variant could already be in the uk. the same story makes the front page of the express, which warns the new variant could impact christmas plans. the daily mail carries calls for calm from health experts, after the uk and other countries implemented travel bans on southern africa. england s chief medical officer chris whitty thinks the delta variant is of greater concern than the new omicron covid mutation. that s according to the telegraph. the financial times reports that stock markets across the world have fallen sharply, after the discovery of the new covid variant raised fears over the economic recovery. a different story on the front page of the times. it reports on the english channel crisis with the uk warning france of more deaths, unless talks between the two reopen. the yorkshire post leads on cash for levelling up. but it also covers the cricket racism story it says the ecb s boss will not rule out an independent regulator for the sport, following azeem rafiq s
fast and thorough vaccination program. british doctors demanding answers and action if we don t benefit from previous mistakes, then we keep make them and unfortunately people s lives are being lost daily as a result of this reporter: but so far the government has said it won t impose a so-called plan b, including requiring masks indoors and vaccine passports. instead, they re urging more people over 50 to get booster shots and say covid s pressure and britain s health system is still bearable. it remains a threat we re looking closely at the data and we won t be implementing our plan b of contingency measures at this point. reporter: just yesterday, dr. anthony fauci telling lester. delta plus does have mutations, but at this point it is not cause for alarm in the u.s we re keeping an eye on it, but there really is no reason at this point to be overly concerned about it
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surprised to find there is nothing out there. reporter: or maybe nothing at all they re thinking of going from two cars to one. typically a car dealership would have hundreds of new models for sale but today because of the chip shortage, dealerships look like this that s because two years ago before the pandemic, about 3.5 million new vehicles were for sale nationwide toyota sales manager says the shortage has been a shockwave through the industry. from service, our lot attendance. reporter: it s something tiny. your entire life runs on semiconductors. reporter: taiwan makes 60% of the world s semiconductors global anxiety about that chip supply the pandemic was a taste of what life is like when that supply is threatened. when covid struck, the demand meant driving it and away from toys, electronics and appliances and cars.