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Variant, like previous variants, infects us initially in the upper airways. there's nothing about vaccination that prevents that happening. as time goes on and more of the population has been infected or vaccinated, our immune resistance against infection and against severity of symptoms is going up. one of the things authorities are clearly reacting to is the fact that while hospitalisation rates are going up relatively slowly, relative to case rates, case rates are climbing at a very high rate. so there is a pressure to react but also an awareness that very likely our immune systems are comi...

Has said he believes we can write out the current wave of 0micron. do you think he is right? we out the current wave of omicron. do you think he is right?— you think he is right? we are certainly putting _ you think he is right? we are certainly putting into - you think he is right? we are certainly putting into the - you think he is right? we are | certainly putting into the test you think he is right? we are i certainly putting into the test at the moment. we have staggeringly high infection rates. 0ne the moment. we have staggeringly high infection rates. one in 15 is just a staggering nu...

Test kits and uploading their results to our centralized website which gave a chance of the best information how school should proceed. i'm very happy that d.c. public schools are open today. we have had only one school that had to transition totally to virtual learning because of case rates. we have a few classrooms affected. but most importantly, 50,000 kids in d.c. public schools and 50,000 in public charter schools. >> so i want to ask you -- look, i'm a d.c. public school parent myself, sending two little ones off to school. did their little nose tests yesterday. >> thank you. >> my kids ...

You have a very contagious virus that is spreading rapidly through our community. it affecting a lot of people with chronic illnesses and making them sicker and in need of hospital based care. that is not just my hospital system, it is involving all the hospital systems within the greater oklahoma city and within oklahoma in general. the numbers that you reference as it relates to the case rates certainly play into this. i think the other factors that play into this and it the per -- perfect storm, adverity with regards to staffing. dr. watson referenced that we are very, very limited with sta...

As positivity rates hit "astronomically high" levels. mr drakeford says now isn't the time to make changes with case rates increasing. i was last here just before christmas, and since then the public health situation in wales has changed dramatically. at that time the 0micron variant was still an approaching storm, coming towards us on the horizon. today that storm is fully upon us. 0micron is now the dominant form of the virus in wales, and cases are rising rapidly and every day. the outcome of this week's review means that we will be staying at alert level two. there are no new changes to in...