temperatures are expected to reach well into the 30s across southern england today a level three heat health alert has been issued for the region on what could be the hottest day of the year england has appointed its first women s health ambassador with the aim of closing the gender health gap president zelensky says ukraine is closer than ever to the eu with senior officials in brussels expected to recommend it as a formal candidate for membership later today. welcome to bbc news. this morning we re looking at the impact of the rising cost of living with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11% later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events taking place thousands of miles away in ukraine but the pinch is already being felt right here in the uk. it comes as a bbc commissioned survey suggests we re cutting back on food and travel as those price rises hit our household budgets. four thousand
published by the government. as part of plans for the data reform bill announced in the queen s speech, ministers have proposed replacing pop up cookie alerts on websites with an opt out system where users set cover all data permissions in their web browser settings, removing the need to consent to cookies on each site they visit. new research suggests the 0micron variant of coronavirus is less likely to leave patients with long covid than the previous delta variant. king s college london looked at data from nearly 100,000 people logging symptoms on an app. a little more than 4% of those infected during the 0micron wave registered long covid symptoms compared to 10% during delta. the time is almost half past nine. now it s time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas.
to the 0micron variant. on thursday, the country reported the highest number of cases since september. to south africa now, the first country to identify cases of the 0micron variant of coronavirus last month. well, authorities there say all indicators suggest it has passed the peak of the fourth wave of infections. the government is lifting with immediate effect the curfew it imposed to combat the new variant. it s also easing other restrictions. the authorities said there had been an almost 30% drop in the number of new cases during the week ending on december 25. i asked dr mati hlatshwayo davis, director of health for the city of st louis, if it is too soon to say the fourth wave is in decline. it is too soon, but honestly, it is a credit to south africa who have been exemplary from the start. besides having some of the best scientific experts
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teachers to wear face coverings in face coverings in classrooms if they are at the front of the class delivering a lesson. i know this is something people feel very strongly about, and some people have said that we are wrong to do it. i am going to do this again and now, we follow the data. the uk hsa have said this will help reduce transmission at a time when rates of infection are so high with the 0micron variant. my department has also looked at some observational data from a sample of 122 schools were face coverings had been in use in the autumn term, and found that there was a greater reduction in a covid absence compared to those where students did not wear face coverings. 0bviously where students did not wear face coverings. obviously it is not ideal, it is distracting for children at a time when they should