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Scotland, looking at scottish data, which is very encouraging and ache for these early national data suggested omicron is associated with a two thirds reduction in the risk of covid—19 hospitalisations when compared with delta. now, it is quite small. it's only based on 22,000 omicron admissions, largely in young people, but if it had been delta, they estimate that should've been 47 admissions and in fact, there only 15. it's very encouraging.- there only 15. it's very encourauain. , ., , encouraging. sorry to interrupt. that's also _ encouraging. sorry to interrupt. that's also on _ encoura...

Which have largely been based on assuming rather pessimistically that on the premise of the same severity as delta and i'm sure that they're being revised very rapidly at the moment. ~ ., , ., ~' being revised very rapidly at the moment. ~ ., , ., ~ ., moment. when do you think we are likel to moment. when do you think we are likely to see — moment. when do you think we are likely to see more _ moment. when do you think we are likely to see more certain _ moment. when do you think we arej likely to see more certain real-time likely to see more certain real—time real—life data was shallow...

Well, it's literally in the next day or two, there will be more information about severity of omicron and how will vaccines protect against severe disease, and put into place to help scientists and understand the characteristics of the omicron variant and that will then feed into the decisions that ministers need to take as to what, if any measures, additional measures need to be put in place to try to of the virus. . ., ~' , ., , the virus. catherine, thank you very much. let's talk to our political correspondent ben wright. 100,000 cases, more restrictions to be brought in wells, moore and n...

Unvaccinated people. not an boosted people. and b must be very clear that the vaccines we have remain effective against both the delta and omicron variance. the global priority must be to support all countries to reach the target as quickly as possible and the 70% target by the middle of this year. no country can boost its way out of the pandemic. in boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to go ahead with the plan celebrations without the need for other precautions. people infected with covid19 in england will from today be able stop self—isolating after seven days — as long as they've had a ...

Surprise at all in white whole or in any of the developed nations. we are still within a rising wave infections that is going across the country and this is what officials had expected. but we have seen as a fracturing of the response to these figures across the uk and so we have seen governments in wales, scotland and northern ireland have tighter curbs for activities after christmas day whereas if we wait to see if thatis day whereas if we wait to see if that is a path that the westminster government is going to go down for england. at the moment, they have said no new restrictions in englan...