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Important ones. boosters, important. people should get them. what is most important is to get those first vaccinations. that's that's more important. so this data, the reason why we care about this data, israel started a robust booster program back in august, way before a lot of other places did. in addition, israel has a centralized national health service and they're great at keeping data. their data is quite meaningful. let's look at one of their findings. they looked at more than 843,000 people, some of whom received a booster and some of them didn't and this part is really important. they...

>> i'm salma abdelaziz in london. the u.k. government is taking steps to curb any potential spread of the ohm mi omicron va. the health secretary says he expects the case count to rise. what are the new restrictions? mask mandates will go into place on tuesday in public transport. travel restrictions have been expanded against south africa and several other neighboring countries but crucially, the u.k. is looking at expanding its booster program. everyone over the age of 18 now will be recommended a booster shot. there's also potentially a fourth shot to be offered to those who are severely im...

Confirmed up in ontario in canada. the uk government is announcing new restrictions. >> there are new measures coming into force in the uk, perhaps not as stringent as what we've saw when previous variants were found. but the prime minister did announce yesterday that mandatory mask wearing will be brought back into force on public transport. and the government is looking at the booster program, widening the pool of people eligible to get that booster jab and of course shortening that gap between the second and third dose. so that is coming on to consideration. that's all part of efforts to re...

Coronavirus variant. he's called on people to come forward for booster vaccinations and is urgently considering widening the booster program. two people who tested positive for the new variant remain in isolation. as our health correspondent anna collinson reports. the borders have already been breached by omicron with two cases of the heavily mutated covid variant detected in england, scientist and the government fears there may be more. the threat it poses is currently unknown but there are concerns limitations mean it may spread more quickly. the south african doctor who first spotted omicr...

More is learned about what these countries can do to stop or mitigate the spread of it. >> and in the meantime, europe still in the throws of the existing covid crisis, because of the delta variant. so how are the worst-hit countries trying to cope with that? >> well, exactly right. the w.h.o said that europe is the epicenter of the fourth wave of the pandemic. now, it was already difficult for countries like germany, which has seen record-breaking cases. austria is in full lockdown, the netherlands were already in a partial laockdown. and there were some people that had that variant. it's a r...