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David mckenzie explains whats on the other side of the omicron surge. >> even in the height of omicron, no one was in this ward for covid. >> thats quite correct. >> reporter: when omicron was discovered in south africa, dr. richard freedland prepared his hospital for a rush of covid-19 patients. a rush that never game. >> we never stopped elective surgery. we never closed our coffee shops. we never stopped visitors coming into the hospital. >> reporter: this after three brutal waves of covid. e...

Africa, dr. friedman prepared his hospital for a rush of covid-19 patients. a rush that never game. >> we never stopped elective surgery. we never closed our coffee shops. we never stopped visitors from coming into the hospital. >> reporter: this after three brutal waves of covid, each more severe than the last pummeled this country. charities built field wards just to cope. >> this is a hospital with 440 beds and 80% of our beds were dedicated to covid patients. >> reporter: but when the highly...

Than any other health care system anywhere in the world. they�* re often counter—productive. but it is notjust the uk sinking under a backlog of elective surgery. in america, nearly half of us states announced they would postpone operations — among them new york, illinois, and massachusetts, that have all implemented or recommended state—wide delays. dr anand swaminathan is an emergency medicine physician in newjersey and joins us now. tell me about the sort of effect that covid has had ...

Londons biggest health trust say its trying to tackle its backlog in pre—planned elective surgery, which was made worse by the pandemic. nhs figures show a record of over six million people were waiting for hospital treatment in england injanuary. barts health nhs trust is trying to reduce its waiting times. its opening two new operating theatres at one of its hospitals in newham. weve been so focused on keeping everybody alive, and as healthy as possible, that weve neglected all of the electi...

Shown to in the north—west, with temperatures seven to 14 degrees. and then it all settles down. good to know. thank you. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, im frankie mccamley. londons biggest health trust say its trying to tackle its backlog in pre—planned elective surgery, which was made worse by the pandemic. nhs figures show a record of over six million people were waiting for hospital treatment in england injanurary. barts health n...

Covid-19 cases in hospital are up 29% in the last week.

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West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has put elective surgery on hold to free up hospital beds with a sharp rise in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalisations expected in the coming weeks.