new covid restrictions. the latest blow to boris johnson s authority. two close friends who lost their lives in the english channel migrant tragedy we visit their home town in iraqi kurdistan. and calling time on the wild west online. british mps want big tech firms to get tough on online abuse. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in geneva. where the head of the world health organization has issued a new warning about the omicron variant of coronavirus. he said it was spreading far more quickly than any other variant. and he told countries around the world underestimate it at your peril. here s more from him just a few hours ago. omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variants. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron as mild. surely we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. even if omicron does cause less severe disease, the shee
and calling time on the wild west online british mps want big tech companies to be forced to take tougher action. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in geneva where the head of world health organisation has issued a new warning about the omicron variant of coronavirus. he said it was spreading far more quickly than any other variant. and he told countries around the world underestimate it at your peril. here s more from him just a few hours ago: omicron just a few hours ago: is spreading a rate we have not omicron is spreading a rate we have not seen with any other previous variant. we are concerned that people are dismissing omicron as mild. surely, we have learned by now that we underestimate this virus at our peril. even if omicron does cause less severe diseases, the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared health systems. that s the warning from the world health organisation. and it comes against the backdrop of rapidly rising
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