Catching you up on what you need to know on May 24, 2022, with COVID-19 vaccines one step closer for the youngest Americans, California weighs water restrictions this summer, Georgians are getting ready to head to the polls for midterm primaries, and more.

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N2K: COVID Vaccines for Kids, California Water Restrictions, Georgia Primaries

let's dive into your need to know headlines this morning. And the recent surge in covid cases bringing masks back to some cities philadelphia has now reinstated their mask mandate this week for public schools in the city of Brotherly Love. So kids and staff now have to wear masks during the school day and also while riding the bus and school school busses and vans as well that the school year wraps up in about two weeks. But the decision could indicate a return to face coverings that as the country continues to see cases. Spike Philadelphia County and in particular has experienced a 42% increase in COVID cases compared to just the average just two weeks ago. Overall America seeing nearly 103,000 new confirmed cases each day. Now Hannah And sticking with health for young Americans. COVID vaccines for Children under five may be getting closer. Fighter says preliminary research showed three doses of its vaccine where 80% effective in preventing systematic covid infections in young Children more than two years in the pandemic, about 18 million Children under the age of five are the only Americans not yet eligible for the COVID vaccine. An advisory committee will take up the issue at the Food and Drug Administration's meeting which will begin in june Meanwhile, let's bring in cheddar anchor Shannon the near for a look at a new virus that is spreading all over the globe. Good morning Shannon. Good morning vic. You know, just when we thought we were seeing the light at the end of the Covid tunnel. Another virus has popped up and it's giving many people that same eerie feeling they just had two years ago at the start of the pandemic. So here's what you need to know about monkey pox. A monkey pox outbreak is spreading across the globe. Cases have already been confirmed in the U. K. Spain, Portugal Canada and now the U. S. So what exactly is monkeypox? How did it get here and how worried should we be? Monkeypox is similar to but milder than smallpox symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and exhaustion. But unlike smallpox, the disease and largest lymph nodes, the most notable symptom is the pox, or painful, fluid filled blisters on the face, hands and feet cases generally lasts 2 to 4 weeks. The fatality rate is between three and 6% according to the World Health Organization. The disease spreads by contact with an animal or a human or materials contaminated with the virus. Now, while this is scary, it's important to remember this isn't the first time that we've seen monkey pox. In 2003, there was an outbreak in the Midwest. The first outbreak outside of Africa. In that case it was linked to contact with infected Pet Prairie dogs leading to more than 70 cases of monkeypox. There are currently over 100 confirmed cases outside of the continent of Africa. Health officials are contact tracing and hopes of limiting the spread. The World Health Organization says much of the spread is happening through sexual contact. However, there is already a monkey pox vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control is currently working to release it from the national stockpile for those at high risk of the disease. Hanna Alright now. Meanwhile, in California, Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening to impose mandatory water restrictions as summer approaches. Despite calls for conservation, water use in March was 19% higher than in 2020. Most of California's rain and snow usually falls between January and March. But this year those months were the driest in at least 100 years right now, California's largest waters are at a critically low level, recording about half of their historical averages and on the other side of the globe, take a look at this time lapse of a sandstorm sweeping into kuwait city. Sandstorms blanketed part of the Middle East on monday, including Iraq Syria and Iran disrupting flights and sending people to nearby hospitals. It was the latest in a series of unprecedented sandstorms that have plagued the region this year.