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Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters...

Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters...

>> reporter: laura, were still waiting for details of the rollout plan. as you said, israel led the world in rolling out a third booster shot in july or august, and now it wants to repeat the same trick with a fourth dose of the covid vaccine. nis initially it will be available for folks over 60 and medical workers. as weve seen in the past, it will be rolled out to other age groups and the population at large. it is introducing it to try to slow the spread of the omicron variant and its fifth c...

Of these people naturally in the hospital as well. but equally, were not seeing the same rate of admission to intensive care units, and so that could be a positive sign. the prime minister, on a visit to this vaccination centre in milton keynes, was pushing the message for people to get boosted. cases are going up, weve got a lot of cases of 0micron. but on the other hand, we can see the data about the relative mildness of 0micron, and what we can also see is the very, very clear effect of getti...

A huge difference. mrjohnson says 90% of covid patients in icu havent had a booster, but theres still uncertainty over what impact the 0micron variant will have on older age groups as the virus spreads from young into those who are most at risk of falling seriously ill. katherine da costa, bbc news. well, lets look at the latest government data now — some of the figures are still being affected by delays over the holiday period and some data has not yet been published. it also includes five da...

Ventilation for almost two years now. we also do have to look at weakening the link between infection and disease. and thats where vaccines are vitally important and will remain so even in the omicron era. it does mean that getting as many people fully vaccinated as possible as we have done aggressively in new york city, over 71% of all new york city residents are now fully vaccinated. that is critically important and were now layering on booster doses to add yet more protection. >> yeah, i want...

And what we can also see is the very, very clear effect of getting those jabs, getting those boosters in particular. thats whats making a huge difference. mrjohnson says 90% of covid patients in icu havent had a booster, but theres still uncertainty over what impact the 0micron variant will have on older age groups as the virus spreads from the young into those who are most at risk of falling seriously ill. ive been speaking about the latest figures to bring you some breaking news. reports say t...

But particularly driven by those young age groups, weve seen increases among school—age children fairly recently, particularly from nursery through to primary. but we are now seeing infections among older age groups as well, so young adults from the mid—20s to the mid—30s, but spreading right the way up to increases now in the over 70s, although they remain the lowest group to be infected. theres more encouraging news on boosters. new uk data suggests a booster shot is 88% effective at pre...

Patients, trying to do more to cover for their missing colleagues, working extra hours, starting early, finishing late. the pressure will be immense. in the latest infection survey from the 0ns, infections increased across the uk to their highest level on record in the week to christmas eve. in england, one in 25 had the virus. in scotland, wales, and northern ireland, it was one in a0. infections doubled in a week in london. one in 15 tested positive. but there were big rises too in the north�...

Some of the nutrients you need and take out waste. what happens inside the kidneys and the body from the virus is just a general inflammatory response. it oefrms an already overwhelmed health system and also overwhelms the individual. you cant make up for that. now with the omicron surge were seeing same patients, kidney disease, not even end stage renal disease and they dont have the capacity to deal with the effects of the virus. it is devastating across a number of age groups. >> thank you ve...