the uk reported more than 91,000 new infections on monday, second highest total during the pandemic. more than 8,000 of those are confirmed to be the omicron variant. and next week germany plans to limit private gatherings to people ten people who are fully vaccinated or recently recovered from covid. and the european commission has authorized a covid vaccine for use right across the block. let's get more on the strands. fred pleitgen is in berlin. the prime minister we heard yesterday basically not announcing any new measures. he did say they were looking at the data, reviewing the data hour by hour were his words. given the surge of cases we pointed to, nada, is he under pressure to consider a plan c here? >> reporter: absolutely, isa. the numbers really do speak for themselves, the second highest daily total we saw. yesterday really bringing into focus the pressure the