and rescue dog, who got lost herself, in norfolk, as she s reunited today with her owner. good evening. the health secretary sajid javid has ruled out any new coronavirus restrictions in england before the new year, despite a record number of new infections in england, almost 4,000 on christmas day. today, the prime minister met his scientific advisors the uk health secretary sajid javid has ruled out introducing any new covid restrictions in england before the new year. ministers had been under pressure to respond to rising infection levels after the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland
later than august this year. israel is considering a fourth dose, a second booster, for vulnerable people. the infections have been surging in recent weeks despite the comprehensive vaccination programme. there have been more covid related flight cancellations, today with more than 2800 flights cancelled around the world. destinations in the united states and china have been the worst hit, with us airlines saying the disruption is due to crews testing positive or isolating. in all, since christmas eve, approaching 10,000 flights have been grounded. let s take a look at some of the other global stories making the news. talks aimed at salvaging the 2015 iran nuclear deal have resumed in vienna. negotiations restarted in november after a five month hiatus following the election of iran s new ultra conservative president ebrahim raisi. the hope is to bring the us back into the fold after it withdrew from the accord in 2018 under then president donald trump.
restrictions in terms of their severity? restrictions in terms of their severi ? ., ., , . severity? cautious. but reflecting the hue severity? cautious. but reflecting the huge scale severity? cautious. but reflecting the huge scale of severity? cautious. but reflecting the huge scale of the severity? cautious. but reflecting the huge scale of the infection i severity? cautious. but reflecting l the huge scale of the infection that we are expecting. they are talking about now are rate of 250,000, quarter of a million infections every day and a couple of weeks from now. if you look at the spread ability of omicron, it is far more contagious than its previous variants, and even though it s less harmful, it seems, nonetheless, it is spreading rapidly, and there is the same fear of hospitals being overtaken and overwhelmed if it is allowed to spread at a full rate. if there isn t some pressure put on it, so that is why they are acting in this way, but as in britain, there is a ba