information early and quickly, but all over the world. i think the omicron virus has now been found in at least 60 different countries. there isn t a single marker that allows us to understand or to assess the effectiveness of interventions. it s about the number of cases, how rapidly they re spreading, who they are spreading in, and that is one of the reasons that the vaccine programme has started with people who are most vulnerable. older people, people in care homes, as they re people who are always at risk with this virus or any variants. at risk of severe illness or ending up in hospital. more and more people eligible for the vaccine, and i would really urge people to do so as soon as they have that invitation. professor melinda mills is the professor of demography at the university of oxford. do you think these new restrictions make sense? do you think these new restrictions make sense? yeah, i think there are multile make sense? yeah, i think there are multiple things make
dr thomas waite is the deputy chief medical officer for england and explained a little earlier how the omicron variant is spreading and why the new restrictions are proportionate. it reflects the way that this virus is spreading really so very quickly, notiust is spreading really so very quickly, notjust here and notjust in south africa, notjust here and notjust in south africa, who notjust here and notjust in south africa, who have been really extremely helpful to the rest of the world extremely helpful to the rest of the world in extremely helpful to the rest of the world in sharing this information early world in sharing this information early and world in sharing this information early and quickly, but all over the world early and quickly, but all over the world i early and quickly, but all over the world. i think the omicron virus has now been world. i think the omicron virus has now been found in at least 60 different now been found in at least 60 different cou