tree gift to britain looks decidely down in the dumps. we ll try and cheer it up. live from our studio in singapore. this is abc news. it s news day. bbc news. in berlin where major restrictions have been announced for anyone who s not vaccinated against covid19, banning them from all but essential shops in an attempt to fend off a fourth wave of the virus. the german chancellor angela merkel says vaccines may become compulsory from february. cases of the new variant, omicron, have now been confirmed in 2a countries. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. red alert in germany. intensive care staff at this bavarian hospital lit the wards red to warn germans of the threat from covid at its worst wave of infections so far. the government has announced a ban on the unvaccinated entering bars, restaurants and non essential shops. translation: this is - the situation we are confronted with and it s also cleared what we need to achieve first. those who have not been vaccinate
them alive. these are what happens when we have these shootings. it is oxford high school in michigan. shot rang out. a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy and a 17-year-old are dead in the shooting. another eight are injured. the shooting suspect is a 15-year-old boy. and we have some new video. this is from inside one of the classr classrooms. if you ll look at your screen, you ll see it now, as students and a teacher heard a voice from the hallway. then they waited. we re not taking that risk right now. i m not sure if the person on the other side of the door was friendly or hostile. he said bro. they fled to safety. so, again, this is all happening in oakland county, michigan, and again, we are awaiting a press conference here, so i m going to stretch a little bit until we get to it and bring in some of our ko correspondents soon. like i said, we cannot become numb to this. president joe biden said his heart goes out to the grieving families tonight. watch this.
girl and a 17-year-old are dead in the shooting. another eight are injured. the shooting suspect is a 15-year-old boy. and we have some new video. this is from inside one of the classrooms. if you ll look at your screen, you ll see it now, as students and a teacher heard a voice from the hallway. then they waited. we re not taking that risk right now. i m not sure if the person on the other side of the door was friendly or hostile. he said bro. they fled to safety . slow down, you are fine. so, again, this is all happening in oakland county, michigan, and again, we are awaiting a press conference here, so i m going to stretch a little bit until we get to it and bring in some of our correspondents soon. like i said, we cannot become numb to this. joe biden says his heart goes out to the grieving families tonight. watch this. i learned about a school shooting in michigan. as we learned the full details, my heart goes out to the families during the unimaginable gri