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To rising infection levels after the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland all implemented measures to stem the spread of the 0micron variant. with a record number of covid cases recorded on christmas day, there were fears of a rather bleaker new year. scotland, wales and northern ireland have all imposed further restrictions. so there was pressure on the government at westminster to make it clear if england would follow. for the time being, it wont. and for the remain...

And so we made the decision to have them out until this surge begins to decline. >> reporter: jones said the district was allocated nearly $150 million in federal funds to make improvements to slow the spread of the virus. renovations have been made, but theres still more work. >> our ventilation is not where it needs to be to ensure total safety. and so, were working at that. and weve been working at that for the last year or so. >> reporter: jones says he isnt willing to risk losing anyone aga...

The covid vaccine appears to protect you against serious illness. the booster gives you an additional three months of protection for healthy young people, against mild disease. thats not a lot. the trick is vaccinating the unvaccinated. >> i want to ask quickly about this idea of the new normal. its weird to wrap your mind around. a doctor talked about it this morning on our air. i want to play for you what he said. >> once were down, we have to sustain it, and we will live with it. well be in a...

>> two first sets of issues. ten months ago. schools havent spent the money doing that. thats irresponsible and people should be held to account. the second question what do we do now in schools that have not done it and what we know especially if you think about, for instance, teachers and their safety, teachers have all been vaccinated, boosted and people can ware high-quality mask which are readily available. ventilation and testing would be helpful. im a big believer of those things but they...

Of time is off the table. >> chicago isnt the only city struggling with the return to the classroom. the head of the milwaukee teachers union said this, they can all declare schools will be open but unless they have hundreds of thousands of people to step in for educators who are s sick in this uncontrolled surge, they wont be. joining me is dr. jha. i want to get into public policy and what youre seeing with omicron in a moment. i want to start here. this is a pconcern. given what were seeing r...

Important thing. _ hospitalisation? thats the really important thing. a _ hospitalisation? thats the really important thing. a certain - hospitalisation? thats the really i important thing. a certain severing for hospitalisation but they are still going up. the big severing is between really severe outcomes. there are still no sign of a serious increase in intensive care, ventilation and debts. we would have expected to see that by now so that is the really reassuring thing. i think we can guara...

Versus omicron infection. after 90 days their effect went negative. i.e. vaccinated people were more susceptible to omicron infections. this makes comments from teachers unions, reps, justifying the ongoing school closures all the more infuriating. >> we dont know what new variant of this virus will come upon us, but this is what we do know. if we put in place a great strategy, testing and vaccinations, ventilation, cleaning services, washing hands, making sure that we wear masks, all of those t...

Teacher vaccinations, there were ways to keep everyone safe with masking and ventilation it testing. after vaccines schools became very safe because teachers were given priority for vaccines, and now we have to vaccine for children down to the age of 5. so putting it all together in january of 2022 we shouldnt be closing schools. no matter how many cases there are because we have so much opportunity to get vaccines, and we still have the mitigation procedures in place. so im sad to see this happ...

Staff, pcas, respiratory therapists to flip them on to their stomach so they can get better ventilation and breathe better. >> reporter: a country hoping to move on from covid, throw around 15% of he will eligible adults refusing to be vaccinated. >> i cant believe that i didnt get the shot, and i will be getting one because i dont want to do this again. >> and sam joins us now from miami so, sam, what does the hospital picture look like across the country? >> reporter: kristen, roughly half of ...

I believe that spending peoples money wisely, being tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime, and standing up for our national security are labour positions, and traditional labour positions you can trace back to the attlee government. lets turn to yourjob, then, and what you have to do, before we return to some more fascinating things about your life as well. you now have to shape labours message on this continuing pandemic. youve used a phrase about living with the virus. interestingly,...