we are against inequity. our main concern is to save lives everywhere. we started the year with the who warning about vaccine equity, we finish it with the same message. and, while richer countries push on with their boosters, omicron has shown that even vaccinating most people in a country may not be enough. this is austria it s now made vaccines compulsory from february. and here, and in much of western europe, health care systems are under pressure despite ample vaccine supply. this is the french health minister. translation: the load | in the intensive care units and the number of hospitalizations will continue to increase in the next two weeks. and that is weighing on our hospitals, which are already very mobilised. the question, then, is what to do about this? and bringing in new restrictions remains a live issue. in the house of commons this week, a significant number of borisjohnson s own tory mps voted against new restrictions. one of them was andrea leadsom. covid will be
for many years to come, and it s unthinkable to think that every autumn from now on, - we will be limiting the qualityl of life for all citizens just to be on the safe side. these restrictions were voted through, and polling in the uk and elsewhere suggests public opinion remains behind them. but, as covid becomes ever more long term, opposition to restrictions becomes more pronounced. and one of the most contentious restrictions of them all this year has been travel bans. at the start of 2021, there were heavy restrictions. international travel was down 49%, compared with 2019. in addition, countries like australia and new zealand effectively sealed themselves off they wanted to suppress the virus. but in the end, delta made sure this wasn t possible. by august, for australia, the aim was no longer keeping the virus out. instead. that is our goal - to live with this virus, not to live in fear of it. globally, international travel has returned in a form. there are still some
announced 42 positive cases across the clubs. that number was a record of positive cases in a week. that is since the restart began we don t know what the numbers are now because the official numbers have not yet been released, but it will have risen. the problem after the premier league and the leagues below is when will these fixtures be played? later down the lane, once we after the christmas period, there are some gaps in midweek, but not many, and the fa cup to have to factor in. it s going to be difficult. the other issue is with some players being reluctant to get the coronavirus vaccine. now, no premier league player has publicly taken the jab, but several managers have said very vocally how important it is to be vaccinated including the liverpool manager, juergen klopp, he has been very vocal about it saying that it s an individuals responsibility for the community. of course, he did mention attendances
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really being that they would fight, with new sanctions, the emphasis really being that they would bite, they would be damaging to the russian economy, but it s pretty bag at the moment as to exactly what that would mean. i don t thank you will see any pen to paper, for example, for statements coming out of the european council in terms of what they would do. jessica parker, managing that eu leaders summit. still to come, we look back at 2021 and what we have learned about coronavirus. five children have been killed in australia, after a bouncy castle was swept into the air, by a gust of wind. four other children are being treated in hospital three of them are in a critical condition. our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil reports. an event to mark the last day of school turned