back at university college hospital, there are signs that numbers have stabilised, but no certainty what ll happen next. we were increasingly worried before the new year, and now, at the beginning ofjanuary, we re seeing some very, very early signs that perhaps some of that demand is listening. but i would caution against thinking we are through the worst of this pandemic. we have a long way to go injanuary, so we re really planning very much for the worst and very much for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units haven t been vaccinated, and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news. let s get some of the day s other news. the authorities in kazakhstan have declared a 2 week state of emergency in the main city, almaty, and in a western province as a wave of protests hit the country.
wave without the need for further restrictions and without the need, certainly, for a lockdown. back at university college hospital, there are signs that numbers have stabilised, but no certainty what ll happen next. we were increasingly worried before the new year, and now, at the beginning ofjanuary, we re seeing some very, very early signs that perhaps some of that demand is listening. but i would caution against thinking we are through the worst of this pandemic. we have a long way to go injanuary, so we re really planning very much for the worst and hoping for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units haven t been vaccinated, and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news.
that perhaps some of the demand is lessening but i would caution against thinking we are through the worst of this pandemic. we have a long way to go injanuary so we are planning very much for the worst and hoping for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units hadn t been vaccinated and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we ll hear from president biden who s appealed for more americans to get the vaccine as the 0micron variant surges. the labour leader has been setting out his party s vision for power if they win the next general election. in his new year s speech sir keir starmer accused the conservatives of losing voters
at the beginning ofjanuary we are seeing some very, very early signs that perhaps some of that demand is lessening. but i would caution against thinking we are through the west of this pandemic, we have a long way to go injanuary. so we are really planning very much for the worst and hoping for the best. the message to get vaccinated was also pushed again today by the prime minister. he said 61% of patients in intensive care units haven t been vaccinated. and 90% hadn t had a booster. borisjohnson added that people were dying needlessly because they hadn t had theirjabs. hugh pym, bbc news. the government s latest coronavirus figures, cover differing time periods, for each of the home nations. there were 218,724 new infections recorded, in the latest 24 hour period, which is another record for the uk. on average there were nearly 181,411 new cases reported, per day in the last week. 48 deaths were recorded,
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