welcome to bbc news. the education secretary has said shortening the covid isolation period in england would be helpful in dealing with staffing shortages. nadhim zahawi said any decision would be made on the basis of advice from the uk health security agency and said absences among teachers would rise now that schools are back. the us recently shortened isolation for those testing positive for covid from seven days to five. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now there s a suggestion that in england, at least that period could be cut to five days instead. i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have two negative
the education secretary has said shortening the covid isolation period in england would be helpful in dealing with staffing shortages. nadhim zahawi said any decision would be made on the basis of advice from the uk health security agency and said absences among teachers would rise now that schools are back. the us recently shortened isolation for those testing positive for covid from seven days to five. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now there s a suggestion that in england, at least that period could be cut to five days instead. i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have two negative tests on consecutive
an afghan baby separated from his parents in kabul during the chaos of the us withdrawal is reunited with relatives. and it s one of hollywood s biggest nights but this year s golden globes ceremony will be held without a list stars or tv coverage. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. starting off with some news that has been developing in new york and we will hopefully be showing you some life for girls of something we have been seeing. life for girls of something we have been seeing- been seeing. that is fire vehicles on location- been seeing. that is fire vehicles on location. we been seeing. that is fire vehicles on location. we understand - been seeing. that is fire vehicles on location. we understand that| been seeing. that is fire vehicles i on location. we understand that at least 19 people, including nine children, have died in a fire. that is the building you can see on the screen there. it isa it is a new bronx area of the ci
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 10am in melbourne where a court hearing is just getting underway to decide on novak djokovic s appeal against deportation from australia. the men s tennis number one has been holed up in a government detention hotel in melbourne since he arrived in the country on wednesday.the australian government says he is not exempt from the requirement for visiting foreigners to be vaccinated. from melbourne, shaimaa khalil reports. for days, they ve been showing their solidarity on the streets of melbourne. no court appearance for novak djokovic, who is still in an immigration detention hotel six days after flying in. oh, man, i haven t slept since he s come off the plane. we re all sick to the stomach. it s a very unfortunate situation for australia, it s becoming very embarrassing. the prospect of djokovic s deportation has sparked a sporting and diplomatic storm, and today, former wimbledon champion andy murray weighed in,
pamela brown tonight in washington, you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin this hour with a sobering reality on the covid pandemic. that viral blizzard the u.s. was warned about, it s here. the swift spread of the highly contagious omicron variant has pushed hospitalizations close to the record set almost a year ago, and the number of american children hospitalized with covid has soared to the highest level of the entire pandemic. helping drive that number, children under 5 who are too young to be vaccinated. many hospitals are facing a staffing crisis because covid is infecting their personnel. some states have deployed national guard troops seen here in the protective gear to help fill that void. new york is now the latest state to mandate booster shots for health care workers. a former member of president biden s covid-19 advisory board says the nation needs better long-term planning. unfortunately, if you vaccinate today the people who are unvaccinated who account for abo