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We have the vaccine already here. how is it being taken there. >> jim, i know across the world people are bracing for that storm of omicron. here in the uk its already arrived. we are absolutely in the eye of the storm. record-breaking case numbers in recent days. tens of thousands of people testing positive for covid-19. the prime minister has vowed no new restrictions before christmas. health officials taking steps to bolster their defenses against omicron. you mentioned one of the key ones th...

Be vaccinated, surround your kids with people who are vaccinated. we know that our kids can be safe when in school, by the way. social distancing class with larger classrooms on buses and everything from bus drivers to buses to the actual bus. >> laura: what is he talking about here? is any of this held up with the case numbers that have come in from schools over the last couple of years? >> look, im glad you asked, laura. first of all, the case numbers in children how relevant are they? you cou...

Border protection policies and particularly in relation to the pandemic. scott morrisons government has been under immense pressure over its handling of the pandemic, amid rocketing case numbers and chaos at testing clinics. all of this is happening with an election looming in the next few months. djokovics family say this is a political agenda and has nothing to do with sport. they are keeping him as a prisoner. its just not fair, its not human. so, ijust hope that he will be strong, as we are ...

>> new york state reported 85000 new covid cases on the final day of 2021 case numbers are peaking in the city which is the epicenter of the pandemic in the u.s. charles watson joins us with the latest data. >> the omicron variant is causing a ways wave of infection across the country were not only seen record numbers in new york but florida as well reporting over 75000 new cases on friday breaking the previous record for the fourth time in seven days the surgeon cases increasing the demand for ...

Of the countrys strictest lockdowns since the pandemic began. these images are from inside xian. sun chunlan told officials there to speed up testing and do more to isolate the close contacts of those found to be positive. more than 1,200 cases have been found in the city in the past few weeks. to tell us about whether this strategy is the best way to keep omicron at bay, i am joined now by dr xi chen, an expert in health policy at yale university. thanks forjoining us. by comparison with some o...

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>> this omicron variant has now reached a new level in terms of infectivity, in terms of contagiousness. it is in the category of measles, the most highly transmissible virus, one of the most highly transmissible viruses known to mankind. we have been vaccinating against measles for a long time. we need to do the same thing with sars covid 2 and covid-19. >> reporter: look, the positivity rate here in texas is up over 20 %, it needs to be below 5% to keep it corralled and keep that virus from ge...

Of cases. >> it is more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases. doctor anthony fauci yesterday offering a really hopeful, framing as we confront this latest covid wave. the point he is making is that the case numbers, whats worth watching, but they may not be the most consequential thing to watch right now. if most of the cases that we are getting with this omicron wave are cases in which people are not getting particularly sick. with this new particula...

Spreading very widely. the good news in the omicron surge is that the hospitalization rate, the severe case rate, looks to be considerably low aer. we have more people vaccinated, better treatments than ever before. hopefully that will keep hospital surges down below the case surges but its going to be a very challenging few weeks to a month ahead. >> im thinking about the numbers here and im wondering, do you think that the numbers are actually much higher with so many people taking these at-ho...

In the risk of being admitted to hospitalfor a night or more, compared to delta. a scottish study suggested there was a 65% lower risk of being hospitalized with omicron, but it was based on only a few cases. while in south africa, omicron patients were thought to be around 75% less likely to need hospital treatment. rather than omicron being fundamentally milder, scientists think its partly due to immunity in the population from previous infection and vaccination. its still early days, but scie...