the high levels of isolation rates, isa, and the mixed messaging on the requirements for entry with the variant still circulating. remember, the uk now has a high record number of people infected, over 218,000 daily cases just yesterday. that means one in 15 people across england and one in 10 ac across london actually are carrying covid. isa? nina dos santos, very good perspective. thanks, nina. good to see you. now, virginia s governor has declared a state of emergency ahead of another winter storm. more than 123,000 customers are still without power because of monday s storm. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the forecast. good morning, pedram. yes, isa, we ve got plenty of weather to tell you about over the next couple of days, not just a i don t say the southern united states, but back towards irutah jazz of the midwest where the coldest air of the season and impressive wintry lineup here with activity coming in. western michigan, some of these favorite lake effect snow area
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covid has heaped intense pressure on the national health service here and health workers are warning thousands of workers must be addressed. we go to cnn s nina dos santos who joins us in london. explain to us the decision from the government to really ditch the pcr travel requirement given these soaring case numbers we see and the pressure it s putting on the national health service here. reporter: well, essentially, isa, boris johnson said that what they didn t want was to dissuade people from traveling abroad, thinking that they might get stuck abroad if they contracted covid. and also they basically think that the omicron strain is a lot milder than previous variants like the delta variant that the uk has had to grapple with before. this is a country where there is a high vaccination rate. and the country is still continuing to offer 900,000 people, plus, daily a booster of a covid-19 vaccination. so they feel that with this milder strain, they can cope. now, the question is whet
begin if the australian government doesn t go any further with this. i suspect, you can correct me if i m wrong, that this may fire him up? reporter: you would think so. one week today, isa, the australian open starts. he s looking to win it for a tenth time. looking to win grand slam title 21. if he does that, he ll become the most decorated and successful male tennis player in history in terms of grand slam titles. it s going to be very interesting because we ve never seen anything like this before. i would doubt djokovic has ever been anything like this before. what toll will it take on him? you ve got to factor in the mental anguish as well he s been through. you can t prepare, i would imagine, for anything like this at all and it s going to be very interesting to see, you know, he is an elite athlete. his preparations are all finely tuned. will those meticulous preparations have been absolutely completely derailed over the coarse of the last few
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