disproportionately that that community is disproportionately at risk for a worse outcome. talk us through that. sure. well, of course, it is mlk s birthday, and if we remember what the dr. reverend martin luther king jr. said, of all the forms of inequity, health inequity is really the worst. it s the cruellest, right? so i actually pitched the idea to our partner bdo which has 20 million domestic followers to 100 million international, and we re part of the black coalition against covid, and i said, know. what of course, covid is disproportionately affecting the black community but every other underer is served, historically underserved community, but people, first of all, are sick of koenchesd and as a general internist i can tell you breast cancer, colon cancer, other diseases are not going away, and actually the mental health toll is really disproportionally
the whole of the final a session to salvage an unlikely draw. they resumed on 82 for 4 and quickly lost ollie pope and ben stokes. buttler dug in and resisted for over 200 deliveries, but he lost chris woakes and ollie robinson before the tea break and then the cruellest of blows for england buttler out for 26. so australia need just one more wicket for victory. stuart broad and james anderson at the crease in adelaide. with the covid crisis deepeding, six games postponed in the premier league this weekend, the liverpool managerjurgen klopp s implored the premier league to ease the busy festive fixture schedule ahead of a meeting between the league and the 20 top flight clubs later. liverpool drew with tottenham yesterday, andy robertson put them 2 1 ahead. spurs capitalised following a mistake by liverpool goalkeeper allison. that was just before robertson was shown a red card for this challenge.
if you are socialising keep that up to a of three households. now, the first minister had said this is the cruellest of blows. she particularly mentioned businesses and she is due to speak to the prime minister later on this afternoon to ask for additional help financial help for businesses. alexander mackenzie there who is listening to the first minister in scotland. just to tell you that there is confirmation that there will be a cobra meeting this week and a. this follows a call between borisjohnson and nicola sturgeon and the prime minister confirms that this weekend it will involve counterparts from the devolved administrations to continue discussions about the uk response to the omicron variant. so, high level
and if you are socialising, keep that to a maximum of three households. the first minister had said this is the cruellest of blows, she particularly mentioned businesses, and she is due to speak to the prime minister later on this afternoon to ask for additional help, financial help, for businesses. joining me now is robin bell, in stafford, who has cancelled christmas plans to visit her family in the united states given the rise of the omicron variant. it s a very good of you to join us. it s a very good of you to join us. it sounds very difficult. why did you make this decision not to sate your family at christmas? it you make this decision not to sate your family at christmas?- your family at christmas? it was a combination your family at christmas? it was a combination of your family at christmas? it was a combination of things. your family at christmas? it was a combination of things. obviously. combination of things. obviously it s about the spread of the omicron variant. m
that is a bit of an underestimate. and there has been an increase of 40% of cases in the last week. the first minister said she was appealing for people to go and get vaccinated. there was a record number of people vaccinated yesterday. she is also urging people, particularly on the run up to christmas and after christmas, to stay at home as much as possible and to limit your socialising. and if you are socialising, keep that to a maximum of three households. the first minister had said this is the cruellest of blows, she particularly mentioned businesses, and she is due to speak to the prime minister later on this afternoon to ask for additional help, financial help, for businesses. so, omicron is now the dominant virus variant in scotland.