borisjohnson is the kind of politician who instinctively prefers to let people make their own decisions. but even if he wanted to introduce tighter restrictions, that would mean another damaging fight with his own mps. so for now, he s leaving things as they are while admitting that parts of the nhs might feel overwhelmed. today, tory mps were more supportive but are now pushing for an exit plan. it is not in the national interest to partially or wholly shut down sectors of our economy every time we see a new variant. so will my right honourable friend to take this opportunity to inform the house as to whether and how the government will be changing its approach when new variants arrive? we have got to have a plan to livel with this virus like normal forever. when is he going to set that plan out? l for now, though, mrjohnson is watching and waiting to see the full effects of this latest covid wave. vicki young, bbc news, westminster.
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have happened on some of these ships. one case in point in august on a carnival cruise ship, 27 people tested positive for covid. they were isolated and passengers were still allowed to disembark after they showed proof of a negative covid test. difference this time? the omicron variant. it s more transmissible and a carnival spokesman told cnn in a statement that the variant may shape how some destination authorities view even a small number of cases. now carnival cruise ship freedom was one of the ships impacted over the past week with what carnival calls a small number of passengers testing positive for covid. that ship docked as planned in miami on sunday and the passengers getting off the ship after their eight-day voyage had very different experiences. listen to what they had to say. we ve heard varying stories over 5, over 12, over 25. they guaranteed them.
do not show my partner this. i ve had my firstjab, but i ve got my mask for going into places. but covid has changed our habits. the shift to online gathered pace in the pandemic, and it means retailers are having to work much harder to keep us coming back to the high street. i m so relieved that we ve got here. we ve been closed for around eight months out of the last 13 and how can you really run a business like that? luckily, we ve got an online presence, so that has been really helpful. i don t know what would have happened if we d not been online. 2021 was also supposed to be the year that we returned to the office en masse, finally ditching the kitchen table and zoom calls. but concerns over the roll out of the vaccine and the need
of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. guilty of five counts of grooming and trafficking teenage girls for abuse. maxwell procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. she faces the rest of her life behind bars. lawyers for some of the women abused by epstein have welcomed the conviction. south africa has lifted a night curfew on movement with immediate effect, as the government says the country has passed the peak of its latest covid wave driven by the omicron variant. elsewhere, the us and europe continue to experience record levels of new infections. presidents biden and putin are holding another phone call as the us tries to build a common response with europe to russia s massing of troops on the ukrainian border. now on bbc news, review 2021, the business year.
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