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In a week in london. one in 15 would test positive. but there were big rises too in the north—west, yorkshire and the humber and west midlands, and other regions werent far behind. and it is now the dominant variant. statisticians say infections are twice the level they were this time last winter in england because theyre being fuelled by the more infectious 0micron variant. so across all age groups, we are seeing increases, but particularly driven by those young age groups. weve seen increase...

And college leaders. i know it is only ten past nine, but are you getting any feedback from heads about whether they have enough staff and lateral flow test to test the pupils? l staff and lateral flow test to test the pupils?— the pupils? i was getting more feedback last _ the pupils? i was getting more feedback last night _ the pupils? i was getting more feedback last night than - the pupils? i was getting more feedback last night than this i feedback last night than this morning. that is pe...

Period, with all the simplifications of systems moving stuff from one hospital to another, all the ways we can back staff up but also make sure that the people who are likely to get ill get vaccinated first. taste that the people who are likely to get ill get vaccinated first. we are et to see get ill get vaccinated first. we are yet to see how — get ill get vaccinated first. we are yet to see how serious _ get ill get vaccinated first. we are yet to see how serious on - get ill get vaccinated...

Alert because patients can take a rapid turn for the worse. its a very, very sudden thing, and you just have to respond and reassess. and that patient looks like whatever the problem was, we have sorted. staff have noticed that, compared to the first wave, the age of covid patients in intensive care is lower. for example, right here now, there are two people in their 30s with no underlying health conditions. the chances of someone under a0 needing intensive care for coronavirus are much smaller ...

Unvaccinated generally. not only are they unvaccinated, the parents unvaccinated, siblings. often thats where they get it from. if you look at the largest group in this country unvaccinated its people less than 30. and if were going to get on top of this pandemic, we have to vaccine the young. >> today dr. walensky said this. >> hospital zagd rates for people infected with omicron are lower compared with prior variants. despite decrease in severity, the substantial number of absolute cases is re...

That, but they have been criticised for delay in— that, but they have been criticised for delay in the last few months, particularly around getting the third _ particularly around getting the third jab, the boosterjab programme started. _ third jab, the boosterjab programme started, and secondly delays around announcing roll—outs or devising the governments to advance roll—out to children _ governments to advance roll—out to children i _ governments to advance roll—out to children. i d...

Introducing similar bills, seven in the last two weeks, since 2022 started. i am joined by a reporter. it is great to have you on. just in the last year we have covered it here a lot at least 20 states put in place or are considering similar bills but the polling, we looked at the pbs polling, showing more americans oppose laws like these. two thirds of them dont want to see these kinds of laws. >> right. the majority of americans oppose laws that limb the rates of transgender people. that inclu...

Shipping is scheduled to start later this month. the government is also setting up a hotline to request the free tests. well, meanwhile, pfizer says several lab studies show the antiviral drug is effective against the omicron variant. the pill was given emergency use authorization, if you remember, last month in the u.s. for limited treatment of covid-19. pfizer tested the drug against multiple variants of the virus, finding it blocked an enzyme needed for the virus to replicate. the company s...

A booster provides strong protection against serious illness for people of all ages. but notwithstanding the success of the booster programme and indeed the apparent lower rate of hospitalisation from omicron, the sheer volume of people becoming infected means more people with covid are being admitted to hospital. there is also remaining uncertainty about the impact on hospital admissions if omicron continues to spread from younger age groups where the risk of falling seriously ill from covid ha...

Have announced plans to go even further. 0ur have announced plans to go even further. our plan was to use the time that plan b gave us to give ourselves extra power in our fight against omicron. this plan has worked and the data shows that omicron is in retreat. todays 0ns data shows a fall in infections, including an older age groups. hospitalisations have also fallen over the past week and the number of covid patients in intensive care bedsis covid patients in intensive care beds is now at the...