trying to get over to your patients and what is the sense you are getting from talking to them about how they might be adapting their plans for the festive season? i think people are really taking this in their stride. we have had a tremendous uptake thankfully for our booster campaign locally and i would encourage everybody to get their booster vaccines, encourage everybody to get their boostervaccines, it encourage everybody to get their booster vaccines, it is not too late, and the 23rd of december or even tomorrow and christmas eve, walking vaccination sites around the country are open and that is a great thing to do. people are getting used to the idea of taking a lateral flow testjust to the idea of taking a lateral flow test just before you to the idea of taking a lateral flow testjust before you meet up with friends and family to see whether or not you are one of the one in three people with covid who may have no symptoms and that is a really important thing to do to prevent sp
that was our political correspondents ben wright reporting. it comes as official figures show covid infections climbed to a record high in the uk during the first week of january, with an estimated a5 million cases. london was the only part of the country to see a fall in infections during that period. health officials are concerned about the slower take up of booster vaccines in some areas. here s our health editor, hugh pym. with restrictions in wales to be eased, six nations rugby fixtures with fans can go ahead in cardiff. there ll be no limit on spectators at outside events from january the 21st and, a week later, nightclubs reopen, as long as covid cases are falling. over the course of this week, we have seen some early positive signs of improvement and they suggest that the measures we have taken are working and they give us hope that we may be turning a corner. the latest move by the welsh government follows a similar easing by scottish ministers, with more confidence about the
december with additional data up to the 17. and what we saw was pretty much the same picture through november. in fact, some good news that decreasing prevalence in older school aged children who have been vaccinated and older people who have been having booster vaccines. but from the beginning of december, we saw this very sharp rise in infections, which is really down to the omicron variant coming in. and we particularly saw that rise in london and the kiwi macro number night is substantially above one, particularly in london. == night is substantially above one, particularly in london. night is substantially above one, particularly in london. the our number. particularly in london. the our number- is particularly in london. the our number. is the particularly in london. the our number. is the effect particularly in london. the our number. is the effect of - particularly in london. the our number. is the effect of the - particularly in london. the our. number. is
reporter: health officials pushing booster vaccines, mitigation and testing. we should be using testing much more extensively than we have. even in a situation where you have people who are vaccinated or boosted. we ve obviously got to do better. i think things will improve greatly as we get into january. that doesn t help us today and tomorrow. and as for those at-home test kits, the county announced it will be distributing those at libraries today. they expect traffic delays in the area where that will happen. one major disclaimer, while supplies last. kaitlan. yeah. that s a huge disclaimer. it is notable to hear fauci say we need to do better. he thinks it will ramp up in january. right now is when people need those tests. thank you for joining us this morning. now, more on the airline cancellation nightmares. it has been a test of patience