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Icus filling up here. we went to one of them, and heres what we saw. another tragic day in this icu in germanys capital, berlin. this 82-year-old womans husband just died of covid here. now, doctors and nurses are fighting for her life. but we ask if shes surprised she got the virus. she shakes her head. no, she says. thats because germany is currently suffering through the worst covid outbreak since the pandemic began. most of those who end up in icus are unvaccinated or might have waning immun...

Is delay the seeding of omicron in this country. that is why tough checks at the borders are so important. we do not see any need at present certainly to change the overall guidance about how people should live their lives and while people continue to be cautious and sensible we think that is the right approach. if you look at what is happening with the overall state of the pandemic, our strategy for fighting the delta version, the one that has been most dominant for a while now, has basically b...

Did. also could take time. there are questions about the variant that need to be answered. meantime, officials here and across the world say getting the vaccine or booster shot if available is the key. wolf? >> certainly is. thank you very much. lets go to germany. another country where omicron is complicating the fight against covid-19. senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is in berlin. >> reporter: hi there, wolf. a dire situation in germany. right now, theres a lot of daily new in...

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From scientists im speaking to, just based on their gut feel and maybe some incidental evidence, is it could still be effective, these existing vaccines, to a large degree against this variant, but they dont know for sure. of course, there are parts of the world, including many parts of africa, where vaccines are just not available. finally, how severe is this virus? is it similar to previous variants like delta, like alpha, or somehow worse? at this stage, theres no evidence this is more severe...

They didnt feel like they were being properly informed? precisely. the airport told us this was an extraordinary situation and they are evaluating how it is being handled. today, a lot of the places people are hoping to visit will be closing early because under these new measures bars, restaurants, cafes, nonessential shops will all have to close at five oclock in the afternoon until five oclock in the morning. amateur sports, too. this is the time of year when so many businesses were hoping to ...

It is being handled. today, a lot of the places people are hoping to visit will be closing early because under these new measures, bars, restaurants, cafes, nonessential shops, will all have to close at five oclock in the afternoon until five oclock in the morning. amateur sports, too. this is the time of year when so many businesses were hoping to recover some of the costs lost during the pandemic, but these measures are considered to be critical. because record—breaking infection rates, anot...

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Are seeing, and again as i have said, it might be currently mild, we dont know what is going to happen, but at least it would have been better if there was a time where we can say, listen, we might impose restrictions on your country going forward, or for your own people travelling to south africa, butjust to come up overnight and slam us, i think that is a bit premature. remember what im saying for now, we are seeing mild cases, and it is really mild cases. we have so far been able to treat eve...