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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday strongly recommended Americans not travel for Thanksgiving.

On a call with reporters, the CDCs, Dr Henry Walk said the country was facing a dire situation ahead of the holiday.

I think right now is way were alarmed, um, again, um with the exponential increase in cases and hospitalizations and death.

The 500 also warned against gathering with anyone who hasn't lived in the same household for at least 14 days.

The remarks come as new infections explode across the country and as the US again set a record for the number of patients hospitalized with Cove in 19 nationwide.

A Reuters tally showed nearly 79,000 people in the U.

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Were hospitalized with the virus on Thursday.

Over the past 14 days, hospitalizations jumped nearly 50% straining the nation's health care system and forcing states to impose new restrictions.

It was a tough decision.

Yesterday, New York City abruptly shut in person learning as the city seven day positive test rate average 3%.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

It was a painful but necessary step, and I do want to say how much I feel and understand the frustration of parents that so many of them want their kids to be in school, and that's what I fought for in opening our schools back in September.

Against all odds.

Theme Mayor faced backlash for his decision With outraged parents rallying outside City Hall on Thursday, our most vulnerable kids need schools to be open to have a fighting chance, a fighting chance that the American dream as cases mount across the country, some encouraging news on the vaccine front, AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Thursday said their potential cove in 19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults, while Moderna said it's vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing covered 19 drugmakers.

Pfizer and Bio in Tech also released data showing their vaccine, which the two companies developed together, was 95% effective in preventing infections.