we don t have any phone line to call anybody. what s his situation right now? he s stopped eating, and sometimes in coma. he goes unconscious. yes. he died the following year without ever proving his innocence. his trial will likely revisit part of his defense particularly alleged inconsistencies about how the bomb came to be on the plane. nic robertson, cnn, london. still to come, ukrainians are facing untold hardships in the cold and dark as russia continues to strike at their energy system. we ll show you what life is like in the once vibrant city of odesa. that s next. plus fear of rising covid cases in china has some residents choosing to quarantine
it definitely will help. if you re having parties, try to socialize more outside than inside. not possible for everybody, but do it if you can. well-ventilated spaces if you are indoors that s also going to be helpful. hand washing is particularly important for rsv and for flu that can stay on surfaces for a period of time. and then the testing, testing works for covid-19. we have tests that are available, so you can use those tests to be able to find out peoples status before you gather. i m going to tell you i just recently had or was planning to have dinner with a friend. we tested beforehand, tested positive for covid and was actually symptomatic the next day so lots of things to do. absolutely. when it comes to covid many people seem to think the pandemic is behind us, and even though a large portion of the
he s making this urgent appeal for china to intensify it s covid-19 booster vaccination drive especially now a critical window ahead of the lunar new year season, the peak travel season. this saying, quote, preparations need to be beefed up. i suggest those planning to travel back home get a booster shot so that even with covid-19 infection they don t become seriously ill, unquote. he added the fatality rate is in line with the flu or influenza effectively down-playing the risk of covid-19 as the fear sets in of greater infection from the virus with the roll back of restrictions. back to you, rosemary. joining us live from hong kong, many thanks. just ahead after 26 days and 1.3 million miles traveled, orion is safely back on earth. we ll discuss the end of the historic artemis 1 mission and what it means for the future of space exploration.
shows more than 80% of hospital beds across the u.s. are currently in use, meaning hospitals are more full now than they ve been at any point in the pandemic so far. and a professor of epidemiology at ucla joins me now from los angeles. great to have you with us. thanks for having me, rosemary. o the covid pandemic isn t over yet, and now public health officials are worried about what some are calling the tripledemic made up of covid, flu, and rsv. how big a threat could this prove to be given we re already seeing record rates of hospitalizations and empty pharmacy shelves right here in the united states. the thing that we worry about when we see so many cases of all three viruses surging at the same time is what s going to happen with our hospitals. are they going to be able to have enough beds? are the icus going to be overwhelmed?
population have had some of their covid shots, not many have opted to get the fifth covid-19 booster that covers more recent variants of the virus. what would you say to those people who haven t yet received that fifth shot? well, we know that the vaccines don t give us immunity for an extended period of time. so it s a really good idea to get that booster. also these boosters are targeted towards the omicron variants that are now circulating. so they do offer very good protection. this is also very important to remember the flu vaccines are important and that uptick rates have been very low for influenza as well. so get your covid vaccine, get your flu vaccine. those great defenses against severe disease, hospitalizations, deaths, protecting you, protecting the people around you. and add those mitigation measures. they will make a difference. and efforts are under way right now, in fact, to combine the covid and flu shots into