over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased fourfold. it seems those who have already had other variants of coronavirus may not be protected against omicron. hospital admissions are up slightly, mainly among the unvaccinated. let s speak now with professor clare bryant, who s an immunity specialist, from the university of cambridge. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. what is the best case scenario, do you think, for omicron, given that we don t know everything about it that scientists would like to knowjust yet? the about it that scientists would like to knowjust yet? to knowjust yet? the best case scenario would to knowjust yet? the best case scenario would be to knowjust yet? the best case scenario would be that - to knowjust yet? the best case scenario would be that it - to knowjust yet? the best case | scenario would be that it doesn t scenario would be that it doesn t cause us severe disease, as with some of the other strains. but w
they are drawing up plans at the moment, so we don t have it confirmed exactly when people under a0 will start to get their boosters in scotland, but that s certainly something that is going to be under way pretty soon. nick eardley purporting for us in glasgow there. reporting for us. and at 5.30pm, we ll be putting your questions about the 0micron variant to the experts. join us for your questions answered with health correspondent laura foster and professor clare bryant, who is an immunity specialist from the university of cambridge. so, stay with us for that. now we are going to move on. i think we are going to be going to the story concerning parliamentary standards. the commons standards committee is calling for mps to be banned from providing paid parliamentary advice. its report follows recent concerns about lobbying and second jobs. the committee also suggests that mps should be investigated for excessive personal attacks via any medium . and it s been a busy morning at
making history in 1975 at a tournament many saw as an embodiment of the racism that was a large part of the sport in america at the time. the lpga said he was the definition of a trailblazer . you can read more about lee elder and that historic moment back in 1975 on the bbc news website.. it s worth reminding yourselves.. but for now that is all from me. olly foster is here with sportsday at 6:30. now it is time for your questions answered. you ve been sending in your questions today on covid 19 and the new variant omicron. with me is our health correspondent laura foster and also i m joined by professor clare bryant who is an immunity specialist from the university of cambridge.
variant b11529 is more transmissible than the delta variant and he said one of the lessons of the bat pandemic is that countries must move quickly and at the earliest possible moment, so from midday today six countries on the travel red list and anyone not from the uk or ireland will be denied entry to the uk and any irish residents returning to the uk must enter hotel currency and anyone who has arrived in the last ten days will be contacted by nhs test and trace and he reminded that the pandemic is far from test and trace and he reminded that the pandemic is farfrom over. let s try to get us up to date with what we know and what we don t know at the moment. professor claire bryant is an immunity specialist from the university of cambridge and joins me now. thank you very much for your time today and on the question of what we know and don t know, how has