hospitalisations and deaths? well, it s a really important hospitalisations and deaths? -ii it s a really important question. so far, of course, the bad news is that the 0micron variant is perhaps the most contagious pathogen on the planet and one of the most contagious that we ve ever seen in history of humankind. 0f contagious that we ve ever seen in history of humankind. of the better news is that the cases don t reflect the same level of hospitalisations and deaths, so we are seeing more and deaths, so we are seeing more and more people hospital his eyes, but that s only because we ve got more and more cases hospitalised. but the truth is that it does appear to be more mild and there is a certain level of natural or vaccine induced immunity and much of the population in europe, the uk and the us. ., , , population in europe, the uk and the us. professor, ust focusing on the united states us. professor, just focusing on the united states for us. professor, just focusing o
a number of countries around the world have been seeing record numbers of cases as the fast spreading omicron surge continues. in britain, nearly 220,000 new coronavirus cases a new high have been recorded. it comes as pupils returned to school in england and northern ireland. france registered more than 270,000 new covid cases on tuesday, confirming its position as europe s worst hit country. meanwhile, the us has recorded more thani million the highest one day tally of new cases anywhere in the world. speaking at the white house a few hours ago, president biden pleaded with the american people who haven t been vaccinated, asking them to get the jab. let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot, so there s no excuse, no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated.
this for about 18 months now. and that s a strategy that includes things like this pop up tents where you can get a booster on the way home and win prizes as well. but it also includes very, very harsh measures that can be imposed on a city in a matter of hours. harsh measures, brutal enforcement. it s been part of china s covid containment since the beginning. just last month, some cities were parading covid spreading offenders in public. keeping cases at near zero is now even more important as china prepares to host another olympics. the winter games in beijing is just a month away. china s president, xijinping, saw for himself the final preparations on tuesday. on the brink of a third term in power, he wants and needs a smooth ride at the games. zero covid is central to that. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai.
auto sales since 1931, when it took the number one spot away from ford. this shake up comes after a shortage of crucial computer chips plagued carmakers in 2021. now to a topic that i m sure many of us have thought about in the last two years i certainly have how to manage uncertainty. we re only a few days into 2022, and we are seeing 0micron cases spike, as we mentioned earlier on in the programme. it s notjust coronavirus, though another big concern for many people is climate change, and how this is adding to a precarious sense of never really being prepared for the future. but my next guest, eric weiner, an author who writes about finding happiness and injecting ancient philosophies into our daily lives, says what we have actually learned
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. inside china s latest battleground against coronavirus a city of more than 1 million is under lockdown afterjust three reported cases. as the us hits the highest number of daily infections ever recorded anywhere in the world, president biden urges people to get vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated, so we got to make more progress. uk hospitals are struggling to handle the surge in covid cases, but borisjohnson says england is in a better place compared to previous waves. with the plan b measures