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The us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics —— because of chinas record on human rights. china calls the boycott "a pretentious act" and against the spirit of the olympics. theres good news and bad news as the world comes to grips with the spread of the omicron variant. on the one hand, experts say that while its very transmissible, the symptoms are relatively mild. thats eased some fears. the bad news, though, is that many countries are tightening their restrictions on...

The world, and that in the uk there was community transmission in multiple regions. we dont yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease, or indeed how it interacts with the vaccines, and so, we cant say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. and labour responded, calling on ministers to commit to a framework of tighter controls for the future. given the likelihood of new variants, will the government now int...

The government also has been making big efforts to encourage more people to get vaccinated. its now compulsory for civil servants, and theyre offering boosters to everyone over the age of 18. all this to protect africas biggest economy and its largest population. only around 2% of nigerians have been fully vaccinated. the british government says the decision to red—list nigeria was made after 21 people with the omicron variant who travelled to england had come from nigeria. but the nigerian ce...

In the community. scientists believe omicron could soon become the dominant variant in the uk. heres our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self—isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around the world, and that in the uk, t...

�*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines. the us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics, because of chinas record on human rights. china calls the boycott "a pretentious act" and against the spirit of the olympics. condemnation from across the world as the former elected leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, is given a prison sentence. as omicron continues to spread around the world — confirmation that the covid—19 variant i...

Told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around the world, and that in the uk, there was community transmission in multiple regions. we dont yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease or indeed how it interacts with the vaccines, and so we cant say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. and labour responded, calling on ministers to commit to a framework of tighter controls for the future. just...

Transmission in multiple regions. taste transmission in multiple regions. we dont transmission in multiple regions. - dont yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease, or indeed how it interacts with the vaccines, and so, we cant say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. and labour responded, calling on ministers to commit to a framework of tighter controls for the future. given the likelihood of new varian...

The likelihood is, therefore, that by christmas, therell be a lot more omicron around, and perhaps by then, well have a slightly better understanding ofjust how this new variant will affect us. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. the mayor of new york, bill de blasio, has issued a vaccine mandate for private—sector workers. it will come into effect on the 27th of december. he called it a pre—emptive strike, designed to stem rising cases of covid—19 as the new omicron variant was gaining a foothol...

In new york city and theres also been rules about dining indoors are going to the movie theatres or go to the gym that you need to show proof of vaccination. so, now the city is going one step further and is going to mandate this for private sector employees and its really going to affect some roughly 184,000 businesses here in the city. nigeria has become the 11th country on the uks covid travel red list, meaning strict limits on travel to britain and 10 days in quarantine for all who do travel...