the u. k. government says the army con variance have covered 19 is less likely to result in hospice hood missions, but concerns remain as infections right across europe. russia, as president says he wants to avoid conflict with ukraine on the west than his annual end of year news conference. a hong kong university removes the pillar of shame, a thing of statue martin, the gentleman square massacre will hear from its sculptor and un relieve it. works agency says it's on the verge of collapse and can't meet the needs of palestinian refugees in lebanon. i'm devin, ashwin, sports type in 19 it continues to disrupt the english. premier league is 2 more matches of hold off and worries over player welfare, manchester city balls. pet gabriella, says butler's, and mainly to threaten to strike if they want the concerns taken seriously. ah, hello, welcome to the news our a fossil official daughter out of the u. k. has revealed, the army kron variance have covered 19 is up to 70 percent. less likely to res

k. government's health security agency says people with on the corner of 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted the hospital and with delta, the u. k reported nearly 820000 cubic 19 cases on thursday. just the day after reporting more than a 100000 infections for the 1st time. and in china, more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the eastern city of shyanne. 200 cobit 19 infections have been recorded since the beginning of the month. cuba meanwhile, has vaccinated more of its people against cobit 19 than most of the world's wealthiest nations. it's a milestone that will make the poor communist front country a pest cases, the on the chrome very and continues to spread. and augustine has borne from the capitol havana, cuba says, as now vaccinated over 90 percent of its population with at least one dose of anti cove advancing. not sure it means that of all countries in the world or the population of over 1000000, only the united arab emirates now has about the records. now there's no way to independently verifying the se, spigots, however, they do have a true bac

well, the newest on the crown statistics come from the u. k. health security agency, which says people with the very inter estimated to be 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted the hospital. and that is fairly consistent with 2 other studies release that this week. imperial college estimates the people infected with on the con, around 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized for a night or more compared to the delta variant. and very early data from the university of edinburgh indicated that 2 thirds reduction in risk of hospitalization. meanwhile, in south africa were the strain was 1st identified. people are between 70 to 80 percent less likely to go to a hospital. or scientists say that the daily cases appear to have peak that last week they have fallen every day since december 17th. neve barker begins are coverage health services across europe on a war footing. taking the fight to armor chrome by giving booster vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe. in the f

and that is fairly consistent with 2 other u. k. based studies that release that this week. imperial college estimated that people infected with on the con are 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized for a night or more compared to the delta variant. and very early data from the university of adam brush indicates a 2 thirds reduction in risk of hospitalization. while in south africa where the strain was initially identified, people are 70 to 80 percent less likely to go to hospital scientists. they are say daily cases appear to have peeked at last week with about 23400 on december 17th. and they have fallen every day since we've barcode begins our coverage health services across europe on a war footing. taking the fight to armor crohn by giving booster vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe. in the french capital long queues formed outside pharmacies and coven testing centers in the run up to the christmas holidays. elsewhere, french police increase their

the u. k. health agency has found the armor con variant as milder than the delta strain. early data suggests it's up to 70 percent less likely to cause hospital admissions . the study found that protection from a booster shot begins to drop after 10 weeks, although it's still likely to protect against severe disease. new york is scaling down new year's eve celebrations and responds to a surgeon corona virus cases. the annual event in time square will limit numbers and people will have to show proof of vaccination. and where masks, france has reported its highest ever daily number of new infections with mind to 2000 cases. the number of deaths and hospitalizations is also increasing. the government is accelerating. the booster program and hundreds of women have marched in sudanese cities after allegations. women were raped during anti military protests last week. the united nations received reports that 13 woman was sexually assaulted. well, those are the head, lions witness continues next. ah, just very cruel. just a couple years ago. no, elvis is enter the village office

as soon as we have symptoms, smart epistle, newsome, b, u, k. health security agencies, the latest body to crunch real world data on the severity of the disease. concluding that someone with omicron is as much as 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital. but because the transmits ability of our microns very high infections could rock it to the point, large numbers may still end up in hospital. we do know with only crime that it does a spread a lot more quickly as a lot more infectious than delta. so any advantage gained from reduce risk of hospitalization needs to be set against that. and when we know, for example, if her, if a much smaller percentage of people are at the risk of hospitalization is as a smaller percentage of a much larger number, there could be still significant hospitalization. our best way to, to deal with this, the best way to protect ourselves is through vaccinations and in particular the booster program. it is now even more important to come forward and to get boosted. the analysis also concluded that 2 doses of a

and there's been some analysis from u. k. health security agency shown that someone infected with on the crown is estimated to be between 31 to 45 percent. 30 want to 45 percent less likely to need emergency care the need, but if they've been infected with the delta vary, now when you take that data into accounts, along with the information coming from south africa elsewhere, it is that definitive now is that range just a bit too broad to be able to say it's definitely milder. yeah, we've seen data across the board and everything from perhaps 20 percent reduction in risk of hospitalization, all the way to 80 percent based on the dataset. and i'd say it's too early to know definitively because there are so many variables in play and it doesn't necessarily translate the same across different populations in different countries. we do think that there is less severity overall, the degree of it. we don't know, but more concerning is really that the rates are so high with the easy transmits ability that even the smaller percent of

the u. k. health secretary says it will become the dominant variant in london in the next 48 hours. in the u. s. state of kentucky at least 64 people including a 5 month old baby has been confirmed dead from the weekend tornadoes.

the use of a similar pill by pfizer was approved on wednesday and health experts and the u. k . are cautiously optimistic about microns reduced risk, but still have concern over how fast it's spreading. and the study by africa center for disease control suggests the variance is up to 80 percent less likely to cause hospitalization than delta south africa's approved the single shot. johnson and johnson vaccine to be used for booster jobs for ms. miller has more from johannesburg. so far, experts are saying that based on their observations, in terms of the number of people in hospitals and the number of people who all the desperate at the stage, they say that it's potentially on the car is less less severe illness. now what they're doing is comparing the numbers and the data they have available now to the 2nd and 3rd waves experience in south africa. they continue to say that yes, it's very infectious. and that the, the, the number of people contracting the cobra 19 continues to rise. in fact, the number, the fluctuated in south africa. but according to the africa, c, d. c, the in

the u. k. health secretary says it will become the dominant variant in london in the next 48 hours. in the u. s. state of kentucky, at least 64 people, including a 5 month old baby has been confirmed dead from the weekend. tornadoes, which tore through 6 states lane waste 2 entire towns. president joe biden has declared a major federal disaster as rescue workers continued to pick through the wreckage. they say they have little hope of finding any more survivors, and the number of those confirmed dead in kentucky alone is likely to rise. so just a few more facts about those we've, we've lost 18 are still on identified of the ones that we know the age the age range is 5 months to 86 years and 6 are younger than 18. help keeps pouring him from all over the country. thank you to everyone. how we feel you love for testers in sudan have returned to the streets of the capital to rally against last month's deal between the prime minister and the military. security forces use tear gas to the spurs crowds and cartoon november's political agreements, all the land oak reinstated his prime minis

the while in the u. k. co visiting all time highs with around a $100000.00 case per day. the u. k. health care systems overwhelmed smoking fears corners are being cause to put and putting lives at risk. parents and campaign is raising the alarm a mid a spike and do not receive aid orders in u. k. hospitals for children with down syndrome and orders. and they were re vulnerable people are being discriminated against during the pandemic to free up scarce bed space. while mother who took disaster science such an order for her son, she has a story with us when she's well docked in tears. because you know that was on life that you're asking what you should save or not. and i haven't been asked at my other 2 children and yes, she has down syndrome, but that's got nothing to do with whether shipping the heights or not. he was in the room and she was asking him a lot of questions in a, a con these class days that he understands anything. luckily for him. and i, and i asked me because he was on the 16 anyway. but i'll say, are the parents, i know they have also children. in one respect, i w

k. health minister gave weary britons a glimmer of hope by announcing the purchase of millions more anti virus pills to combat alma kron alongside the booster program. these some pharmaceutical defenses you taken together are a huge new way to defend ourselves against covet. there's no need for any further restrictions or before christmas. we will certainly keep the situation under review . but across the u. k. conditions very well, england has reduced the number of days. people with covert have to isolate from 10 down to 7 wales scotland. a northern ireland are introducing restrictions after christmas. what they do agree on is that vaccine boosters and reducing contacts are the best ways to reduce pressure on a health care system stretched to the brink days. so we know there's lots of cases in the community that actually people are not getting say fake, but there are still people being admitted to hospital and they are still getting very unwell, private pneumonia and, and what's testabl

health systems. in the u. k. m, a kron cases are now doubling every 2 days. and with more than 200000 possibly infected every day. the number could pass a 1000000 within a week long queues again at vaccinations, centers up and down the u. k. as the government's bruce, the jap program continues apace with the dilemma facing the politicians on that side of the river is whether the jobs alone will be enough to slow the progress of the on a chron variance. scientists have never seen. never seen a coven 19, very was capable of spreading so rapidly. so we have to look at what we can do to slow only cons. advance down. that level of alarm was reinforced in testimony to u. k. parliamentary committee. we are concerned with a large volume of individuals who are being infected every day in the population. that we're going to have very difficult for weeks ahead with castes in the community, which will, of course, cause individuals to need to work in school. and then for those cases to transfer into admissions tonsils, the world health organization has, again raised the i

the u. k reported nearly 820000 cove in 19 cases on thursday. just a day after recording more than a 100000 for the 1st time need barker reports. health services across europe on a war footing. taking the fight to omicron by giving boost to vaccinations to hundreds of thousands of people a day. the variance fueling a new wave of infections across europe. in the french capital, long queues formed outside pharmacies and coven testing centers in the run up to the christmas holidays. elsewhere, french police increased their checks on people's health passes, allowing for now at least the cities restaurants to remain open. president manuel micron took to instagram to urge people to avoid spreading the virus from you on time you miss this year. once again because of the virus, i asked you to have a lot of vigilance. this means continuing the protections against viruses, you know, smart as regularly washing hands, respecting this and saying, ventilating grooms regularly with fresh air in isolating and testing ourselves. as soon as we have symptoms more

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k. health service. but while the infection rate of the number of deaths continues to climb there, the u. k. the prime minister is facing a potential rebellion in parliament to day over plan, new covey restrictions, what's going on? well, he's got a working majority of 79 in the lower house of parliament in the commons. there has been a large rebellion from members of his own party. the conservative party, the back benches. recall them from lots of different factions and for lots of different philosophical reasons. one of the main things that they don't like is the provision which is in these measures to impose vaccine certification on people. if you want to go, for example, to a restaurant or to a cafe or to a large and close spaced work, where there'll be a crowd. an under these messages, you need to show that you had previously been vaccinated or had a, an, a negative test. and many m p 's as many as 70 of them are, are dead set against that. and they just believe that that is a bridge too far for the

and that's an estimation by the u. k. health security agency. now, with a micron having a, a doubling rate of every 2 days that 200000 could become 400000 the next 2 days, 800000 in 2 days after that and more than a 1000000 within a week, you can see how the concern is really raised, what's happening in parliament, the at the moment and with a vote do in the next hour, is pot politicians to sit deciding how best to tackle it. and there is some dispute within the ruling conservative party about the government's plans for extra restrictions. specifically about the idea of vaccine certification that people will need to show that they've either been double jabbed or negative tests in order to go to a cafe or a restaurant. for example, there's a hard core of conservative m. p 's who are objecting to this on principle. i think the rebellion won't get traction. it certainly won't defeat the government because the opposition labor party is going to support the government motion on this. but it is a bit of a bloody nose for the government, and it's also

could there else is eda beirut ah hello again the headlines are al jazeera, the u. k. health agency says people are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital with omicron than if they already had the delta variance. but it's warren, the protection from the virus starts to drop off 10 weeks after a booster shots. current of various cases in new york have risen 60 percent in the last week alone. 12000 new infections were reported on wednesday. health officials say more testing sites have been opened. hospitals angels have implemented restrictions for people visiting. and the mayor bill de blasio has yet to decide if people will be banned from the annual new year's eve celebration in time square. gabriel alexander has more from new york. new york city has become right now at this very time. the national epicenter in the united states of the pandemic, all 50 states in the us have proven some cases of army grant. but here in new york city, it is worse than anywhere else in america. the big issue is testing. there is not enough testing here in the city or state

united kingdom's own conway is even more pronounced u. k. health reported a record 120000 corona virus cases, the last 24 hours. but a new study shows that the new variance may result in 50 to 70 percent fewer hospitalizations than delta. let's look at this with dr. muhammed manette was a virology test at lancaster university in the north of england, a welcome to d w doctor. how reliable is this data on mac on given that it's only been around 70 been identified for a few weeks? i think so far we own have a modeling data, and these are one of the few studies that we have information from real life, which means the people who have been infected with me, crohn they've been compared with what has been the situation with the delta barrier and based on that, it was concluded that the solidity of the disease is very low, and particularly for the hospitalized ation and for the emergency. but there are certainly copy it in this that data collection is that most of the data being collected from people who are very young, 40 years old because that is n

with in the u. k. health official se infections the doubling every 2 days. it has removed 11 african countries from its red list. people must now show proof, they are double jab to enter certain venues. the restrictions were approved by parliament despite dozens of politicians from the ruling party, opposing them. prime minister bars johnson as dismissed calls for his resignation. the british public, a looking for a prime minister with the trust and the authority to lead britain through the crisis. instead, we burdened with the worst possible prime as the worst possible time, i believe, and the liberty of people. but i believe that the approach that we're taking is balance at proportionate and right for this country. and remains joins us now live from london to and are listening in on the 8th sounds a bit like both co with and politics getting out of control their most certainly as the army krona rate of infections skyrockets, forrest johnson's reputation is diving rapidly in it's not just at the public health situation that's done that it's a, it's a quite

that is exactly what such java, the u. k. health secretary has announced in the last hour or so, basically saying that, you know, the data that they've seen, they've analyzed suggests that they don't need to do anything just yet. he said they'll keep on looking at it and off the new year. then if the situation worse than this, then they're not going to rule out bringing any new restrictive measures in. but clearly, i think for us, johnson has decided that a, it would have been difficult to get me restrictive measures through because his cabinet is opposed to it. his back benches are opposed to it and also be looking at the new data about alma krohn about the severity of m a crohn. they have decided that they can afford, i think for the, for the moments at least to wait and see. all right, thank you. very challenge reporting from london while we'll stay with london and speak to mark connor brown, who is a medical host historian, excuse me, and a senior lecturer at city university london. thank you for joining us. on the al jaz

the u. k. health agency says people are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to a hospital with army kron than if they already had delta variant. but it's warned that protection from the virus starts to drop off 10 weeks after a booster shots. brussels president says it's impossible to have good relations with the current ukrainian government, whatever. who's an accused ukraine's leader of being under the influence of radical forces. there's rising tension between moscow on nato over ukraine. africa center for disease control says the only crime variance is up to 80 percent less likely to cause hospital admissions than the delta strain. but it says its findings are based on the region at might not apply to other countries to china. now where more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the eastern city of g on that's after more than 200 cove 19 infections were recorded since the beginning of the month. the countries on high alert as a gears up to host the winter olympics i

stop in april and the u. k. health agency has found the omi con variant is milder than the delta strain. early data suggests it's up to 70 percent less likely to cause hospital admissions boost protection drops after 10 weeks. a cuba has managed to achieve one of the highest vaccination rates in the well, despite a battle against in economic crisis, the government has develop its own vaccine and has administered at least one dose to most of the population. and august, in has more from the capital havana. cuba says as now vaccinated over 90 percent of its population with at least one dose of anti cove. it vaccine not, not true. it means that of all the countries in the world with a population of over 1000000, only the united arab emirates now has a better record. now there is no way of independently verifying the state speakers . however, they do have the ring of truth. back in august that the peak of upon demick, the state said about 910000 people a day were coming down with it. right now the infection rate acco

while in the u. k. health secretary that has warned that it could see a 1000000 become infections by the end of this month alone. cases of the new variant have been doubling every 2 to 3 days. and austria has outlined its plan to make cro virus vaccines. compulsory officials previously hinted at the maximum fine of about $4000.00 for those who refused the job. dominic canes, in berlin. he has more on austria's latest measures. there is no question that the austrian government felt when it's an answer. some weeks ago that a mandatory vaccine requirement was coming and that a lockdown was necessary. there was no doubt that the wave of covey that was washing across the country was so bad. they felt they have no option. well, today they have presented their proposals, and it says that everyone over the age of 14, in austria, who has not been vaccinated by a point in february, will suddenly find themselves potentially liable for a fine of more than $4000.00. everyone under the age of 14 will not need to to s

k. self minister says there will be no new restrictions for england before the new year. such a javert said 90 percent of cases across england are of the army kron variance. the u. k reported 90000 cases on monday. but the figures don't include northern ireland, scotland, or much of wales because of the christmas holiday. france has imposed new restrictions starting next week under the new rules working from home will be mandatory for at least 3 days per week if possible gatherings will be limited to 2000 people indoors and 5000 outdoors to me and man out where a military offensive against ethnic qur'an arm groups is intensifying. the military which sees power in a coup in february, has been accused of committing atrocities against villagers. thousands of leading the violence across the border into thailand. out as he was tony chain joyce's life now from the ty border turn of my sot, tony. good talk to you again. just walk us through what's been going on there in the past 24 hours or so.

and u. k. health officials say cove at 19 infections and dabbling every 2 days. new restrictions have come into effect after parliamentary approval. that's despite opposition from prime minister boris johnson's own. m pays place in hong kong have confirmed more than 1000. 200 people have been rescued from the cities world trade center after fire on the 1st floor. at least 13 people were taken to hospital brit clinic is a generalist in hong kong. she says the blaze broke out in an electrical room for years rescue operation. the more than 1000 people trust in the world, prices have been rescued. some take into hospital with injury with smoking, elation issues as well. we understand that the fire broke out in a meter room on the 1st floor from then holding pool to life. it's not clear exactly how the fire started. there are reservations on the way. now this happens in one of the busiest areas in hong kong with the popular shopping area. and many of the people would have been out for lunch with the holy in the lead up to the holiday season. so this has a lot of publi

k. health official say in the sanctions are doubling every 2 days. it's removed 11 african countries from its red list. people must now show proof, they are double jab to end to certain venues. the restrictions were approved by parliament despite dozens of politicians from the routing party, opposing them. prime minister bars johnson is dismissed calls for his resignation. the british public, a looking for a prime minister with the trust and the old clarity to leave britain through the crisis instead way burdened with the worst possible prime minister at the worst possible time i believe and the liberties of people. but i believe that the approach that we're taking is balanced at proportionate and right for this country . police in hong kong of confound hundreds, have been rescued from the cities world trade center after a fire on its 1st floor. at least 13 people were taken to hospital brit planet is a journalist in hong kong. she says the blaze broke out in an electrical room. her she is rescue operation. the more than 1000 people sat in the world

k. government's health security agency says people with on the corner of 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted the hospital than with delta. but the agency has warned the protection from a booster vaccine may begin to wayne after just 10 weeks. the u. k. report of nearly 820000 cove in 19 cases on thursday, just the day after recording more than a 100000 for the 1st time. we do know we don't require that it does a spread a lot more quickly. it's a lot more infectious than delta. so any advantage gained from reduce risk of hospitalization needs to be set against that. and when we know, for example, if her, if a much smaller percentage of people are at the risk of hospitalization, is that a smaller percentage of a much larger number? there could be still significant hospitalization. kona virus cases in new york, meanwhile have risen 60 percent in the past week 12000 new infections were reported on wednesday. health officials say more testing sites have been opened while hospitals and jails have introduced restrictions for visitors. gabriel elizondo has more from new york, one of t

k. draft health policy is when our understanding of this very and is still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach in effect control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads, you put in place measures that will cover those eventualities. even at the most pessimistic level, though, of course, that has a knock in effect for him education or society and economy. but if you poorly look and control the virus or some of the sockets, asian cultures have done very well as, as a candidate restriction of measures that you need to impose early on. and then you can reap the benefits of that later on. that when you open up was of ours is down to, you know, virtually 0 when the moment the u. k. and other european countries the and it was just far too high for that. so what you're looking for as a mitigation, that after that peak and hopefully something we can live with, as well as you know, overwhelming your local health services. you mentioned there that net effective measures we've seen in, in south either asian countries. what exa

k. health security agency. it's reporting new evidence that on the chron may, in fact, be a mild or li results in a reduced number of hospitalizations. it found, according to this preliminary data that people with the on the chrome variant of 50 to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital. now that's very early data based on a small number of people we've been warned. there is also that has also need to be counterbalanced with the trends miss ability of this variance, not so could result in hospitals being overwhelmed. but it's certainly encouraging news as we go into the christmas period. all right, so maybe something to be hopeful for that. maybe not as much severe disease as we've seen in previous waves. now young, i'd like to turn back to you in light of the new restrictions. you say they are still relatively moderate. one of people in spain been saying about how they intend to celebrate christmas this year. well, looking at her, i figure of new infections. a lot of people would probably, unfortuna

u. k. health authorities report is a record $120000.00 corona virus cases in the last 24 hours. but a new study shows that the new variant may result in 50 to 70 percent fewer hospitalizations than delta. well, let's look at this with dr. muhammed manette. who is veronda just at lancaster university in the north of england, a welcome to d w doctor. how reliable is that this data on amazon given that it's only been around? so you've been identified for a few weeks. i think so far, we all have a modeling data, and these are one of the few studies that we have information from real life, which mean the people who have been infected with me, crohn they've been compared with what has been the situation with the delta barrier and based on that, it was concluded that the solidity of the disease is very low, and particularly for the hospitalized ation and for the emergency. but there are certainly copy it in this that data collection is that most of the data being collected from people who are very young, 40 years old because that is being caught, has been pretty prevalent. and also, th

k. national health service. so there is grave concern among governors. exactly how to get a lid on the infections at the moment. they then actively researching muscular and for example, working from the recommendation to work from home. they're not going further than that with a full lockdown at the moment. and there is going to be a vote later on this evening in parliament about this. but i think the government is caught in a real dilemma as to how to get people boosted. i'm gather a little on the, on the con, infections in time for christmas. no christmas is obviously looming large there. paul, where of course, since it's just a few weeks away for those that celebrate the holiday as a so i was the government reacting to this water they planning to do when they are hold this food later this afternoon. well for example, i mentioned the booster program which shut ramped up from monday and i'm start next . and thomas is hospital is the sites of one of those vaccination centers in the queue of the honda of my shoulders actually reduced significantly since w

the u. k. had reported nearly 820000 cove in 1000 cases on thursday. just the day after recording more than a 100000 infections for the 1st time. and more than 13000000 people have been ordered to stay home in the eastern chinese city of shyanne. 200 cove at 19 infections have been recorded since the beginning of the staying with the pandemic . zimbabwe and living and working in south africa have been forced to cancel plans to head home for christmas. many just can't afford to pay for man. the tree hotel quarantines and as a result, south african bus companies are struggling for business. gillian wolf reports from cape town. usually at the sun of year. these bussey's will be packed with them. barbarians heading home to spend christmas with their families. but not this year, after new quarantine restrictions were introduced in zimbabwe to curb the spread of the omicron variant of coping 19. it's also bad news for bus companies. augustine's business would normally send for buses a day each carrying around 60 passengers. now it's just one. sometimes with

or how can governments, including the government in the u. k. draft health policies. when our understanding of this varying is still quite limited. so this the issue of the cautionary approach in effect control. if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads, you put in place measures that will cover those eventualities, even at the most pessimistic level. now, of course, that has a knock in effect for him education as society and economy. but if you poorly look and control the virus or some of the sockets, asian cultures have done very well as, as a kind of restriction of measures that you need to impose early on. and then you can reap the benefits of that later on. that when you open up was of ours is down to, you know, virtually 0 and them over the u. k. and other european countries, the and it was just far too high for that. so what you're looking for as a mitigation that of the peak and hopefully something we can live with, as well as, you know, overwhelming your local health services. you mentioned there that net effective measures they've

k is health minister says there'll be no new restrictions for england before the new year. such a java says 90 percent of cases across england. army kron britain reported 19000 cases on monday. but the figures did not include northern ireland, scotland, or much of wales because of the christmas holiday. frances, impose near restrictions starting as of next week under the new rules working from home will be mandatory for at least 3 days per week. if possible gatherings will be limited to 2000 people indoors and 5000 people outdoors villages in me and my have been fleeing to neighboring thailand as fighting between government and ethnic corin forces intensifies. the violence was triggered by a military raid last week sir, in state media is reporting is really forces of carried out an air strike on a major port in the city of la taco, it says multiple fires of erupted and containers at the port falling. what's described as is really aggression. the 8th round of talks to revive the iran nuclear deal has resumed in vienna. aaron's foreign minister wants guarantees that us sanctions will be

k. draft health policies. when our understanding of this variant is still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach in effect control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads. you put in place measures that will cover those eventualities even at the most pessimistic level. but of course that has a knock in effect for him education as society and economy. but if you poorly looking to control the virus or some of the sockets, asian countries have done very well as, as the candidate restriction of measures that you need to impose early on. and then you can reap the benefits of that later on. that when you open up was of ours is down to, you know, virtually 0 for them over the u. k. and other european countries, the and it was just far too high for that. so what you're looking for as a mitigation of the peak and hopefully something we can live with as well as, you know, overwhelming your local health services. you mentioned there that net effective measures we've seen in, in south either asian countries. what exactly did you

or how can governments, including the government in the u. k. draft health policies. when our understanding of this varying is still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach, infection control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads, you put in place measures that will cover those eventualities, even at the most pessimistic level. of course that has a knock on effect for him education or society and economy. but if you pull look and control the virus or some of the sockets, asian countries have done very well as, as cameras restriction of measures that you need to impose early on. and then you can reap the benefits of that later on that when you open up was of ours is down to, you know, virtually 0 them over the u. k. and other european countries, the and it was just far too high for that. so what you're looking for as a mitigation that of the peak and hopefully something we can live with, as well as, you know, overwhelming your local health services. you mentioned there that net effective measures they've seen in,

and how can governments, including the government in the u. k. draft health policies. when our understanding of this very, in a still quite limited. so this, the issue of the precautionary approach in effect control, if you're not sure about how severe the virus is, how fast it spreads. you put in place measures that will cover those eventualities, even at the most pessimistic level. now, of course, that has a knock in effect for him education as society and economy. but if you poorly look and control the virus or some of the sockets, asian countries have done very well as, as the candidate restriction of measures that you need to impose early on. and then you can reap the benefits of that later on. that when you open up was of ours is down to, you know, virtually 0. and then over the u. k. and other european countries, the that it was just far too high for that. so what you're looking for as a mitigation that of the peak and hopefully something we can live with, as well as, you know, overwhelming your local health services. you mentioned there that net effective measu

k, the health secretary has warned it could see a 1000000 ami con infection by the end of this month. that all comes as prime minister barak johnson's authority as being questioned of the leaked video, showed his stuff, joking about holding a party during last year's lockdown. well, let's bring in joe and a home he is in london for us. joanna, it's not looking like a very merry christmas over there right now. know like many other places on the call is well, truly established here. we're told by the scientist that it has a very fast doubling rate of 2 and a half to 3 days. there may be as many as $10000.00 cases in the country already, and that points to go to the health, to the health minister to the possibility of a 1000000 cases by the end of the month. and so we have these new measures so called plan b, long in the works, apparently hurriedly rushed forward unannounced on wednesday by the prime minister . increased mosque wearing an indoor settings, guidance to work from home. again, the limited use of cobit vaccine passports in mass public venues. and the idea of course, is whethe