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The health care system already coming under strain. we are already seeing in france here operations being deprogrammed, patients being turned away in order that i.c.u. beds can be kept clear for what is expected to be a rise in the number of hospitalizations. what he described yesterday and and fairly alarming terms, was that what france is seeing a fifth wave of a tsunami, max. >> the pressure on the health care system here in the uk seems to be because of a lack of testing. a lot of health care workers have got a lot of issues working out whether or not people are positive or negative, but a...

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But two-thirds of critical care nurses have considered quitting. >> yes, you are absolutely right. and as a nurse practitioners myself i can speak and say from the very beginning of the pandemic we have been there in testing sights and we have in the ed and icu's and we have been seeing patients on the phone and telehealth and this has been going on for two years continuously and shortage and burnout was actually present before we went into the pandemic. now having to work extra and overtime and pick up additional shifts and if you're taking care of covid positive patients, you're doing all of...

Municipal health commission bowed and apologized, but for angry citizens saying it's not enough. >> reporter: ivan watson in hong kong. some senior government officials here in this city are issuing public apologies on their way into government quarantine. and this is after a bunch of lawmakers and top officials attended a crowded birthday party with more than 150 people in a spanish tapas restaurant monday night, days after the top health official in the city instructed residents to avoid large gatherings saying the city was on the fifth wave of covid infections. there have been at least two ...

People a fourth booster, the cases are rising dramatically. we're joined now by anthony fauci, chief medical adviser to the president. always good of you to come back on the programme we appreciate your time but i want to talk to you since the day and is the end of the first year ofjoe biden's time in office where we are with a pandemic and whether it's been a success. we are in a fifth wave in the pandemic and deaths are still rising but testing programme is onlyjust wrapping up and you have only got 62% of the american public fully vaccinated. does that qualify as a success? i don't think yo...