for our wonderful nhs for the next few weeks because of 0micron. i just think that we have to get through it as best as we possibly can. we will give the nhs all the support that we can. but in the meantime, the thing we ve got to do as responsible members of the public is follow the guidance, try to stop transmission as much as we can and get boosted. there is some evidence that cases in young adults might be flattening off, but the worry now is that older adults are becoming infected, adding even more to the strain in the nhs. that s why government advisers are warning that hospital admissions could be going up for quite some time. jon donnison, bbc news. let s speak to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. cabinet correspondent adam fleming. ministers, a cabinet today, cabinet ministers, a cabinet meeting today, what can we expect? there are a few interesting
to get through it as best as we possibly can. we will give the nhs all the support that we can. but in the meantime, the thing we ve got to do as responsible members of the public is follow the guidance, try to stop transmission as much as we can and get boosted. there is some evidence that cases in young adults might be flattening off, but the worry now is that older adults are becoming infected, adding even more to the strain in the nhs. that s why government advisers are warning that hospital admissions could be going up for quite some time. jon donnison, bbc news. our chief political correspondent adam fleming gave me this update. there are a few meetings in whitehall today, the cabinet are meeting,
comfortable if the compulsory isolation stayed? isolation stayed? just until the spring- isolation stayed? just until the spring. science - isolation stayed? just until. the spring. science suggests cases falling. the spring. science suggests cases falling. covid - the spring. science suggests cases falling. covid case - the spring. science suggests. cases falling. covid case rates relative to the population have been falling in the uk, lower than germany and italy for example, but above the united states and canada. states and canada. very clear this pandemic states and canada. very clear this pandemic is states and canada. very clear this pandemic is not - states and canada. very clear this pandemic is not over. l this pandemic is not over. while noting omicron was less severe than expected, government advisers warned that future variants could be worse. the one thing the virus has taught you is not to be cocky, so we need to monitor carefully and be prepared to react. pill
ijust think that we have j to get through it as best as we possibly can. we will give the nhs - all the support that we can. but in the meantime, i the thing we ve got to do, as responsible members of- the public, is follow the guidance, try to stop transmission as much as we can and get boosted. i there is some evidence that cases in young adults might be flattening off, but the worry now is that older adults are becoming infected, adding even more to the strain in the nhs. that s why government advisers are warning that hospital admissions could be going up for quite some time. jon donnison, bbc news. well, as we heard, the government is looking at removing the requirement for people in england who test positive for covid on a lateral flow device, but don t have symptoms, to get a follow up pcr test. here s the health minister gillian keegan speaking to bbc breakfast this morning. as i say, i don t have any
i m scott mclean in london where british health authorities are bracing for a tidal wave of omicron infections. the head of the health service in england expects one in five health staff in london could be out sick with covid on christmas day because of the surge. government advisers say that without further restrictions new hospital admissions will peek at near record levels, and so to deal with the huge influx of patients and short staffing the health service is already planning to send about 15% of patients home with a monitor so that their oxyge can be checked remotely by hospital staff to free up bed safe. so far boris johnson s government is in weight and see mode waiting to see more data on omicron, particularly howie is veer an illness it really causes before deciding how and if they will and. good news is that booster shots have been going into arms with record pace but are omicron infections growing exponentially it will be impossible to keep