governor hochul argued having that ten-day rule unnecessarily caused staff shortages in those frontline workers. alison cossack, cnn, new york. italy and united kingdom posting record number of cases. cnn s scott mcclain is in london, and barbie nadeau is in rome. scott, the situation in the uk, we have large numbers of cases in the uk. again, as the story is elsewhere, the number of hospitalizations still remains low. that s absolutely right, richard. the number of cases is absolutely astounding. there aren t new numbers this weekend because of the holiday, but christmas eve this country set a new record for new infections. and the latest government estimates show that 1 in 35 people in england has the virus right now. in london, that number is even higher, 1 in 20. london is undoubtedly the
england, would probably tell you there would only be restrictions if we start to see a dramatic rise in hospitalizations, because that s sort of the key metric that they re keeping an eye on right now. they re more consent to sort of let cases rise, and they are rising at a pretty incredible, frightening pace right now. you mentioned a record on christmas eve. the latest government estimates are that 1 in 35 people in england have the virus. that s 1 in 20 in london. the sort of omicron epicenter. while across the country, hospitalizations are maybe starting to tick up ever so slightly, they are not matching, not even close to matching the huge spike in cases. so keep an eye on the hospitalizations. keep an eye on the deaths as well. i think the government from this standpoint, at this point, feels pretty confident, given omicron is significantly less severe than delta, richard. so what happens next? the numbers are up. hospitalizations are higher but not dramatically so.
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