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For more on the sky-high infection rates across the uk and a major announcement from the mayor of london i'm joined by cnn's scott mclean in london. so scott, the london mayor declaring a major incident. explain what that means and why he's doing it. >> reporter: hey, kim. yeah. so effectively, it sort of ramps up the level of resources that all of the first responders, all of the different health care agencies can access in the city of london. but there is no doubt about how seriously european leaders are taking the omicron variant. in fact, because of the surge in omicron right now brits are...

And that is the dilemma for ministers — do they wait until the threat from omicron becomes clear and hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act now as a precaution and risk the wrath of many in their own party and beyond westminster? fergus walsh, bbc news. the uk foreign secretary liz truss is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. ms truss has the task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. the current arrangement, called the...

The implications of the omicron pandemic and infection in this country, in terms of severe disease. and that is the dilemma for ministers — do they wait until the threat from omicron becomes clear and hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act now as a precaution and risk the wrath of many in their own party and beyond westminster? fergus walsh, bbc news. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk show there were 82,886 new infections recorded, in the latest 24—hour period. 45 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test. on vaccinations, over ...

I think the longer we wait, the more problematic this is going to be. we have learned from previous experience, surely, that if we dither and delay, we get ourselves into more trouble. the problem here is, of course, we don't fully understand the implications of the omicron pandemic and infection in this country, in terms of severe disease. and that is the dilemma for ministers — do they wait until the threat from omicron becomes clear and hope to avoid lockdown measures, or act now as a precaution and risk the wrath of many in their own party and beyond westminster? fergus walsh, bbc news. ...

Discussing lockdown measures. beyond that, we don't have more information. the health secretary saying this morning that if there were to be any kind of further measures taken beyond what's in place right now, that parliament would be recalled. there's plenty of suggestion in this country that the current measures, the indoor mask mandate and the covid passports for very large events and for nightclubs probably won't be enough to kcurb the spread of omicron. it seems like the prime minister is taking this wait-and-see approach, because right now at least nationally, there hasn't been any signi...