this stage, when let s be honest, there are large swathes of our earth who are seeing little or no vaccination opportunities. israel has been a testing ground for vaccines and boosters throughout this pandemic. i look forward to reading the science and seeing how they justify this, but you are right. this is a zero sum game. three quarters of all vaccine doses have gone to wealthy countries, and less than 1% of them have gone to low income countries stop yesterday to a friend of mine working in east africa who, taking care of covid patients doesn t have enough ppe, let alone a vaccination and he said he was going to try to go to the capital city to see if they had any in but he felt that it was unlikely stop yes we all have a responsibility to take care of our own but we saw what happened with omicron, came from an unvaccinated population in southern africa and spread