About the future of banking in the uk and why theyre calling for the rules to be changed on Credit Checks. After 3a years out of english footballs top flight, the wait is finally over for brighton and hove albion, they have been promoted to the Premier League. And carol has the weather. Good morning. A cold and frosty start for some this morning but a lot of sunshine around today. However, well see Cloud Building from the north west through the day, turning the Sunshine Hazy with the odd spot of rain. Ill have more details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. North korea has stepped up its hostile language towards the us, warning there will be all out war if america uses Military Force against it. It comes after days of growing tensions between pyongyang and the washington. On saturday the nation staged a huge Military Parade involving Tens Of Thousands of soldiers and civilians. Ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines were apparently on displ
kind of advise we have been saying all along during this pandemic. things like wear a mask even though you may not want to, wash your hands, that kind of thing. you have the country on the move for this holiday, when people are on the move, these viruses are on the move. flu, rsv, covid, and people who are getting sick are getting advice from their doctors that they probably don t want to hear. and that s stay home. hospitals across the country are being pushed to the limit. emergency rooms are filling up with cases of covid-19, the flu, and rsv. the respiratory virus that can make children under a year old extremely sick. there have been days when we had 30 to 40 children waiting in our emergency departments, waiting for an inpatient bed. and that s unprecedented. in new england, cases of rsv are down but flu is up. some hospitals in boston say their pediatric icus are maxed out. the backup begins in the emergency room.
hospitals are already bracing for what could come after families gather for thanksgiving and experts are warning that there could be shortages of key medications used to treat common illnesses. so again, get boosted, get your flu shot. protect yourself and your family. nbc s stephanie gosk has been following this story for us and here she is with more. reporter: the country s on the move this week for the holiday and so are a host of viruses. the flu, rsv and covid. thanksgiving plans hang in the balance as people grapple with getting sick. hospitals across the country are being pushed to the limit. emergency rooms are filling up with cases of covid-19, the flu, and rsv. the respiratory virus that can make children under a year old extremely sick. there have been days when we have had 30 to 40 children waiting in our emergency departments waiting for an inpatient bed and that s
i know you have been very busy attending to patients in the midst of this crisis. just talk us through with the situation is like on the ground now in hong kong. we is like on the ground now in hong kong- is like on the ground now in hong kong. we are pressing ourselves hong kong. we are pressing ourselves for hong kong. we are pressing ourselves for a hong kong. we are pressing ourselves for a very - hong kong. we are pressing ourselves for a very big - hong kong. we are pressing ourselves for a very big fifth | ourselves for a very big fifth wave and cases are exponentially rising as of now and we expect the cases to and about late month of march or april. and so, its place a lot of stress on emergency departments in the territory and we expect that over time, it s also going to spill over to effecting inpatient bed and care facilities as well. doctor, there have been images that we have seen from hong kong of overflowing hospitals and people unable to get better as you just de
alistair gunn needed treatment for a chest infection. there are people coming in here with cuts on hands and stuff like that, they can go to doctors or go elsewhere, so that impacts the people who need it. this a&e is split in two. half the beds are taken up with patients waiting to be admitted to the main hospital, but there is no space, so patients have to wait. the longest is 20 hours waiting on an inpatient bed and a lot of the patients are being managed on the corridor because there is not, you know, we don t have the cubicles to put patients into. so for them, it s not a journey that we would like to give them and really, you know, isn t acceptable. but we ve got to work with what we ve got at the moment and, unfortunately, we re having to do it on a daily basis. ambulance staff bring patients in, others bring themselves. we brought her up to a&e yesterday just because she s got an infection in her finger and it s starting to track up her arm.