With a mass street party but across the world celebrations are being scaled down due to the pandemic. Well find out how Different Countries hello and welcome to bbc news. Lets stick with those fireworks in thailand to celebrate the new year. The bells are ringing out for all those lost in the pandemic. Due to the coronavirus. And of course sweden, such a fascinating history as they took a very different approach to most European Countries initially in terms of the levels of restrictions and then a couple of months ago, very rapidly altering course as they saw their cases and their death toll spiralling. So the bells ringing out there in stockholm to mark the number who have passed during 2020 and the covid virus pandemic. And i just want to show you some picture that came to us in the last hour this is wuhan. The capital of Hubei Province in china where theyre celebrating new year it comes exactly one year after the city reported an unknown pneumonia outbreak to the world health organi
Transition of power. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. Wales has extended its lockdown by another three weeks with schools and colleges there remaining closed to most pupils until the february half term. And coming up, as the Coronavirus Vaccine roll out ramps up well be speaking to a pharmaceutical logistics expert about the challenges of distributing the vaccines across the uk. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. People arriving into the uk will soon have to provide a negative coronavirus test in order to enter the country. Arrivals, including uk nationals will have to take a test 72 hours before they are due to leave the country they are in. It will apply whether youre arriving by boat, train or plane. Those exempt from the new rules will include hauliers and children under the age of 11, and people travelling within the uk or ireland. The measures are expected to start as e
More warnings about the pressure on hospitals across the uk as the new variant of coronavirus spreads. Londons hospitals are particularly stretched. Leading doctors talk of wall to wall covid and warn people not to underestimate the virus. European ambassadors back the post brexit trade deal that was agreed between the uk and the eu on christmas eve. And how scientists have discovered 12 new species in the Atlantic Ocean good afternoon. There are further warnings today of the pressures faced by hospitals, as the number of covid infections continues to rise across the uk. Londons particularly affected, with the president of the Royal College of emergency medicine warning of the difficulty of getting patients into wards, while the head of one of the capitals leading hospitals said her nurses and doctors are incredibly stretched. London Ambulance Service says boxing day was one of the busiest days in its history, with calls 50 up on the same day last year. Sangita myska has the latest. Ac
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The us President Donald Trump finally issues a statement, saying he condemns the storming of the us capitol by his supporters and committing to an orderly transition of power. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. New rules for passengers arriving in the uk. Soon theyll have to show a negative coronavirus test result. What were trying to do now is stop a new variant, which isnt established here, from coming here. And this is the south african variant, where the scientists are very concerned about the ability of the vaccine to tackle this is bbc news. The south african variant. The headlines new rules for passengers arriving in britain soon theyll have to show a negative if you would like to get in touch
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