staying in the uk, some good news for travellers and the travel industry. people arriving in the uk from abroad will no longer have to take covid tests if they are fully vaccinated. the changes will come in on 11 february, in time for the half term break. rules have also been eased for unvaccinated travellers, who will no longer have to take a day 8 test or self isolate. the winter olympic opening ceremony will be held in beijing injust over a week. this comes as covid infections are spreading in china, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. to deal with it, officials have imposed a strict olympic bubble isolation system and are not selling tickets to the public. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell asked the skating enthusiasts of the host city how they felt about this. screaming
in beijing injust over a week. this comes as covid infections are spreading in china, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. to deal with it, officials have imposed a strict olympic bubble isolation system and are not selling tickets to the public. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell asked the skating enthusiasts of the host city how they felt about this. screaming.
in ten days time, say 15 new covid cases have been confirmed among games related personnel in the last day 12 of them, new arrivals. already officials have imposed a strict olympic bubble isolation system to control the spread of the omicron variant in particular, and decided not to sell tickets to the public. china correspondent stephen mcdonell asked the skating enthusiasts of the host city how they felt about this. screaming. the olympics is expected to produce a boom in winter sports here, sports which in the past haven t really involved
after covid started in the country, and with the highly infectious omicron variant spreading to more places every day. we hear from the organisers that 15 new positive covid 19 cases were detected among games related personnel onjanuary related personnel on january 2a. related personnel onjanuary 2a. it helps to explain why the authorities have a strict olympic bubble isolation system in place and they are not selling tickets to the public. steven mcdonnell is exploring the situation.
he had spent over a month on a ventilator. he d spent over a month on a ventilator. covid didn t beat him can the nhs say the same? clive myrie, bbc news. the winter olympic opening ceremony will be held in beijing injust over a week. this comes as covid infections are spreading in china, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. to deal with it, officials have imposed a strict olympic bubble isolation system and are not selling tickets to the public. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell asked the skating enthusiasts of the host city how they felt about this. screaming