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That's particularly important in the health care industry. you also have the uk government today securing two contracts. that's going to bring about 4 million -- more than 4 million doses of antivirals that will be here in the country who are covid positive from winding up in icu, winding up seriously sick. the key thing is the booster program. it's like a wartime effort here. you have troops involved, thousands of vaccinators fanned out across the country. if you see a line outside anywhere, it's not about christmas shopping, it's people getting booster jabs. here is the big question, jim. we...

And a lot of it has to do with the unvaccinated. unfortunately, with omicron, being unboosted almost is equivalent to being unvaccinated. >> with holiday gatherings approaching, many americans are waiting in long lines at test sites around the country. >> we are going to get run test even got in line. >> federal health officials say omicron is now responsible for three quarters of new covid cases nationwide one yards of 90% in the southeast, south central. pacific northwest, industrial midwest and new york city area. sources tell fox 5 new york the new year's eve ball drop in times square will...

Museums and put restrictions on night life to try to get the virus under control. >> reporter: everyone here is asking will there be a lockdown before christmas. over the weekend, british scientific advisers warning tougher measures are needed to slow a potential wave of hospitalizations due to the omicron variant. the london mayor declaring a major incident in the city over the weekend and saying further restrictions were inevitable. and the deputy prime minister saying there's no hard and fast guarantees that tougher rules won't come into force before the end of the holiday season. england's...

>> reporter: i think, rosemary, everyone is waking up this morning wondering will there or will there not be restrictions on christmas? over the weekend of course the mayor of london, mayor sadiq khan, putting this city in a state of emergency due to the rise of omicron cases. several days in a row records were broken. records that had not been broken since the start of this pandemic in terms of case numbers. 90,000 cases on a single day on friday. high concern over the rate of hospitalizations which is increasing. of course there's a lag between positive cases and hospitalizations. so health ...

Year. meg. >> oliver: marcie gonzalez in los angeles, thank you. the number of cases involving omicron is doubling every one and a half to three days. csn's imtiaz tyab is tracking the virus, imtiaz. >> meg good evening, in the u.k. it is now the dominant variant. tonight, mayor sadiq khan, part of efforts to try to probate the health care system here. meanwhile makes across europe are implementing restrictions including tightening borders, while the netherlands has just announced it's going through trick lock down over christmas. holiday shoppers were only given a few hours warning before all...