welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories: new studies suggest the omicron variant, though highly contagious, could be milder, with fewer people needing hospital treatment compared to previous covid variants. but as the uk records over 100,000 new cases for the first time, there are warnings that the sheer number of infections could still overwhelm health services. as covid cases rise in china, more than 13 million people in the city of xi'an are told to stay at home. hong kong's pillar of shame statue commemorating the tiananmen square massacre is dismantled. we hear from the work's danish sculptor. and celebrating a break from pandemic gloom
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