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Joining us now, president and ceo of the university hospital in newark, new jersey. thank you very much for being on this morning, doctor. let's pull back a little bit and just, first, talk about omicron. and is your hospital system ready for potential surge during the holidays? >> well, thanks so much for having me.oncerned, mika. of course, explosion in cases of the omicron variant in the new york metro area is concerning. we're not yet seeing a major signal in hospitalizations yet. regardless, we've seen a doubling in the folks with covid-19 in our beds just over the last two weeks. the mor...

Borisjohnson said the situation in the uk is and always will be immeasurably better than it was a year ago, immeasurably better than it was a yearago, but immeasurably better than it was a year ago, but the government was taking proportionate precautionary measures while scientists crack the omicron code. here is our health editor hugh pym. there is new urgency to the booster jab campaign. this is one of the centres having to gear up for the faster roll—out, with all adults becoming eligible and the gap between second dose and boosters halved to three months. it is certainly a major logistic...

Around the world who are now stepping up travel restrictions continues to grow, and that is something people need to bear in mind and check if they are planning on travelling abroad from the uk any time soon. as we have seen over the past few days, things can still change quickly.— past few days, things can still chance cuickl. . , �* , ., ,, change quickly. katy austin, thank ou. borisjohnson was repeatedly asked today about socialising in the run up to christmas. he urged people not to cancel parties or school nativity plays despite a call from a senior health official to limit some soci...

Officials say take-up of boosters officials say take—up of boosters have been disappointing until the middle of last week, but since thursday, when news of the variant emerged, they say more people have been coming in and the first or second doses as well as boosters. beverley was one of them. she already qualified for a booster and booked in after she first heard the news about omicron. it booked in after she first heard the news about omicron.— booked in after she first heard the news about omicron. it was on the back of my — news about omicron. it was on the back of my mind _ news abo...

Treat republicans and democrats equalitily. it is -- equally. it is sound policy. we don't know a lot of about omicron. we know it can transfer over person to person whether vaccinated or not worse than delta variability. i would like to see more data. i think it would be important to making policy decisions related to travel. it is the right decision right now. the policy is the same, they should be treated equally and that's the problem with politics in this country today, they're not. jason: well, but leting look at florida versus michigan. florida has some of the best covid transmission ra...