emergency departments. it s not the first time london has been at the front of a coronavirus wave. as an international hub, it s perhaps more vulnerable to changing patterns of infection. what happens in the next week or so may be an indicator of the impact of omicron on the rest of the uk. as we heard there, staff absences are affecting services in london hospitals. the mayor of london sadiq khan, has outlined the problems facing public services in the city. since the start of this month, we have seen an increase in the number of positive cases by more than 250% in relation to hospital admissions and increase of almost 70% since the start of december. the number of positive cases is only going in one direction, and the real concern we have which is the immediate concern is the impact it has on staff absences from the nhs, think hospitals, ambulances, gps, after consulting with colleagues in the nhs, the fire service, and the met police
coronavirus wave. as an international hub, it s perhaps more vulnerable to changing patterns of infection. what happens in the next week or so may be an indicator of the impact of 0micron on the rest of the impact of 0micron on the rest of the uk. the time is 6.19. our top story this evening: christmas is not cancelled, says the prime minister, but he s not ruling out new restrictions in england after that. and coming up, the largest divorce settlement in british history. princess haya ofjordan is awarded half a billion pounds after a dispute with dubai s sheikh mohammed. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel. former jockey freddy tylitski has won hsi high court damages claim agains a fellow rider after a fall during a race five years ago left him paralysed from the waist down.
मुंबई। कोरोनावायरस (coronavirus) की बढ़ती रफ्तार एक बार फिर डरा रहा है। मुंबई के पूर्वी उपनगर मानखुर्द में एक बाल गृह के कुल 18 बच्चे 3 दिनों में कोविड-19 से संक्रमित पाए गए।
help. the man known as joe exotic just had his prison sentence vacated. but it doesn t mean that the tiger king will be roaming free anytime soon. an appeals court on wednesday upheld his convictions in a murder for hire plot against animal rights activist carole baskin. but they found that the district court miscalculated his sentence and should have lumped his two convictions together, meaning that his prison term could potentially be reduced. he will now, resentenced at a later date. africa is dealing with its third coronavirus wave. and it is the worst one yet. we ll hear from the w.h.o. s africa director on the situation there. and then what is behind the soaring cases in the uk? and will they affect plans to reopen england? we ll have a live report after this short break.
are filled with covid patients. iuntimely are filled with covid patients. when the first coronavirus are filled with covid patients. when the first coronavirus wave are filled with covid patients. when the first coronavirus wave struck the first coronavirus wave struck the uk last march, it significantly disrupted nhs services. already a particularly complex area of medicine, organ transplants became even more challenging. stretch resources and fears about patient safety went to the number of operations falling significantly. new figures show 474 people in the uk died last year while waiting for an organ. a20 6% increase compared to the previous year. analysis by nhs but in transplant estimates 7000 people are now on a transplant list. the highest it is been in six years. nhs the highest it is been in six years. nhs blood and transmit. the focus is now to get through the backlog as quick as possible. it is is now to get through the backlog as quick as possible. quick as possi