we have the vaccine already here. how is it being taken there. >> jim, i know across the world people are bracing for that storm of omicron. here in the uk it's already arrived. we are absolutely in the eye of the storm. record-breaking case numbers in recent days. tens of thousands of people testing positive for covid-19. the prime minister has vowed no new restrictions before christmas. health officials taking steps to bolster their defenses against omicron. you mentioned one of the key ones there, young people aged between 5 and 11 now approved for a child vaccination from pfizer. authorities are going to start recommending that to children in that age group who are particularly vulnerable. you also now have the covid isolation period being reduced from ten days to seven days as long as you test negative on a lateral flow test for the sixth and seventh day. that's to keep the country running essentially because so many critical services are not running due to the number of positive cases.
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