that 100,000, there are still considerable numbers of delta cases, and we know that the delta variant of the virus is very infectious, but also very dangerous. doctor sarah pitt there from the university of brighton. well, the us has been seeing a spike in the number of covid cases and it has to led to president biden warning that some us hospitals could be overrun by covid. speaking during a virtual meeting with state governors, he said the us is generally well prepared to meet the surge of 0micron cases and its citizens need not panic. but he also urged americans to get their booster shots. because we have had so many unvaccinated and not boosted, we are not seeing unvaccinated and not boosted, we are not seeing hospitalisations rises sharply not seeing hospitalisations rises sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even this sharply as we did in march of 2020 or even this past fall. america made progress or even this past fall. am
now in new york city is really warning parents to make sure that their children are getting vaccinations. children over 12 have to have both vaccinations to enter public areas like restaurants. so each state and each city does do things differently. new york state has definitely been in the forefront. bill de blasio, the current mayor, has said he doesn t want to see new york go back to the dark days of the early pandemic when the city essentially shut down. so there is a definite surge, but there are all sorts of mandates and rules in place here in new york city. an israeli hospital has begun giving a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine, in a clinical trial to find out if it is safe and effective in containing the spread of covid. the trial in tel aviv includes about 150 health care workers who received their third shot no later than august this year. israel is considering approving a fourth dose, or second booster, for vulnerable people as 0micron infections surge despite a
list which has already seen a number of postponements in december, but it was decided to keep going, even though some managers were against that. the rest of the major european football leagues are all in the usual winter breaks at the moment. in scotland we have seen the premiereship brought forward because of covid. it started after yesterday s matches. spectator numbers have been capped. wales has imposed restrictions. nothing in england, the premier league is trying to continue as normal, despite, as you say, a record premier league players and testing positive for covid including boxing day. the liverpool manager was asked about this earlier before tomorrow s trip. he s long voiced his frustrations about the number of games traditionally played during christmas and new year, but given that the coronavirus cases, he says it s not right that so many games are being played after boxing day, especially when it means some teams are playing just 48 hours after their last game. and that.
with his scientific and medical advisers and didn t see any need to push the bedridden, as they cite, no need to do that at this stage. he is far more worried about people perhaps not taking up the offer vaccinations and boosters. yes. vaccinations and boosters. yes, still that drive vaccinations and boosters. yes, still that drive and vaccinations and boosters. yes, still that drive and boosters, . vaccinations and boosters. yes, still that drive and boosters, a i still that drive and boosters, a quick thought about the coming week or so, quick thought about the coming week orso, because quick thought about the coming week or so, because anybody who s been watching our coverage in the last couple of hours will have heard several different scientists essentially saying we still need to be really cautious in terms of our social behaviour. is there any chance that any data could come through that might change a cabinet member s mind? through that might change a cabinet member s mind
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