hello. by this time tomorrow, omicron will most likely have overtaken delta to become the dominant covid variant in london. roughly speaking, the number of cases here is doubling every two and half days. the uk has now recorded the first death from omicron, we don t know the particular circumstances behind that case, but the prime minster said today people needed to dispel the notion that this is a milder variant. ourfreedoms, he says, will depend on the success of the booster programme and how willing people are to get vaccinated. tomorrow, there will be four votes in the house of commons on facemasks, social distancing rules, covid certificates for larger venues, and compulsory vaccinations for all nhs staff. on the conservative benches, there will be a sizable rebellion, but the leader of the opposition
look different though for those who are double vaccinated and the residents of new south wales. for example, cafes and restau ra nts a re wales. for example, cafes and restaurants are open, hairdressers, gyms, also open and children start to go to school from next week. there are rules in place though so inside venues only 20 allowed to gathering, social distancing rules, mask will still apply in the big one of course is that now it is down to business owners to make sure that customers provide proof of vaccination, and they have to be double vaccinated for them to enjoy these loosening and easing of restrictions. with her the premier there, easing of restrictions. with herthe premierthere, dominic perrottet, saying it is going to step forward but it will be challenging. two major things to look out for, one, this bike or increasing the number of covid 19 cases but also the the spike, but the application of vaccination rules. right now
we don t care or what, me worry? and this is problematic and the social distancing recommendations from cdc. if you read them closely you realize they all assume universal mask wearing and i don t know what you do with social distancing rules, and that s going to be really tough to do this when you have such a screaming high level of transmission. if the kids aren t vaccinated and masked it s hard to imagine how this is going to go well and i m predicting we re going to see a lot of schools return to virtual learning and everybody was saying how important it is to do in-person learning and no one was willing to put forward the policies to make that happen and to be effective. no one was willing to do the hard work and to show some courage and do what was needed to protect the kids. dr. patel, i want to get to this question and get to this one because it just came in on