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Key staff are needed is the nightmare for government. ministers are looking atjust how bad things could get and drawing up contingency plans to try and protect against any disruption from rising infection. to try and keep the school gates open as well as hospitals and other vital services, in the public sector, leaders have been asked to look at the worst—case scenarios of having ten, 20 or even 25% of their staff off at any one time. labour says this announcement shows the government is leavi...

Staff absences caused by covid are making hospital care unsafe — thats the warning from the main nursing union, the rcn. absences are up more than 40% in a week in england, and about one in eight hospitals are in a critical incident, which means theyre struggling to provide core services. the armed forces have been called in to help. 200 personnel have been deployed in the capital, with another 1800 around the rest of the uk. our health correspondent katharine da costa reports. like many hospi...

Before the new year. we wont be taking any further measures. of course, people should remain cautious as we approach new year celebrations and, you know, take a lateralflow test, that makes sense, celebrate outside if you can. have some ventilation indoors if you can. please, remain cautious. at this bar in bristol, they say many customers have decided of their own accord to stay away. weve already lost a very, very big trading period already, a really key trading period. next month, it will hav...

Social— have imposed much tighter rules on social mixing, over the last few weeks. — social mixing, over the last few weeks, shutting down nightclubs, restricting how many households can meet _ restricting how many households can meet on _ restricting how many households can meet on site, england has actually been _ meet on site, england has actually been a _ meet on site, england has actually been a massive outlier in terms of being _ been a massive outlier in terms of being a _ been a mass...

This is bbc news. the headlines nhs hospital staff covid—related absences in england are up by more than 40% in the space of a week according to the latest figures. meanwhile the armed forces have sent personnel into hospitals across london and the north west to help with staff shortages. the australian government deny claims theyre holding tennis star novak djokovic captive, after he failed to meet vaccine entry requirements: they say he can leave whenever he wants. dementia cases are expecte...

You take your mask of and repeat it and then they will understand. but it is helpful because covid is spreading a lot and affecting a lot of people in the uk. nobody wants another lockdown where even with support from schools children full behind with their lessons, become vulnerable, isolated, even put at risk. —— full behind. across england, head teachers are looking at contingency plans. they will only know next week whether to put them into effect when they can see how many staff and pup...

5% of staff to be off sick, but this winter its nearly double that and its mainly down to covid. london has been the worst—hit, with some of the highest absences seen here at great 0rmond street hospital. in the week leading to christmas, new data by the office for national statistics suggests an estimated one in 15 people in london had covid — the highest in england. the uk also saw a new record high. scientists are warning there is real uncertainty about what the new year will bring. peopl...

Temperatures on saturday 4—8. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... nhs hospital staff covid—related absences in england are up by more than a0 percent in the space of a week according to the latest figures. meanwhile the armed forces have sent 200 personnel into hospitals across london to help with staff shortages. the president of kazakhstan addresses the nation after days of unrest — saying protesters who dont give themselves up will be destroyed — and thanks the russian president...

The precautions theyve been telling us to take, the vaccinations, the boosters, social distancing because they are overrun. thats whats happening here in metro atlanta, but we are seeing it happen all across the nation, fredricka. a 48% increase in pediatric hospitalizations in just the past week. that is concerning. listen to one doctor talk about why he expects to see more pediatric hospitalizations in the coming days. >> youre certainly going to see a lot of pediatric hospitalizations more th...

Throughout the pandemic and this will allow us to make sure that the early signs of improvement from this week continue as we look to make those for changes. and a server we will be monitoring the data —— as ever we will monitor the data very closely and look at the impact on staff absences and particularly the impact on schools where we will go on doing whatever we can to support face to face learning for children and student in schools. we are making one immediate change. as from tomorrow ...