to justify any further regulations, and bearing in mind that we ve got a lot of information from very senior positions in south africa, where the omicron variant originated, they have added for four weeks already, and what we should be expecting is what we are finding fewer hospitalisations, more transmissibility, people going to hospital, staying in hospitalfar to hospital, staying in hospital far less than under the delta variant, and thankfully far fewer deaths. andrew bridgen conservative mp. we can take you through the figures we have for scotland, because we do have the latest covid infection figures for scotland, a record number of cases recorded over the christmas break. on christmas day, 8252 cases were reported, 11,030 confirmed yesterday, thatis 11,030 confirmed yesterday, that is boxing day, sunday. that is the highest ever number of covid cases recorded in
to the new mandate. here in new york, people are adhering to that, but with this quadruple rate of children in hospital since the omicron variant came here, a lot of those children are not fully vaccinated. in fact, between the ages of five and ii, none were vaccinated. so the department of health right now in new york city is really warning parents to make sure that their children are getting vaccinations. children over 12 have to have both vaccinations to enter public areas like restaurants. so each state and each city does do things differently. new york state has definitely been in the forefront. bill de blasio, the current mayor, has said he doesn t want to see new york go back to the dark days of the early pandemic when the city essentially shut down. there are all sorts of mandates and rules in place here in new york city. courtney, have any measures
some of that in context of course, once we get the england figures as well. but those are the latest figures through from scotland. new york city has made it compulsory for everyone aged 12 and above to be fully vaccinated against covid in order to access indoor entertainment and sports activities. it has also become the first us city to require vaccines for all private sector workers. jabs are already mandatory for state employees. cbs correspondent courtney kealy is in new york and gave us the reaction to the new mandate. well, here in new york, people are adhering to that, but with this quadruple rate of children in hospital since the omicron variant came here, a lot of those children are not fully vaccinated. in fact, between the ages of five and 11, none were vaccinated. so the department of health right now in new york city is really warning parents to make sure that their children are getting vaccinations. children over 12 have to
it was busy with activity. so only a night time curfew will not really bring the situation under control if the omicron starts spreading. there have been more covid related flight cancellations today with more than 1,400 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, more than 8,000 flights have been grounded, an israeli hospital has begun giving a fourth shot of the coronavirus vaccine, in a clinical trial to find out if it is safe and effective in containing the spread of covid. the trial in tel aviv includes about 150 health care workers. israel is considering approving a fourth dose, or second booster, for vulnerable people as it tries to stop a surge in omicron infections. let s look at some of the day s other news. the prime minister
thank you for being with us, i hope you had a good christmas weekend. it is a slightly downbeat thing to be talking about with the festivities in the way people are worrying about coronavirus restrictions. we are in a different place where we were one year ago. do you think alone is enough for the government to be at this stage of saying we need something more overwhelming before we are prepared to introduce further restrictions introduce further restrictions in england? in england? clearly the data bein: in england? clearly the data being fed in england? clearly the data being fed to in england? clearly the data being fed to the in england? clearly the data being fed to the prime - in england? clearly the data i being fed to the prime minister were not sufficient for him to be able to justify any further regulations. that in mind that we have a lot of information from various positions in south africa where the knock on variant originated. they have had it for weeks already. wh