of the people fighting - for the life on a covid ward. a graphic illustration of the pressure is the health service is facing from liverpool city council, filmed in the intensive care unit of the royal liverpool. it shows how every patient needing treatment is relatively young and unvaccinated. the message is clear get vaccinated. - in wales too, where waiting lists for planned procedures have hit a record high, there are warnings, too, nearly one fifth of staff could be off with covid in january. nhs england s top doctor says the health service is now on a war footing and the best weapons in the fight against the omicron variant remain vaccines and boosters. dominic hughes, bbc news. the uk government has ruled out introducing new restrictions before christmas. prime minister borisjohnson is yet to announce if england will see post christmas restrictions, but other parts of the uk have announced their return. in northern ireland, nightclubs will be closed from boxing day, from the 2
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and says he s initiated high level talks with the us. translation: if we are plunged in a conflict? i but we don t want that. it is not our choice. this is why i responded to president biden s proposal. hello and welcome. tighter restrictions against coronavirus have come into effect in some european countries, amid concerns over the highly infectious omicron variant that continues to spread rapidly. there s a fear that a wave of omicron infections could overwhelm health services , despite preliminary studies suggesting that omicron is milder and that the risk of being hospitalised is up to 75 percent lower. we ll look at mainland europe in a moment, but let s start here in the uk. over 1.3 million british people were infected with covid in the week ending the 16th of december the highest level of infections
sickness or isolation almost doubled to around 3,900. the nhs workforce was already under pressure before omicron came along. there s increased pressure there, as we are seeing in many workforces at the moment, especially if someone needs to isolate if they have a positive case, but some of the recent moves we ve had from moving to 10 day to 7 day isolation if you take tests in the last two days, i think all of this will help. between 30 and 40. these are the ages of some of the people fighting - for the life on a covid ward. a graphic illustration of the pressures the health service is facing from liverpool city council. filmed in the intensive care unit of the royal liverpool, it shows how every patient needing treatment is relatively young and unvaccinated. the message is clear get vaccinated. - in wales too, where waiting lists for planned procedures have hit a record high, there are warnings, too, nearly one fifth of staff could be