this is bbc news, i'm ben boulos, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk, on pbs in the us and around the world. borisjohnson says 90% of people in intensive care with covid have not had their boosterjab — as cases in the uk hit a pandemic high ofjust over 183 thousand. i think it is worrying seeing so many cases that we know even though it is a small percentage of those people that will become seriously ill, that will be a large number that is still going to be admitted to the hospital over the coming week. as record infections rates are also reported across europe and the us — the world health organisation warns of a huge strain on global health services. i'm highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible, circulating at the same time as delta, is leading