easy. cos they re so good at it, you barely feel it! other parts of the nhs are really feeling it, though. we re hearing that around six trusts, including the united lincolnshire hospitals nhs trust, have declared critical incidents in the last few days. this happens when they re worried that they can t provide all of the critical services they need to. looking at the pressures on the nhs in the next couple of weeks and maybe longer, looking at the numbers of people who re going to be going into hospital, it will be absolute folly to say that this thing is all over now bar the shouting. we ve got to remain cautious, we ve got to stick with plan b, we ve got to get boosted. in other words, no new restrictions in england at the moment. expect to hear more focus on boosterjabs, though. and nhs staff could be redeployed to help the busiest areas. it s not unusual to hear that the nhs is under pressure in january. winter always brings with it extra patients
data for wales and northern ireland won t come until after the new year holiday. in france, children aged six and over are required to wear facemasks on public transport, shops and in other venues. in the netherlands, the government has announced that schools will reopen next week, despite cases remaining high and in india, vaccinations have opened to 15 to 18 year olds. but the country has recorded its steepest weekly surge in infections almost tripling, with 130,000 new cases registered. let s start though in the uk, and our health correspondent catherine burns. hello, how do you do? how are you? happy new year. another day, another visit to a vaccination centre for the prime minister. how was that? easy. cos they re so good at it, you barely feel it! other parts of the nhs are really feeling it, though. we re hearing that around six trusts, including the united lincolnshire hospitals nhs trust, have declared critical incidents in the last few days. this happens when they re worrie
are really feeling it, though. we re hearing that around six trusts, including the united lincolnshire hospitals nhs trust, have declared critical incidents in the last few days. this happens when they re worried that they can t provide all the critical services they need to. looking at the pressures on the nhs in the next couple of weeks and maybe longer, looking at the numbers of people who re going to be going into hospital, it will be absolute folly to say that this thing is all over now bar the shouting. we ve got to remain cautious, we ve got to stick with plan b, we ve got to get boosted. in other words, no new restrictions in england at the moment. expect to hear more focus on boosterjabs, though. and nhs staff could be redeployed to help the busiest areas. it s not unusual to hear that the nhs is under pressure in january. winter always brings with it extra patients, and covid is adding to that. this year, though, there s another complication the number of staff who are off