at 6pm far fewer people are ending up in hospital at 6pm, the first government data on the impact of omicron shows you are far less likely to end up in hospital. the preliminary research suggests that someone infected with omicron rather than delta variant is between 50 and 70% less likely to be admitted to hospital. but intensive care units are dealing with unvaccinated patients in a dozen hospitals in england, two thirds haven t had a covid jab. it s very sad when people come into hospital who haven t been vaccinated. they re very unwell, and they ask to have the vaccine then, which of course they can t, because you have to get better from covid before you can be vaccinated. almost 120,000 new covid cases have been recorded in the past 2a hours. also tonight
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we managed to stave it off for this long, and then, just as christmas hit. we were really looking forward to spending time with our families. covid s meant all kinds of cancellations. over 30 west end shows have had performances called off. just to give you a quick shot of my little table for christmas. a case of here we go again for mamma mia actor stephen beckett, isolating for the second christmas in a row. everyone else will be sitting in there. everything was going well it sold out, ticket sales are enormous, a huge christmas extra show schedule has been put in place and then, along comes omicron! we had no positive cases on monday. by friday, three quarters of the cast were positive! as far as i m aware, i m the only person who s isolating from covid. for richard, down in company over christmas will be by video call only, alone in student halls after a positive testjust before he was supposed to travel home. a normal christmas day would mean
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