what is the vaccine uptake at the white house? do you have that data? over the weekend, the secretary of transportation suggested that the domestic vaccine mandate for domestic travel was off the table -- is that the case? is it no longer under consideration and why not? jeff: let me see if i can go one by one. as i said, 95% of federal workers are in compliance. 90% are already vaccinated. this is continuing to build. the deadline is this evening. even once the deadline passes, it's not a cliff. it's not an endpoint. we will continue to work with people and answer their questions and provide counseling and education to get more people vaccinated. the full agency by agency report will come out this wednesday. as to the exhibit of office of the president, which i believe was your second question, we have reached 99% of employees vaccinated, so 99% vaccinated in the executive office of the president. the message today i think is quite obvious. vaccination requirements work. they are implementable, without disruption's, and they boost dramatically vaccinat

. ♪ ♪ >> next, the white house covid-19 response team gives an upright -- an update on efforts to vaccinate children. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. today, i will begin with a progress report. we are making important progress in our fight against the virus. vaccinations, testing, and ensuring our response is equitable and reaches the hardest hit communities and those most at risk. on vaccinations, or program for kids five through 11 is hitting for strength, with 20,000 trusted and convenient locations coming online. this includes pediatricians, pharmacies, children's hospitals , community health centers, rural clinics, and school-based clinics. while our program is just fully up and running this week, by the end of the day today, we estimate that over 900,000 kids five through 11 will have already gotten their first shot. through pharmacies alone, 700,000 additional appointments are already on the calendar. parents and families across the country are breathing giant size of release. we are just getting started. we will continue to work with governors, local leaders, health care pro

we will take you now to a briefing by the white house covid-19 response team. >> the vaccination program for kids is hitting full stride this week. this includes pediatricians and family doctors offices, pharmacies, odorant hospitals, community health centers, rural health clinics, and school-based clinics. while the program is just fully up and running this week, by the end of the day today, we estimate that over 900,000 kids age five through 11 will have already gotten their first shot. through pharmacies alone, 700,000 additional appointments are already on the calendar at local pharmacies. parents and families across the country are breathing giant size of relief. we are just getting started. we will continue to work with governors, local leaders, health care providers and others to build on this progress. minnesota has stood up more than 1100 locations for parents to get their kids vaccinated including at the mall of america , which is the biggest mall and -- in the country and it can now vaccinate 1500 children per day. across the country, children's hospitals are offering vaccinat

that that work continue in the white house. this is a historic slate of recommendations and it is remarkable they were developed really within just eight months since our first meeting. i am also extremely -- extraordinarily pleased to report the administration has already begun action online within 80% of the prioritized recommendations. much of that has been achieved through the white house covid-19 response and agencies across -- and hospitals but up and underscoring that. the gap among black, white and latin adults has closed. the latest cdc survey completed at the end of october, from the kaiser foundation, from the pew research center, these data collectively tell the story of what is possible. they can commit to equity at the center. progress was made possible because we called on society to join us and they did. this is a reflection of the work of partners and communities across the country ensuring access, prioritizing vaccination uptake. every step of the way meeting people where they are, leveraging and boosting reso

. >> an update on the pandemic from the white house covid-19 response team including the latest data on children receiving the vaccine between the ages of five through 11. this briefing is 30 minutes. >> good morning everyone and thinks for joining us. i will turn to the doctors in a moment. first i want to share an update on the progress we're are making on vaccinations. both here in the united states and around the world. i will start with our vaccinations program for kids ages five to 11. our kids program hit all strength last week, 10 days ago. already, our affective rollout is helping parents and families across the country experience a sigh of relief of knowing their kids are on the path to having protection from the virus. we estimate by the end of the day 2.6 million kids ages five to 11 will have gotten there for shots. -- first shots. that is about 10% of kids. 10 days into our program being full strength, we are at 10% of kids. for perspective, it took about 50 days broached to reach that for us to reach adults with one shot. when the polio vaccine was first ruled out for

. >> the white house covid-19 response team. gave vent -- a response to the president's mandate. >> today we will focus on booster shots. we'll start with the doctors and then i will provide an update. >> good afternoon. as always, i would like to start by walking you through the day. this is an 18% increase from last week's seven-day daily case average. the seven day average of hospital admissions is about 5600 per day. about a 6% increase from the prior seven-day average. and the seven day average daily deaths are about 1000 pretty. -- 1000 per day. i want to talk about the critical steps that we took last week in our country's vaccine booster program. i want to share with you what fridays regulatory action by fda and updated recommendations from cdc means for millions of americans. last friday, following cdc's advisory committee on immunization practices' unanimous votes, i fully endorse the committee's expanded recommendations for booster shots to include all adults ages 18 years and older, who received a pfizer biontech or

now an update from the white house covid-19 response team on plans to get children vaccinated from ages five to 11. this briefing is just under half an hour. >> good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. today we will focus on yesterday's exciting development, the cdc's recommendation of the vaccine for kids ages five through 11, following fda authorization last week. vaccines for kids ages five through 11 is a landmark moment in our vaccination campaign. the first mother to get her child vaccinated captured it well, with a sigh of relief. 28 million young kids are now eligible for vaccination. we've been planning for this moment, and we are prepared. beginning the week of november 8, our program will be fully up and running to set up 20,000 sites across the country offering vaccinations for kids ages five through 11. let me turn to doctors walensky and algae, to discuss the cdc's decision and the effectiveness of the vaccine for kids. then i will share how we are ramping up execution of our kids vaccination program, and dr. murthy will discuss our efforts to build vexing confidence in

house where she will participate and -- these are a few of the many encouraging steps we've seen of the last two months. despite all of that, misinformation remains a threat. the new milestone of vaccines for kids ages five to 11, we are seeing a new age of misinformation hitting the inboxes of parents and a media feeds across the country. this is not just something that effect a small percentage. nearly 80% of american adults either believe or are unsure about covid-19. community leaders and other partners tell me they are continuing to hear people quoting and explain why they won't get vaccinated. i've heard some of these myths for my own family members who received sleeting videos through social media -- misleading videos through social media. i talk to them about why this is harmful. while it is clear that stopping this information is urgent, it is not always clear to people what they can do to help and that is why last week i released a community toolkit for addressing misinformation. this is meant for everyone, from health care professionals to teachers, anyone who is concerne

one year ago america was >> and live now to the white house covid-19 response team briefing. we are expecting to hear about the biden administration's approach to the omicron variant. jeff: this new variant is cause for concern but not panic because we now have the tools we need to confront this variant and continue to make proimpress in the war against the virus. we have vaccines for everyone ages 5 and up. boosters that provide the highest level of protection. significant genomic sequences and testing capacity to detect cases early. and lifesaving therapeutics. so we have more tools than ever before. we are prepared and will continue to be guided by science and stay vigilant to keep people safe. now over to you dr. fauci. dr. fauci: thank you very much, jeff. i want to talk a little bit about the details of this omicron variant. so if i could have the first slide, just to put it in some perspective, this is a list of the variants of concerns we had to deal with, what their designation is, and what the earliest documented samples were. and, of course, today, we'll be focusin