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The omicron wave may have peaked. an overnight curfew that was imposed as part of a package of restrictions to try and stop the spread of omicron in the country has been lifted. the government there says the omicron variant, while highly transmissible, has seen lower hospitalisation rates than previous waves. major firework displays and celebrations have been cancelled in paris, and edinburgh's famous hogmanay event has been called off. major events in the us and australia such as the celebrations in times square and at sydney harbour have been scaled back. in the uk, prime minister boris john...

Of cases. >> it is more relevant to focus on the hospitalizations as opposed to the total number of cases. doctor anthony fauci yesterday offering a really hopeful, framing as we confront this latest covid wave. the point he is making is that the case numbers, what's worth watching, but they may not be the most consequential thing to watch right now. if most of the cases that we are getting with this omicron wave are cases in which people are not getting particularly sick. with this new particular wave we hire having, cases around the country, new infections, have gone up so much that the char...

Workers are? i say that because in the latest jobs period we were expecting more jobs, only got 199,000 and six straight months it's been less than the estimate out there. that kind of stuff happens, but look at the number on the far right or those listening on radio, four and a half million, already quit the work force in the latest month. four and a half million and nothing is bringing them back. where are they going? it's a conundrum for the white house. jacqui heinrich is here with more. jacqui: good morning, neil, happy saturday. coronavirus muddled another jobs report. disease's weakest,...

Among the messages, "my biggest dream is that covid ends." sometimes children just put it best. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. british prime minister borisjohnson insists the current level of covid restrictions in england is "helping tak the edge off the omicron wave," and that the government is taking a "balanced approach". but new figures highlight the scale of the challenge. the latest research shows that one every in 15 people across the uk had covid in the run—up to new year's eve. with more details, here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. a new year, a familiar problem. are you g...

And the requirement to self—isolate on arrival until receipt of a negative pcr test will be dropped. he also said this. thanks to the sheer size of the omicron wave, we still need to take steps to ensure our testing capacity reaches those who need it most. we will be suspending the need to do a pcr to confirm the result of a positive lateral flow test. from next tuesday, if you test positive, you should just record that result and begin self—isolation. the latest figures show the uk has reported just under 200,000 new cases of the coronavirus in the past 2a hours. the latest figures from t...