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Tonight at 10: the scale of the omicron crisis is revealed, as new figures suggest one in every 15 people in the uk was infected in the run up to new year's eve. no more pcr tests to confirm a positive lateral flow result in england and wales, to help ease pressure on labs, if there are no symtoms. but fears remain, for hospitals... potentially of greatest concern, case rates are now rising rapidly among the older and more vulnerable, including doubling every week among those over 60, with the obvious risk that this will continue to increase the pressures on our nhs. but the prime minister ins...

Borisjohnson meets his cabinet over his decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england — despite high levels of infection. it comes as health chiefs say the need for confirmatory pcr tests in england for people who don't have symptoms will be dropped. there are really accurate when you have a very infectious variant like omicron, so, actually, what we do all the time is look at what makes sense. in scotland, the government considers a reduction in the time people have to isolate from ten to seven days. and, in france, president macron causes uproar by using strong language abou...

To the game. i know kids who were in university in england who came back with rapid tests to the u.s., not this christmas, but a year ago christmas. this has been the norm elsewhere. we need many, many more rapid tests. it's really good that the biden administration is now taking action, but it's kind of too little, too late. and there's going to need to be a lot more done. and we just have to think about it in a totally different way. and ps, you know, a rapid test is a screening test. many people will still need pcr tests. and those are taking five to seven days to come back. and as we see n...

Going to double that. that's something that parents if they want their children to be tested with those pcr tests during the week, it's something they have to opt in for, and so far there are a lot of students, a lot of parents who have not opted in for that option. so what do new yorkers think about this? there's mixed reaction from staff, teachers, students, and their parents. we spoke to one mom this morning who told us she doesn't really feel comfortable sending her children back to school right now, given that less than half of children in new york city who are eligible to be vaccinated l...

Today at six, startling new figures on covid infections in the uk. one in every 15 people were infected in the run—up to new year's eve. no more pcr tests for those with a positive lateral flow result in england and wales, if there are no symptoms. which could ease pressure on labs. but fears remain for hospitals. potentially of greatest concern, case rates are now rising rapidly among the older and more vulnerable, including doubling every week among those over 60, with the obvious risk that this will continue to increase the pressure is on our nhs. the isolation period in scotland is comin...