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Heavy-handed tactics include welding shut the doors of anyone suspected of having been exposed to the virus. in spite of the invasive monitoring, though, the outbreaks havent top stopped. the latest was in tianjin, commuting distance from beijing where the citys 14 million residents are now being tested en masse after two omicron cases were confirmed. in the northern city of jian state tv showed government food delivers that have come of the 13 million citizens going during their lockdown that b...

Who do extraordinary work in that organisation every single day. but right now they do need our help, and its our great privilege to offer it. from distributing ppe and assisting paramedics, to bolstering teams at testing sites and vaccination centres — the armed forces have been called upon throughout the pandemic. while this latest support�*s being welcomed, some say it highlights the staffing crisis within the nhs. the prime minister has said that the nhs will cope. this is a clear indica...

Hospitals in wales, scotland and northern ireland have all been facing similar pressures, as this winter wave of the pandemic passes and more people seek treatment. jim reed, bbc news. 0ur health correspondent, nick triggle, says there is also concern in the nhs about the governments decision to end all covid restrictions a month earlier than planned. a lot of the experts have been expressing concern and surprise that move. 0ne called it either brave or stupid. the theory is that it could push u...

Back to the community. and in each of these fields, colleagues are struggling to give time and high quality care to patients. the nhs as it has been dealing with record numbers of 999 calls at the same time as high levels of staff sickness caused by covid. hospitals in wales, scotland and northern ireland have all been facing similar pressures as this winter wave of the pandemic passes and more people seek treatment. jim reed, bbc news. our health correspondent nick triggle is here. the nhs stil...

Of staff sickness caused by covid. hospitals in wales, scotland and northern ireland have all been facing similar pressures, as this winter wave of the pandemic passes and more people seek treatment. jim reed, bbc news. our health correspondent, nick triggle, says there is also concern in the nhs about the governments decision to end all covid restrictions a month earlier than planned. a lot of the experts have been expressing concern and surprise at that move. one called it either brave or stup...

Waning? so it could restore it back to those high numbers with the booster. the question is if and when? if we dont expect another wave until an annual winter wave, we have the luxury of time and we can do something like that in the fall. many of us are concerned that weve seen big peaks in the southern states, in texas, in 2020 and 2021, and maybe well have to do it sooner ahead of the summer wave. the bigger question is, what is the long term plan? does this mean annual boosters? do we have to...

Wave in south africa took over and there was really no increase at all in the cases. i think what were seeing in europe right now is the same spring wave that weve seen. its smaller than the winter wave but weve seen the last couple of yearsrst i do think were going to get some of that in the u.s., particularly in the northern states, but its going to be pretty small compared to what we just went through and its really going to be driven more bys the seasonal forcing than the variance in my opin...

Entire country. but well have to see but in any case because weve failed to vaccinate the worlds low and middle income countries so it now generates all our worst variants of concern, even if we do okay with the ba.2 subvariant we should expect another wave across the southern states and texas in the summer and maybe an annual winter wave until we figure out how to vaccinate the world. >> dr. peter hotez, appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you. every day thousands of ukrainians are fleeing the...

Is what happens with that ba.2 subvariant. its not as clear-cut as it was with the alpha wave and the delta wave and the omicron wave. once that became the dominant variant then you saw a big peak. with ba.2 in western europe were seeing it all over the map. in some places it produces a big wave, in other places it doesnt. so were kind of holding our breath to see where things fall out in the united states. it may be one scenario thats being tossed around it may be a regional wave, not across th...

0 6:00 for a full hour of news. >> that is just how i do it. those updates always on our website and we will see you in 30 minutes. captioning sponsored by cbs >> duncan: tonight breaking news in new york city. multiple people are dead. several of them children after one of the worst fires in the citys history. the mayor calling the numbers. >> a horrific, horrific, painful moment for the city of new york. >> duncan: also tonight, covid keeps surging, setting new records. nearly five million cas...