A cold day in the east, turning milder in the west, milder for all on tuesday before it turns colder again. hello, it s another cold, frosty, icy night on the way and some sleet and snow in parts of the midlands and across southern england to clear away before we get into the night. further wintry showers along the north sea coast, this is bbc news. i m rebecca jones. the headlines at 7pm. a third case of the new omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the uk. the government urges people to get their boosters and to follow new rules from tuesday on mask wearing in england. the government says pupils in year 7 and above in england should wear masks in communal areas of schools from tomorrow morning. everyone wants us to protect the progress that we have made. and that is why we have acted very swiftly and, i believe, in a proportionate way with the news of this new variant. the south african president has criticised the decision to put the country on the international red li
This is bbc news the headlines at eight. a third case of the new omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the uk the government urges people to get their boosters and to follow new rules from tuesday on mask wearing in england. the government says pupils in year seven and above in england should wear masks in communal areas of schools from tomorrow morning. everyone wants us to protect the progress that we have made. and that is why we have acted very swiftly and, i believe, in a proportionate way with the news of this new variant. the south african president has criticised the decision to put the country on the international red list. these restrictions are completely unjustified. and unfairly discriminate against our country and our southern african sister countries.
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Secondary they year seven, children age 11 and above wore masks and we think that is a sensible move. if you delay the necessary measures, then the new variant takes hold, like the delta variant did. new variants will take hold any how but what you are trying to do but introducing measures, is slow the rate of transmission so that the hospitals aren t overwhelmed, so, something like, in secondary schools wearing a mask in a classroom, that isn t a big, that is not a big drawback, and if that means that fewer teenagers get this variant, which we understand to be highly transmissable. if they get it, or if there are close contact of, pupil with this variant, this new variant, then that i have to isolate for ten day, that is going to be incredibly disruptive to schooling, so surely, the best thing, we know that masks
The headlines. a third case of the new omicron variant of coronavirus has been detected in the uk the government urges people to get their boosters and to follow new rules from tuesday on mask wearing in england. the government says pupils in year seven and above in england should wear masks in communal areas of schools from tomorrow morning. the south african president has criticised the decision to put the country on the international red list. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without electricity in the wake of storm arwen. four european countries agree to deploy a plane to patrol the french coast to help prevent migrants crossing the sea to britain. and sir frank williams who created one the great formula one teams has died aged 79. coming up in a moment on bbc news it s sportsday but first, here s click.