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Who had a family reunion, 22 people were supposed to be there, four can show up. everybody else -- >> wow. >> it was jay, mika. >> everybody else in lockdown. it's crazy. is that the same story in britain? >> it's the same story everywhere. my sister lives in morocco, morocco shuts border. you can't fly in or fly out whatever nationality you are. my husband called scotland, half of his nephews and nieces all have omicron. the u.k. you can get testing and it's free. you can pick up free rapid tests in any pharmacies. they are readily available. the testing level revealing more cases, they don't...

Places or in states that we've just been commenting, or is this some kind of a new -- because omicron is relatively new. >> mm-hmm. well, it's a combination of both. we were already heading into a surge from delta, heading into the thanksgiving holiday. and, of course, people, when they were socializing with family, with friends, many will not have been wearing masks, will not have been taking precautions. and we saw this last thanksgiving and christmas and new year's. we saw a surge around that time. related to just social behavior. but now on top of that, you do have omicron. and the new yor...

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To become the more dominant variant over the next few days. anecdotally in your work as a gp, have you seen any cases? is that certainly becoming the case as you are aware? well, cases of covid generally are obviously very high at the moment, over 50,000 a day, and certainly seeing those types of coughs in general practice. when my patients get tested, some of them indeed do have covid and do have omicron. mostly we are seeing people who do have mild disease. but that could be a function of the fact they are speaking to a gp rather than calling an ambulance. i have to say anecdotally the peopl...

Of a party or get—togethers around government, when social mixing was banned a year ago. this is the latest in a torrent of stories that suggests otherwise. chris mason, bbc news. people in england aged between 30 and 39 can book their booster jab from tomorrow. the acceleration of the vaccination programme comes, as scientists warn that the uk could face record levels of infection, without further restrictions. our reporter simonjones has more. it's a national mission, the health secretary says, to getjabs into arms as quickly as possible. 22 million booster vaccinations have already been a...