disinfection aspect. these are also very key pillars of controlling covid, notjust testing and notjust reliant on vaccines because we know those strategies are not enough by itself against these highly evasive in some variant. thank ou ve evasive in some variant. thank you very much- in iran, the well known film actress taraneh alidoosti has been arrested, as anti government protests continue into a fourth month. an iranian news agency said ms alidoosti, who s best known for her starring role in the oscar winning iranian film, the salesman, was detained for publishing what it called false and distorted content and inciting chaos. ms alidoosti publicly condemned the first execution of a protester earlier this month. meanwhile the suspicious death of another young woman has provoked new outrage. 36 year old aida rostami had been helping people wounded in the unrest in a neighbourhood in the west
analysts say chaos and confusion have followed the country s abrupt decision to drop its controversial zero covid policy. and it is still unclear how authorities will get to grips with this current surge in infections. ijoema ndukwe, bbc news. let s look at some other stories in brief. in iran, the well known film actress taraneh alidoosti has been arrested, as anti government protests continue into a fourth month. an iranian news agency said ms alidoosti, who s best known for her starring role in the oscar winning iranian film, the salesman, was detained for publishing what it called false and distorted content and inciting chaos. ms alidoosti publicly condemned the first execution of a protester earlier this month. in north africa, tunisia s main opposition parties have called on the president to resign. that s after under 9% of people voted in an election for a new national assembly. the new assembly was part of a series of political changes made by president kais saied which his cr
you know, you have the population, the densely populated areas and lack of immunity, which are all setting the stage for a very dramatic rise in cases. and again, what we do know is when this virus has an opportunity to spread, it has an opportunity to mutate and when it has an opportunity to mutate then you do risk new variants and it is always a roll of the dice with what happens there, so i think this is going to be important to monitor it, very, very carefully and to do everything we can to make sure that their systems are able to handle the sure influx of cases and patients. that was dr anne rimoin of ucla in california. in iran, the well known film actress, taraneh alidoosti, has been arrested, as anti government protests continue into a fourth month. an iranian news agency said, ms alidoosti who s best known for her starring role in the oscar winning iranian film,
however, a past emphasis on lockdowns, rather than vaccinations, means that older people are at risk. sufficiently vaccinated is the question, and unfortunately that is a relatively low percentage, particularly with elderly people. and, you know, to understand why, i think in the time of severe lockdowns, we have had nearly three years of china being severely locked down and that was the containment measure, so people had a sort of false sense of security. there are concerns that china s health infrastructure is not equipped to deal with the rapid rise in patients. analysts say chaos and confusion have followed the country s abrupt decision to drop its controversial zero covid policy. and it is still unclear how authorities will get to grips with this current surge in infections. ijoema ndukwe, bbc news. in iran, the well known film actress taraneh alidoosti has been arrested, as anti government protests continue into a fourth month.
as to how matters unfolded. they ve set up a website on which people can upload photographs and footage. a postmortem examination of rebecca ikumelo s body will take place tomorrow. meanwhile, two others remain critically ill in hospital. matt cole, bbc news, brixton. you are watching bbc news, a reminder of our top stories: china is seeing a sharp increase of positive covid cases just 10 days after suddenly easing its strict lockdown measures following a wave of protests. the award winning iranian film actress taraneh alidoosti has been arrested after publicly condemning the first execution of a protester in iran earlier this month. in the republic of ireland, leo varadkar has returned as the country s prime minister after he and his predecessor micheal martin swapped roles. the transfer of power was agreed in a coalition deal in 2020 and is the first of its kind in the history of ireland. chris page has this report. this christmas in dublin,