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Message. according to data from the cdc unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from covid than people who have been fully vaccinated and boosted. despite all of that only 60 million people in the u.s. have gotten a booster shot and only one-quarter of eligible americans still havent gotten their first shot. the u.s. is seeing a jump in air travel. the tsa screened more than 2 million passengers at u.s. airports on saturday for the third day in a row. the number of travelers over the...

Israel is adding the u.s., canada and germany to a flo-fly list. the israeli prime minister warning the fifth wave has begun. elliot is with us now in tel aviv. so cases are slowly creeping up despite the travel measures. can you first give us a sense of where things stand there? >> sure. the situation right now is that -- well, the prime minister went on television earlier this evening. israeli time, to say those words, the fifth wave is already here. cases have been creeping up. were at about ...

Up at the eu administration. thanks 22. , thanks to dia chakravarty. the spread of coronavirus is beginning to disrupt normal life in europe. the netherlands has announced a stringent christmas lockdown, in an attempt to prevent a new wave of covid cases. all non—essential stores, bars, restaurants and other public places are to shut from sunday under the new measures. essential shops such as supermarkets and pharmacies must close by 8pm. schools will close from monday and wont reopen until at...

Theres a high suspicion theyll turn out to be omicron. thats the main reason why were seeing the u.s., canada, and ten in total being added to this red no-fly list. most of these omicron cases are coming from people who are returning from overseas. they want to reduce the number of imported cases, but i think they are now resigned that this fifth wave, this fifth wave is here, and that there is no way to actually stop it. all they can do is try to mitigate it. >> right. has the argument ive hear...

This is bbc news. im lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. lord frost, the man in charge of the uks brexit negotiations, resigns citing concerns over the "direction" of borisjohnson�*s government. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads. translation: the netherlands are going to lockdown _ again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down. that is unavoidable beca...

New very powerful images coming in now from brussels, belgium. its a peaceful protest with thousands of people angry at the belgian government over the nationwide restrictions put in place to try to curb the covid infections there. some of those signs you see reading "enough is enough" and "we are free." people marched this weekend in london and paris where health officials are putting new rules into place aimed at stemming the coronavirus spread. meanwhile, israels prime minister says a fifth...

Welcome to bbc news. im mark lobel. our top stories: governments across europe try to rein in a sharp rise in omicron covid cases. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown. translation: the netherlands will go into lockdown _ again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down. that is unavoidable because of the fifth wave that is coming at us with the omicron variant. lord frost, the man in charge of the uks brexit negotiations, resigns, citing concerns over t...

Welcome to bbc news. im mark lobel. our top stories: governments across europe try to rein in a sharp rise in omicron covid cases. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown. translation: the netherlands will go into lockdown _ again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down. that is unavoidable because of the fifth wave that is coming at us with the omicron variant. lord frost, the man in charge of the uks brexit negotiations, resigns, citing concerns over t...

Schools will close from monday and wont reopen until at least january the 14th, when the lockdown ends. heres mr rutte making the annoucement. translation: the never land will go into lockdown again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down, that is avoidable because of the fifth wave thatis avoidable because of the fifth wave that is coming at us with the icon therein. —— variant. they have been met with a mixture of disbelief, and dismay and they have thrown the dutch christmas...

And in the netherlands, is the health care system deals with an influx of covid patients, routing care and all but urgent operations have been postponed. dutch ministers are meeting health advisers on saturday after they recommended that the country go into a strict lockdown. lucy grey, bbc news. ive been speaking to the epidemiologist catherine hill, whos based in paris. i began by asking her about the situation right now in france. we have little 0micron from the time being, but a lot of delta...