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And large indoor events in scotland, the relaxing of rules for hospitality in northern ireland and a gradual easing of restrictions in wales. but in some parts of the uk, particularly in the north of england, infections are still very high. health officials are concerned that relaxing the rules has come to soon. enabling full mixing without any mitigation, such as wearing masks or social distancing, will mean that there will be, sort of, preventable transmission. it would've been slightly better had we got our case rates lower before we started to relax completely. the health service remains u...

Is kind of altering the initial plans. >> so speaking of omicron and how the new research suggested it is, kwoerkts inherently milder than delta for children under age 5. of course, those who can't get vaccinated. the study says about 1% of kids infected with omicron were hospitalized compared with 3% of kids who had the delta variant. overall, case rates and hospitalizations are at a record high, though. i wonder what you're seeing in your hospital right now with omicron and children 5 and under. >> well, we are seeing a lot of kids under 5 get hospitalized here in houston. and a number of th...

Enabling full mixing without any mitigation, such as wearing masks or social distancing, will mean that there will be, sort of, preventable transmission. it would've been slightly better had we got our case rates lower before we started to relax completely. the health service remains under pressure, but the immediate threat of 0micron seems to be receding. ministers have made a judgment call. the costs of restrictions now outweigh the benefits. dominic hughes, bbc news, bolton. let's get more on those record nhs waiting lists in wales and look at the figures in more details. the overall waitin...

Under three million people who had the virus in the uk last week. that was down, although falling at a slower rate than before. in england, where one in 20 had the virus, wales one in 30 and scotland one in 30, case rates were lower, but, in northern ireland, with one in 20, the trend was said to be uncertain. at the population level, things are looking much better than they were a few weeks ago. most if not all of the indicators are moving in the right direction and that is good news, wejust need to keep a steady state and watch, of course, the changes that are being introduced in terms of po...

Better, it will allow them to live more of a normal life and it will definitely reduce their anxiety, so just awareness of others would be amazing. restrictions in northern ireland are being eased today, with nightclubs reopening and indoor standing events such as concerts allowed again, though proof of vaccination or a negative test result will be required. the latest office for national statistics survey suggests there were just under 3 million people who had the virus in the uk last week. that was down, although falling at a slower rate than before. in england, where one in 20 had the virus...