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Tough new measures to stop the spread. starting monday, italy will require a super green pass to access public areas. it's only granted to those who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from covid. meantime, the nearly 14 million residents of tianjin, china have been told not to leave the city unless absolutely necessary. authorities are now testing everyone there for covid. and we've got reporters standing by around the world. cnn's stephen jung is in beijing, and nina dos santos is in london. nina, let's start with you. what is the situation across europe? >> well, the situation across eur...

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The education secretary has said he would support cutting the coronavirus self—isolation period from seven to five days in england, if the move was recommended by experts at the uk health security agency. he said reducing the self—isolation period would help with staff absenteeism. he also denied there were plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests — after a report in a sunday paper. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that boosterjabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off t...

The good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now there's a suggestion that — in england, at least — that period could be cut to five days instead. i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have two negative tests on consecutive days, as we do now with day six and seven, then it's a good thing ...

And to keep our economy open. there is another potential threat to staffing levels on the horizon. all health care workers in england with direct contact with patients need to have had two covid jabs by the end of march or they risk losing theirjobs. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately ia,ooo staff at king's... so you could lose more than 1,000 staff? it's an extreme position. but i am confident, and we're already seeing a number of staff choosing to be vaccinated. the push on vaccinations and boosters, notjust for nhs staff but all of...