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Doctor raahib ali is an epidemiologist from cambridge university and is also a nhs consultant.he joins me from high wycombe in england. did not add for the restrictions of the stare? , ,, the stage? good evening. i think, liven the the stage? good evening. i think, given the large — the stage? good evening. i think, given the large amount _ the stage? good evening. i think, given the large amount of - given the large amount of uncertainty that there is about the key metric that we need to know is the hospitalisation rate for omicron given that it is still very uncertain. i think it won't be ...

Time of the delta wave is that voluntary changes to peoples behaviour and the number of contacts, not attending christmas parties or those parties being cancelled. and hate in impact on how covid—19 could spread and we have seen this before. the rates were not going to continue doubling every two days because that's not the way pandemics work. we don't know if the slowdown is going to be sustained, but it is encouraging that it is certainly decreased we appear to be approaching this but it is still early days. qt approaching this but it is still early days-— approaching this but it is stil...

So, the proportion of people who are getting the omicron variant who are ending up on hospital is substantially lower than in the delta wave. so, you know, more tests need to be done both in the lab and in the clinical setting, but it is a case that here in south africa at least this wave is far less severe in terms of serious cases. rosemary? >> still a lot to learn. but very interesting. david mckenzie joining us live from johannesburg. many thanks. chinese tennis star peng shuai says there's been a misunderstanding about recent sexual assault allegations made against a former senior gover...

Well, germany has followed france in imposing restrictions on travellers from the uk. while the country still has lower case numbers than the uk, the number of deaths following a positive covid test is rising. i'm joined now by kai zacharowski, who is head of the intensive care unit at the university hospital frankfurt. welcome to the programme. the german health minister was saying a couple of days ago he expects the omicron variant to unleash what he called a massive fifth wave of the pandemic. do you share that same fear? i do share this- — do you share that same fear? i do share this. be...

Professional sports leagues are cancelling games, major colleges are moving to remote learning and keep in mind we're still in the throes of the delta wave, the delta variant still accounts for 97% of reporting infections here in the u.s. right now, but we know omicron is more transmissible and it is spreading fast. >> this virus is extraordinary. it has a doubling time of anywhere from two to three days. right now in certain regions. country 50% of the ice lets are omicron which means it's going to take over. >> even if it has a lower risky is veracast we could be having a million cases a day...