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>> right, right, and even in that in our favor as you point out is a lot of death. a lot of death. just a lot of death in a faster period of time. dr. zee, we just played that emotional moment where you talked about what you are facing right now. here you are again, steady uptick in hospitalizations in minnesota, 40% of your icu beds right now i understand are occupied by covid patients. that is the third highest in this nation. and now here you are being told a massive surge is on its way. how ...

Is facing because to remove his cabinet secretary, sign in case, who is leading an inquiry into downing street christmas parties after its alleged that parties were held in his own department. i alleged that parties were held in his own department.— alleged that parties were held in his own department. i hear what the voters are saying — his own department. i hear what the voters are saying in _ his own department. i hear what the voters are saying in north _ voters are saying in north shrop...

>> reporter: hey, jose. take a look at this line behind me. were at city md, urgent care. many of the people in line are waiting for their covid tests. a gentlemen i had just spoken to says he has been in this line for 9 1/2 hours. we spoke to people who got in line before 6:00 in the morning. this place opened their doors at 7:00. a lot of them are raveling internationally, so they need to test. some of them have been exposed, somebody that they know and had contact with had covid. we spoke to ...

The headlines on bbc news... the conservatives lose the north shropshire by—election and a seat they held for nearly 200 years to the liberal democrats, in the seventh biggest by—election swing in modern political history. borisjohnson is facing calls to remove cabinet secretary simon case, whos leading an inquiry into downing street christmas parties after it was alleged parties were held in his own department. the uk has reported a record 93,000 new covid—19 cases — the highest since t...

>> we have 16, and that is good news. >> they are distributing supplies and removing the debris in search for the missing. >> the worse is that everybody knows everybody. and some of our soldiers who live right here, they all know somebody who has been killed in the storm. >> it is a lot to take in. >> that is just the remainder where the candle factory. was >> and a place-able recovery will be measured in years, not months. >> and sadly, today searchers just announced that they just found the b...

0micron has become the dominant covid variant in scotland — overtaking delta. the first minister said there were almost 700 confirmed cases, but that the real number was probably much higher. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mckenzie has more. nicola sturgeon had warned of a tsunami of cases, and she said we are beginning to see the effect of that tsunami yesterday. we had around 6000 covid cases. today, there were more than 4000, although, we do understand that is a bit of an underestimat...

50,000 cases for the last while. we are seeing its particularly in london, particularly in scotland where omicron is, the majority, comfortable majority in cases. that will start to dominate the figure is more and more. there is good news in the figures, though. the death figure is slightly down. its been flat or down over the last month, and we have been seen cases rising before the omicron wave came along. thats the effective picture showing through that booster doses do work and have kept the...

Reaction from all sides to all of that. we are keeping an eye on that. it is a fast—moving situation, but it is all linked to lockdown into covid, of course, lets turn our attentions to the health side of this, specifically, because the number of new coronavirus infections across the uk have reached another record high. a further 93,045 covid infections have been recorded in the latest 24—hour period. a further 111 deaths have been reported — thats those whove died within 28—days of a po...

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London is currently being hit hardest by the wave of new infections, with the highest and fastest rising cases. hospital admissions are also on rise too. with so many people becoming infected at the same time, there are concerns about staffing levels. our health editor hugh pym reports from st georges hospital in tooting. in intensive care, staff know that a covid wave is coming their way again. patient numbers have already started creeping up, and they have been warned to prepare for more in a ...