caution, to act sensibly during the christmas period. but it seems there won t be any further restrictions put in place ahead of christmas although the government has said it reserves the possibility to implement further measures after the christmas period as they continue to monitor the situation. over the weekend, we heard from the government s scientific advisers warning that hospitals could see a surge in admissions in the new year if urgent action isn t taken. the head of the nhs saying the health service is on a war footing. so there are some concerns there, but the government is also encouraging people to go out and get their booster vaccines. we heard from the chief medical officers across the uk yesterday in an open letter to their health service colleagues, saying that vaccination is the way out of this pandemic. so there is a push there. we ve seen a significant uptick in the number of people going out to get their booster jab. almost 30 million people now. so there is some
number of omicron cases seem low. but there are restrictions everywhere. here in italy as of tomorrow, it s not just indoor face masks. you have to wear face masks in outside spaces as well. portugal is going to be closing bars and cafes after christmas. there are curfews all across europe right now, and there s still open travel. people can travel from country to country in continental europe but even that is going to be called into question as people have to be tested as the holidays go forward. so it s not going to be a great, relaxing christmas like people had hoped by any means, rosemary. yes, that is problematic, isn t it? nada, let s go to you in london. now we know that the uk is shortening the required isolation period. what is the latest on that, and of course current infections and hospitalizations as a result of omicron? reporter: that s right, rosemary. the isolation period is now
table and talk. the tigrayan government is saying tigrayan fighters are only pretending to offer this because they re being defeated. that s why they withdrew troops from neighboring regions in the north of ethiopia. the tigrayan fighters want a cease-fire. they want an arms embargo in ethiopia and eritrea. and especially they want that beginning of negotiations, but the ethiopian government does not want that cease-fire, not right now. a cease-fire from who is the question. the government has already been engaged in a cease-fire before which has evidently referred to as a sick joke. so the federal government has got an obligation to maintain peace, to ensure territorial integrity, and the operations by the federal defense forces will ensure that territorial integrity will be maintained.
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but they re focusing on that right now. and president biden has a full plate right now, of course, tackling this surge in cases in the midst of this omicron variant while he s trying to recover from senator joe manchin s sudden rejection of his build back better plan, and also dealing with high inflation triggered by the pandemic. and of course all of this giving him very low approval ratings. is he up to the task, do you think? well, that s the new question that people are asking. i mean in effect, up to the last few weeks, president biden has lost control of the narrative, the story in people s head. the original narrative was hope, back to normal, we re going to be okay. the new narrative and you mentioned it a bit is, is he up to the task? is he up to the job? afghanistan pullout went poorly. inflation s back. covid is resurging. can t get things through congress. the irony, of course, is that by most objective standards, most