followed suit pledging to hassle france s unvaccinated population with the country leading europe in raw positive cases. the spread of omicron has seen the uk beat its own national daily covid record, with almost 220,000 new cases reported but it at present has no additional restrictions planned. fears of the new strain and a possible third wave in india has lead authorities in dehli to once again ramp up restrictions there most recently ordering people to stay at home in the coming weekends. nowhere however have restrictions more severe than in china. beijing has put all one point two million residents of the city of yuzhou in lockdown after the discovery of just three asymptomatic cases. another city, xi an, with a population of 13 million, has been under lockdown for two weeks. our correspondent,