for 17% of cases in the country and that a wave of omicron cases is imminent. but the data seems to suggest, at this point at least, that hospitalisations and deaths are still stable. china has been battling a fresh outbreak of covid cases too, potentially throwing a shadow over the winter olympics, which beijing is due to host in exactly a month s time. the new strain is providing a potential logistical nightmare. china s solution is strict isolation bubbles for all those coming from omicron affected areas. our correspondent stephen mcdonell went to see how they will work. when athletes arrive in beijing from overseas, if their events are in
averaging about 400,000 cases a day. the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, has acknowledged that the health service will face considerable pressure in the coming weeks because of staff absences caused by the omicron variant of coronavirus. at least six health trusts in england have declared critical incidents in the last week. but mrjohnson insisted that further restrictions weren t necessary. india has begun rolling out vaccines for all 15 to 18 year olds. more than four million teenagers took up the offer of a jab on the first day they were eligible. india has recorded its sharpest ever weekly rise in infections. mumbai and delhi are seeing the biggest increases. the resurgence of covid cases is a big concern in asia, with officials in singapore for instance saying that omicron cases now account
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