but dr harries cautions that more information is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed, as omicron continues to spread rapidly across the country. earlier i spoke to the university of cambridge s professor ravi gupta about the latest covid data. he told me what he believes is behind the high infections. i think that of course the number of infections is remarkably high and it is probably due to the virus being highly infectious and replicating really well in the upper airways and the nose and that is why it is spreading so quickly. we think it has taken a potential hit in other parts of its profile and it may be less prone to infecting the lower airways and causing severe lung disease so although the numbers of cases is incredibly high it may not translate into more severe disease, as we were di
christmas message this year, her first since the death of her husband prince philip. hello and welcome. the uk has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 120,000. it s the third day in a row that cases have topped 100,000 with 122,186 recorded today a separate survey from the office of national statistics found that on december 19th, an estimated 1 in 35 people in the uk had coronavirus that s1.74 million people. in london the ratio is much higher one in 20 people were likely to have tested positive for covid, the highest proportion of any region or nation in england. let me show you quickly the stats for the other nations. in wales it s around one in 45 scotland s rate is one in 65 and in northern ireland it s one in a0. but despite soaring cases, early findings suggest that the 0micron variant is milder than delta, and leads to less hospitalisation the head of the uk health security agency drjenny harries ca
Matthijs Visch will be the new CEO of department store chain de Bijenkorf. He will be taking over from Giovanni Colauto on Friday, who has been the highest executive of the retail company since 2012. Visch had been a director for the European activities of the outdoor clothing brand Patagonia for the last two years. Before he started working at Patagonia, which often prides itself on sustainable ideals, he worked for Nike. One of his positions included being the general manager of the sporting brand in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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