joining us is president biden s chief medical adviser on covid-19, dr. anthony fauci. thank you for joining us this morning. we re seeing this huge wave of omicron cases in south africa appears to be decreasing just as quickly as it grew. do you think that will happen in the united states or are you expecting a potential surge in nationwide hospitalizations? we re certainly going to continue to see a surge for a while. i fully expect it will turn around. i hope it turns around as sharply as what we ve seen in south africa. i went over the data with our south african colleagues a day or two ago and the increase of particularly in haotang province turned around rapidly and came down. we thought it was the particular province but now we re starting to see it in all the different provinces. i hope we peak and come down quickly. the other thing that s going on as you probably know, it looks
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cooperation out of her. what will happen now? certainly she s going to appeal, and that is her right as a defendant. she can, but we know prosecutors will point out all the things that aggravate this, make this an incredibly serious crime. the vulnerability of the young victims will play into sentencing here. prosecutors will ask and moreover, she s going to be in prison this entire time. all right. thanks to all of you. we ll have more on this breaking story just ahead. plus, in the meantime, covid confusion is growing as omicron cases keep spiking. stand by for a new forecast of the weeks ahead. ow! i m ok! only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. only in theaters december 17th. ready to turn your dreams into plans and your actions into achievements? explore over 75 programs
likely to see from omicron cases. there will be a review on wednesday of the restrictions that are in place at the moment. as you heard from stephen barclay, at the moment it looks unlikely that ministers will bring in more rules in england. and this warning that the government has said about the contingency planning for ten, 20, 25% absences in the public sector and warning firms to have contingency plans in place. what more have they said about that? you saw in the package a few minutes ago, many of us will be familiar with some of the strain that self isolation has put on various people over the last few weeks. that s likely to increase in the next few days. i think there are a number of businesses who are frustrated that more hasn t been done already. we ve had a lot of calls for more action. what the prime minister said this morning is that he wants ministers to go away and to come up with contingency plans for various
not instantly revert to normal. but that initial excitement gave way to a realisation that the pandemic was far from over. a realisation that the pandemic was farfrom over. tighter restrictions remained in wales, scotland and northern ireland, and in december england reintroduced some rules, moving into its so called plan b, and as omicron cases began to rise so did cancellations. many hospitality firms reported a slump in christmas bookings as fears of a new wave of infection convinced customers to stay at home. michael represents the night time industries, bars and music venues and nightclubs, and he told me firms had learned to adapt but many struggled to stay open.- had learned to adapt but many struggled to stay open. there were so many confusing