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And theyve all been working in this programme since the beginning of the year. and, in swindon, a long queue as well, and a wait of several hours. ive been here since 9am, and im supposed to have work at 2pm. but they told me that the queue will be till 3.30pm. | not happy, ive got better things| to do than stand here in a queue. just under five hours. and, when we got in, there were only two people jabbing. long lines had built up after the acceleration of the booster offer to more adults. sinc...

Position. i think that the next two to eight weeks will be, as ive said to you before, a global blizzard and -- of this virus. and so, i think that -- that we have to understand that if this were ever a time where wed want to be careful about exposing people to this virus, its right now. and with all the travel and the holiday events taking place, im concerned that we are going to see a -- a great acceleration of the transmission of this virus. >> dr. spencer, you are on the front lines and have...

The virus from them? people with underlying immune deficiencies, people at higher risk for serious illness it should give you pause to just bring people together. >> given that do you disagree with the guidance, professor? >> i think that were trying to find that happy medium where we say, please. dont just lock down. please dont just quit living. but at the same time we are in an incredibly difficult position. i think the next two to eight weeks will be a global blizzard of this virus so i thin...

Let me _ help slow the spread of the virus. let me turn— help slow the spread of the virus. let me turn finally to boosters which — let me turn finally to boosters which are _ let me turn finally to boosters which are our best line of defence against _ which are our best line of defence against omicron and they are what will get _ against omicron and they are what will get us — against omicron and they are what will get us through and out of this difficult _ will get us through and out of ...

Said. it is tough to find. in d.c., it is a hell of a time to find a test. you have to play the timing just right. you are seeing something very similar. >> reporter: the rapid acceleration, hallie. that is not the case for everything three weeks ago. everybody wanted to get tested to have seen this coming. people i talked to have to get tested for woke. some are showing up and dont feel well. we have seen a 300% increase of infection in the last week. state of florida logged 18,000 cases of cov...

3500 _ than 50% in the past week from over 3500 a _ than 50% in the past week from over 3500 a day— than 50% in the past week from over 3500 a day on average to almost 5500 a day _ 3500 a day on average to almost 5500 a day there _ 3500 a day on average to almost 5500 a day. there were increases across all age _ a day. there were increases across all age groups, a day. there were increases across allage groups, but a day. there were increases across all age groups, but the biggest, an increase...

Before christmas underlines the urgency of the situation here. there is some good news. father christmas will still be allowed to deliver presents. his message to the nation? merry christmas, happy lockdown. anna holligan reporting there for us. sticking with the pandemic come an hour. —— sticking with the pandemic. a surge in cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus has been recorded in the uk. the number has gone up by more than 10,000 in 2a hours — the biggest daily increase so far. ...

Netherlands, to keep their holiday— netherlands, to keep their holiday plans and —— in tax. —— intact. restaurants can keep on serving — intact. restaurants can keep on serving takeaways. but the dutch — serving takeaways. but the dutch dont like chaos, so the fact that — dutch dont like chaos, so the fact that these new rules are being — fact that these new rules are being introduced at the last minute, _ being introduced at the last minute, a few days before christmas, really...

Not necessarily expect the rapid acceleration of cases to continue. we made gail from acceleration of cases to continue. we made gailfrom it doubling every two days to every three days, and thatis two days to every three days, and that is because of the way that the virus spreads through the population. where is the bulk of omicron in london in the first days were going through people in their 20s and 30s, people who socialise in large numbers, that has since spread into a slightly older populat...

We understand.— will leave at the end of the month, we understand. the mayor of london has declared a major incident because of surging coronavirus cases. sadiq khan says hes concerned about the spread of the omicron variant in the capital and the impact of staff absences in vital public services. it comes as governments scientific advisors warn that more stringent measures could be needed this year to prevent a wave of hospitalisations. heres our health correspondent katherine da costa. some ...