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good afternoon. there are warnings that tougher covid restrictions may need to be brought in very soon in england to avoid hospital admissions potentially peaking at a round 3,000 a day, as cases of the omicron variant surge. the comments appear in leaked minutes from a meeting of the government s scientific advisory group for emergencies. leading infectious diseases expert, professor neil ferguson, says the situation looks precarious. here s our health correspondent, katharine da costa. there s no time to lose. jabs are now available 2a hours a day at this vaccine centre in north london, as nhs staff and volunteers across the country strive to reach 1millionjabs a day. in london, where the 0micron variant is already driving a surge of infections, hospital admissions are on the rise and staff sickness is a growing concern. i m incredibly worried about staff absences in the nhs, in the fire brigade, in the police service, in our councils, across london. that s why it s ....
one of the great problems these daysis one of the great problems these days is that everyone wants to be right and nobody wants to listen to other people s opinions. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s nine in the morning in singapore, and one o clock in london where the the uk has announced record covid infection figures for the second day in a row as the world health organization says the new strain omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. more than 75 countries have omicron cases. a top uk health official says the variant is probably the most significant threat we ve had since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile presidentjoe biden has said that the omicron variant has now arrived in the united states. our medical editor fergus walsh starts our coverage. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours for a covid vaccination bus. it was a reco ....
one of the great problems these days is everyone wants to be right and nobody really wants to listen to other peoples opinion. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 11pm in the uk where the uk has announced record covid infection figures for the second day in a row as the world health organisation says the new strain omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. more than 75 countries have omicron cases. a top uk health official says the variant is probably the most significant threat we ve had since the start of the pandemic. meanwhile in the last hour presidentjoe biden has said that the omicron variant has now arrived in the united states. our medical editor fergus walsh starts our coverage. what do you want for christmas? for millions it is a booster. these people in newcastle today were prepared to wait for hours for a covid vaccination bus. it was a record day for booster jabs, but also covid cases. boosters offer the best protection against omicron, ....
and help at last for the seal pups who were caught up in the storm and separated from their mothers. from the year before. and separated from their mothers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has ordered an extra 114 million covid vaccine doses for booster programmes over the next two years. ministers say the deals for both pfizer and moderna jabs will future proof the uk s vaccination programme. the deals include access to modified vaccines if they are needed to combat omicron and other variants that may arise. our health correspondent, katherine da costa, reports and a warning that there is flash photography at the start of her report. a year ago today the uk became the first in the world to approve the pfizer covid vaccine. days later margaret keenan was the first person outside clinical trials to get it. since then, 150 millionjabs have been administered in the biggest vaccination effort in uk history. now more than 100 million extra dose ....
a warning that the nhs is facing the most difficult winter in its history. and why the crew of the international space station had to take cover when russia blew up one of its own satellites with a missile. the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has given harrowing evidence to mps about how he was bullied and racially abused at the club. he says he and others of asian heritage were told to sit near the toilets with racial slurs used constantly . he was close to tears as he told the commons culture, media and sport committee that he felt isolated and humiliated, and that the club treated him in an inhuman way. azeem rafiq said there s institutional racism across english cricket. a warning this report from laura scott does contain some offensive language. azeem rafiq said today was the time for truth, as the focus of cricket s racism crisis moved yorkshire to westminster, those troops from the man whose allegation said the scandal in motion proved uncomfortable. ....