to self isolate. ghanaian citizens and residents abroad are exempt for up to two weeks, but will be required to getjabbed upon landing at the airport. the white house says presidentjoe biden is very concerned by the supreme court s decision to leave in place a ban on most abortions in texas. it follows a ruling by the court on friday that abortion providers can pursue legal challenges to a controversial law that bans the procedure in the state of texas after the first six weeks of pregnancy. but the court also ruled that the legislation will remain in place for now. the law has been sharply criticised by doctors, women s rights groups and the biden administration. the president is very concerned by the supreme court s decision to allow sb8 to remain in effect, given the consequences that law has for women in texas and around the country and for the rule of law. i know you noted this, but i would just like to reiterate that the president is deeply committed to the constitutional
china denies incarcerating more than a million uyghurs in prison camps. there s been a huge explosion at a palestinian camp in the city of tyre in southern lebanon. state media say an ammunition depot belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas at a refugee camp in the city blew up. they say a number of people have been killed and wounded. ghana is introducing some of the world s strictest covid travel rules by banning any adult who has not been vaccinated from flying in with effect from monday. there is no option to self isolate. ghanaian citizens and residents abroad are exempt for up to two weeks, but will be required to getjabbed upon landing at the airport. 55 people have been killed and dozens injured in mexico when a lorry and its trailer crashed and overturned. around 160 people, including young families and children, were in the trailer. most of them were migrants from central america, seeking a new life in the united states. will grant s report from chiapas in southern
note. good question. doctors in england have been told they can defer some of the services they provide to patients, so they can concentrate on delivering covid boosterjabs instead. routine health checks for the over 75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england, bringing the total number in the uk to 134. ministers have also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. lebo diseko reports. a new life amid the heartache of covid. this little boy born with the illness, and rushed to icu. his mother had to be intubated. now she s part of a government campaign encouraging pregnant women to getjabbed. i was about 32 to 33 weeks pregnant at that stage, when we both got covid.
they can defer some of the services they provide to patients so they can concentrate on delivering covid boosterjabs instead. routine health checks for the over 75s and minor surgery could be affected. 75 new cases of the omicron variant have been identified in england, bringing the total number in the uk to 134. ministers have also launched a new campaign urging all unvaccinated pregnant women to come forward and receive their jab. lebo diseko reports. a new life amid the heartache of covid. this little boy born with the illness, and rushed to icu. his mother had to be intubated. now she s part of a government campaign encouraging pregnant women to getjabbed. i was about 32 to 33 weeks pregnant at that stage, when we both got covid. i had a conversation with one of the consultants in icu that it would be best to ventilate me just to give my lungs a rest. but, you know, my family lived through every day. they lived through the phone calls, of being told that excuse me, sorry
vaccination, that would be a lot of vaccinators. today, monica, who s a teacher, came to getjabbed. she was eligible and had her booster. i feel i need to protect the people i work with cos i m surrounded by people all day every day and children from different backgrounds, different family set ups. health officials in scotland have repeated advice to people to get a lateral flow test before going to family gatherings over christmas, a point also made by the health secretary at westminster. and in northern ireland, there ve been warnings of disruptions in schools before the christmas break because of a shortage of teachers partly linked to covid isolation. the world health organization said we should learn nowhere about the new variant within days. hugh pym, bbc news. learn more. the us actor alec baldwin has given his first interview since a gun he was holding on set went off, killing cinematographer halyna hutchins, back in october. in the interview with abc