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Of the booster roll—out, didnt justify tougher measures. however, the prime minister says situation is finely balanced and remains difficult across the country, infgection rates at an all—time high, and he did not rule out tighter restrictions after the festive period. more on that in a moment, but lets take a look at the rest of the days developments. the chancellor rishi sunak has announced a £1 billion fund to help businesses hit by the rise in covid cases, including the leisure and hosp...

Contagious than delta. find this virus is 5- times more contagious than delta. and that is sim - le contagious than delta. and that is simple arithmetic _ contagious than delta. and that is simple arithmetic formula - is simple arithmetic formula which i can understand. so what do we do short of a full lockdown again? what should i be doing, what should everybody be doing, what should everybody be thinking about doing?- be thinking about doing? doctor fel and be thinking about doing? doctor fel...

Transmitted cases with the usual strategy of mass testing and quarantine as well as extensive contact tracing. with the authorities here further convinced of the effectiveness of the zero covid policy as the omicron variant continues to spread fast in many other countries. now, the one big challenge facing the government here is the upcoming lunar new year holiday which means millions of people would be on the move to go home. already weve seen local officials discourage travel during that perio...

Need to be afraid of omicron. by applying the dynamic zero case policy and observing the prevention and control measures, unquote. china is confident in what its calling a dynamic zero covid strategy. its a strategy of throwing the entire pandemic playbook at even just a handful of cases. youve got mass testing or contact tracing, snap lockdowns, border controls, travel restrictions, et cetera. i think china is using the word "dynamic" here because it realizes it is very difficult to keep the nu...

Enhanced mass testing which might help control the spread of the crown without necessarily requiring the stringent control measures that we have seen previously.— stringent control measures that we have seen previously. when you say mass testing. _ have seen previously. when you say mass testing, are _ have seen previously. when you say mass testing, are you _ have seen previously. when you say mass testing, are you talking - have seen previously. when you say mass testing, are you talking abo...

I would like to ask both of you, if i may, whether you would, given the modelling, the work that you are all doing, would you like to see greater restrictions on what we have just outlined? the mask wearing and so on that were focusing on right now? it is not for me to say — im here to provide evidence as to the epidemiology and it is up for decision makers to make those calls. we do know that very stringent restrictions come with their own downsides. they can be devastating for individuals an...

To restrict the spread of a particular cluster. now, they are also doing mass testing. this, again, something that china has done repeatedly so, some 300,000 people are being tested to see just how widespread the community transmission is. but we really are seeing the zero covid policy and, of course, just a couple of months away from the beijing winter olympics, china is doing everything it can to make sure that these outbreaks do not spread. >> eleni giokos in johannesburg and paula hancocks i...

Away. it wont be easy. >> i do think it is cause for concern. this is the last thing that organizers would want. this is just not the big question mark that anyone would want at this moment. >> reporter: while the new variant has not yet been reported within mainland china, there are several confirmed cases in neighboring hong kong. a foreign ministry spokes person saying the omicron variant will pose some challenges, but they are confident the winter olympics will be held smoothly and successfu...

Just died. eastern european countries like poland have been especially hard hit, recording their highest daily infection rate since last april. and covid intensive care units like this are filling up once again. were told the unvaccinated make up 99% of the fatalities here. how many patients will survive? how many will die? >> generally, about, i dont know about, about 20% will survive. >> reporter: 20% survive. >> yes. >> reporter: none of them have been vaccinated. >> yes. >> reporter: back he...

Explain whats going on as far as president xi is concerned. >> reporter: well, wolf, beijing hasnt given an official reason for why he wont be here in person, but xi jinping has not left china in more than two years, ever since the pandemic started. at home he is dealing with another surge in covid-19 cases. china has recorded more than 200 infections since october 17th, which, wolf, sounds very low by international standards, but in china where they are still pursuing this zero tolerance covid-...