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And very few covid patients are ending up in intensive care. we now have effective treatments and covid deaths are about 1/12 of the level we saw at the peak last winter. understandably, people are keen to know how we compare with other countries, especially other european countries, especially other european countries, what would you say? pretty similar across europe. europe is still in the grip of micron, driven by dismal infectious sub variant ba2. it comes at a time when europe has been lifting restrictions on countries, there has been more mixing, giving the opportunity for it to spread. ...

>> dana: u.s. health officials expected to authorize a second covid booster shot for people 50 and older in an effort to add another layer of protection against omicron and new sub variant. jonathan serrie live in atlanta home in the cdc. when will we know about this? >> possibly later this week, dana. government officials telling the "washington post" that the fda could approve a second booster dose for anyone 50 and older as early as tuesday. the potential move comes amid growing evidence the protection from the current three-dose vaccine regimen wanes over time and federal health officials ...