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65 and older, and determining specifically, does this actually reduce the likelihood of hospitalization? there is some data circling around the united states if you look at omicron here which shows people who have been unvaccinated, versus fully vaccinated. the unvaccinated are four times more likely to be hospitalized. 12 times versus people who have been boosted. you asked me about this yesterday. vaccinated versus unvaccinated. thats a little example of how effective just the three shots are....

Observers believe putins strategy is far beyond riches. >> he wants to rebuild russia as a great power. and you almost have to go back to the czarist days to understand that. >> reporter: just looks at the gates of putins purported palace, a golden two-headed crowned eagle, similar to that on the palace of russias last czar. just ahead, moderna is the latest of the vaccine companies pushing for an additional covid booster shot as concerns grow over a new sub variant, causing cases to spike aro...

Something else. very few are ending up something else. very few are ending up in intensive care. we now have effective treatments. but although covid deaths are creeping up at about 100 and day, it is still about about 100 and day, it is still about a 12th of what we saw at the peak last winter. it a 12th of what we saw at the peak last winter-— last winter. it would be natural that people — last winter. it would be natural that people look _ last winter. it would be natural that people look...

Like, at school and it was, like, third period and its, like, "hello, is the sun coming?" it is dark all day. not sure why we were talking in british accents in mississippi, but, again, maybe we were just put off by the fact we had daylight savings time around the year. this is a great idea right now. talk to me in january when parents start complaining about their kids sitting out in bus stops when it is pitch dark. >> exactly. 44 past the hour. a lot of folks are up and getting ready for wor...

Thought it might be economic sanctions. china offered its own interpretation of events of the conversation and the language was quite neutral. its always about what they dont say. mr xi jinping refused to condemn russia and he also didnt explicitly blame russia for whats happening.— also didnt explicitly blame russia for whats happening. nomia, thanks so much for— for whats happening. nomia, thanks so much for that _ for whats happening. nomia, thanks so much for that analysis. _ turning to ...

Dropped all across the country, and as a result, drenlt anthony fauci warns the u.s. could see a rise in covid cases, but its too soon to know for sure. there is a new sub variant of omicron thats spreading in the u.s. >> its already causing most new covid infections in europe and the uk, but even though it appears to be even more transmissible than omicron, its not clear if it is more severe. cnns senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, what do we know about this a...

The moment amongst over 70s, which is as we would expect to see a little spike as this variant takes hold, but there is no evidence yet that its any more avirulent than omicron. so as long as our vaccinations are still working, theres obviously a danger of the third dose now beginning to wear off and some of the older people who got it first, and theyll be talking about bring forth that fourth wave, but the new sub variant, we always have a few days of tension, weve seen it time and time again, ...

Its first two covid deaths in over a year. shanghai disneyland has closed its gates starting monday amid the news. the chief executive carrie lam spoke of easing restrictions despite thousands of new daily cases. travel bans on flights from nine different countries will expire april 1st with businesses and schools set to reopen later next month. and in the united states, health experts are preparing for a possible uptick in covid infections largely driven by a highly transmissible sub variant ...

Of failed attempts by quite a number of failed attempts by quite a number of american administrations to rein in the north korean nuclear and missile programmes and none of them have succeeded, so i am not surprised that they are slamming their foot down on the accelerator and trying to get their nuclear programmes and their intercontinental ballistic missile programmes is far advanced as fast as they can. programmes is far advanced as fast as they can-— as they can. thanks for that, kori scha...

But also the sub—variant of 0micron which we know is, on the one hand, more infectious, but on the other hand we know that our vaccines workjust as well against this sub—variant. taking all of that into account, of course we keep the data under review, but there is no particular cause for concern at this point. that was a uks health secretary sajid javid. hong kongs leader, carrie lam, has announced an easing of covid restrictions — from next month. these include ending the ban on flights ...