areas a week after hundreds of people were killed. you can see up there on the roof it s been completely torn off like a can of sardines. 90% of the buildings here have been damaged. and when video games become more than just a bit of fun we go inside the uk s only treatment centre for people who ve become addicted. and coming up on the bbc news channel, liverpool captain jordan henderson adds his voice to the concerns over player welfare as covid numbers rise along with christmas fixtures. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the uk has recorded more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in one day for the first time since the start of the pandemic. with so many people being forced to self isolate, the health secretary sajid javid has announced that the quarantine period for people who are infected in england is being cut from ten days to seven days from today. you don t have to quarantine after that as long as you have two negative lateral flow tests on day si
also tonight. nearly a week after the typhoon in the philippines we report from one of the worst affected areas. you can see up there on the roof, it has been completely torn off like a can of sardines. 90% of the buildings here have been damaged. and is comedy in danger of being cancelled because of sensitivity over controversial subjects? we have a special report. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, three all premier league ties in the quarterfinals of the efl cup tonight, with tottenham and west ham looking to reach the last four. good evening. for the first time since the start of the pandemic nearly two years ago the uk has recorded more than 100,000 new cases of coronavirus in a 2k hour period. despite that high figure the latest evidence from several studies suggests that fewer people are having to go to hospital with the new variant 0micron. but experts say they need more evidence before they can be certain. during the day the health secretary sajid javid an
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blanket booster programmes are likely to prolong the pandemic. rather than ending it. by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage. in other news, the un security council votes to allow aid to afghanistan finding a way round sanctions against the taliban. and we report from kyrgyzstan where environmentalists are trying to save reindeer from the brink of extinction. daily covid cases in the uk have topped 100,000 for the first time since mass testing began. 106 thousand, 122 daily cases have been recorded, passing the previous record of 93 thousand on the 17th of december. these numbers are driven by the rapid spread of the 0micron variant. here s our political correspondent ben wright. we correspondent ben wright. are still within a rising v infections. we are still within a rising wave of infections. searching across the country. this is what ministers and officials had expected. but we have seen is a fracturing of these figures