and contact tracing so the government is not again accused of locking the door after the horses bolted. in the secretary of state explain why predeparture tests are not shorter and kenny act with the codes and government to address the racket of soaring testing costs and poor provisions of hotel quarantined accommodation? madam deputy speaker, sage recommended for ventilation and it is not due to publish its full report until october next year. meanwhile, primary school in paisley was shut down for a week following a suspected omicron outbreak. in the past two weeks, the amount of people missing school was increase by 62% begin impact on the parents of the stay at home with their children. education has been stripped enough, will they now roll the ventilation support needed to protect our
the us announces a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics because of china s record on human rights. china calls the boycott a pretentious act and against the spirit of the olympics. there s good news and bad news as the world comes to grips with the spread of the omicron variant. on the one hand, experts say that while its very transmissible, the symptoms are relatively mild. that s eased some fears. the bad news, though, is that many countries are tightening their restrictions on travel and mask wearing, just ahead of the holiday season. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary
in the community. scientists believe omicron could soon become the dominant variant in the uk. here s our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around the world, and that in the uk, there was community transmission in multiple regions. we don t yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease or indeed how it interacts with the vaccines, and so we can t say for certain at this point whether omicron has the potential to knock us off our road to recovery. and labour responded,
years or so, but frankly now i do think this settlement means today could mark a new chapter really for drug treatment services in england. many thanks once again. mark easton, our home editor. there is now community transmission of the omicron variant across the uk as some of the latest cases have no links to international travel, according to the health secretary sajid javid. there are now 261 confirmed omicron cases in england, 71 in scotland and four in wales, bringing the total number of confirmed cases across the uk to 336. scientists believe omicron could soon become the dominant variant in the uk, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson explains. this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around
the threat of a fourth wave is testing the patience of political leaders. there are tighter mandates coming in austria and germany, and today the mayor of new york bill de blasio announced that everyone in his city will need to be vaccinated if they want to go to work, by the 27th december. sophie hutchinson has this report this scottish school, the first in the uk to be suspected of an omicron outbreak. parents were told last night to keep pupils away and switch to remote learning after two classes and multiple teachers had to self isolate. this afternoon, the health secretary told mps omicron had now been reported in 52 countries around the world, and that in the uk, there was community transmission in multiple regions. we don t yet have a complete picture of whether omicron causes more severe disease or indeed how it