Page 8 - 0micron Wave News Today

Tonight he is broadcasting from home. 106,000 new cases. we expected that to happen, but it is still a milestone. it is a sobering milestone, sophie. cases have doubled in the space of two weeks. but given that the 0micron wave of infections are said to be doubling every 2—3 days, it is perhaps a crumb of comfort that they are not even higher. but there are hundreds of thousands of people currently self—isolating at home, like me, i tested positive last week, who now if they are in england f...

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0ur chief political correspondent, adam fleming, told us the latest on whats being said at westminster about the calls to bring in tighter measures over the christmas period. civil servants have prepared a menu about future covid restrictions in england. it has been described as low, medium or high. we do not know the details of what is in each category but we know ministers have yet to choose an option. they are waiting for more conclusive data about how the 0micron wave is progressing, how ser...

To ransom, are saying they wont even vote for the most mild restrictions that we voted on in parliament this week, and so the government is paralysed because of the conservative partys political problems and because of the prime ministers weakness, and thats a very worrying situation for the country to find itself in. so the prime minister faces hard choices and political headaches deciding what to do, even as the 0micron wave builds. damian grammaticas, bbc news. there have been protests in mor...

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These people in newcastle were prepared to wait for hours for covid—19 vaccination bus. it was a record date for boosterjabs, but also covid—19 cases. it was a record day for booster jabs, but also covid cases. boosters offer the best protection against 0micron, but there is huge uncertainty whether they will blunt it enough to keep hospital admissions below last januarys peak. even if it is milder, because it is concentrated over a short period of time, you could end up with a higher number...

Raise real concerns for the nhs and the impact on hospital admissions. the chancellor is cutting short his us trip and has held talks with business leaders here about the solution for hospitality and other affected sectors. the 0micron wave has prompted france to shut its borders to most british travellers from saturday, halting christmas holidays. the bank of england has announced an unexpected increase in its main interest rate, to a quarter of 1%. the move surprised many economists and will a...

Fergus walsh. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours or a covid vaccination bus. it was a record day for booster jabs, but also covid cases. boosters offer the best protection against 0micron, but there is huge uncertainty whether they will blunt it enough to keep hospital admissions below last januarys peak. even if it is milder, because it is concentrated over a short period of time, you could end up with a ...

At six, 3 new record number of covid cases in the uk. more than 88,000 have been recorded in the past 2a hours. the queues forjabs continue. almost three quarters of a million people had their boosters yesterday, a record number. hospital admissions are rising slowly but in london where cases are rising the fastest hospital staff are feeling the pressure. most of the patients who are coming into us are unvaccinated patients. they are a lot younger than the patients that we had in the first and s...

Even if it is milder, because it is concentrated over a short period of time, you could end up with a higher number going into hospital on a single day. that is certainly possible. it may be less than that but it is certainly possible. the numbers of confirmed 0micron patients in hospital are still low for now. it will be weeks before we have hard evidence that will show how serious the 0micron wave will be. we need about 250 individuals in hospital before we can make a severity assessment, comp...