and this is cnn newsroom. the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraine s response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the country s overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is monday, december 26. if you are in the commonwealth country, it is boxing day. a very happy boxing day to you. don t worry if you don t understand boxing day. most of us don t. it is 9:00 in the morning in london, 4:00 in the morning on the east coast of the united states. by the end of the brutal temperatures is in sight. there is relief finally for millions of americans after this historic winter storm which left at least 37 people dead. now, conditions did begin to improve on sunday, and that
the easing of the zero covid strategy. there has been emphasis on good samaritan stories, emphasis on positive stories. for example paxlovid now being available, but people inside beijing know the real deal, it is hard to get that medication and the situation in terms of the covid surge, it is getting worse in the next few weeks ahead. kristie lu stout, thank you. we ve been living with covid for more than two years. and in 2022, there were other stories that dominated the he had lines from abortion to baby formula shortage. sanjay gupta takes us through the ten biggest health stories in the year that was. 2022 was a year where we began to really see the ripple effects of living through a