polo, thank you. let s go now to natasha in los angeles. cases there also rising pretty fast. what are people saying about the current situation? what s being done to slow the spread? reporter: amara, l.a. county, the most populous county in the u.s. has seen case rates the daily confirmed cases pretty much triple in the past week. let s look at the numbers. on tuesday l.a. county public health reported more than 1100 confirmed covid cases. by saturday, yesterday, it was more than 3700 confirmed cases. and we have not actually seen that number cross the 3,000 threshold since late august, early september. it s been a while since the we ve had so many positive cases in one day. the hospitalizations are also high, relatively speaking. more than 700 right now. and we haven t seen that number cross 700 since early october. we are also seeing college
increasing, there s a push to get more people tested and vaccinated. the uk vaccine minister helping distribute covid tests at a sorting center saturday. the government aiming to get 900,000 a day shipped directly to homes across the uk. and long lineups at a booster clinic northeast of london, many hoping to avoid another possible lockdown by getting a shot. another lockdown does seem extreme. i think everyone needs to be careful, go where you need to go and go home. some vaccine clinics opening 24-hour jab athons. in northern england one pharmacy opened for 36 hours straight. worldwide, there s a push to get young people vaccinated. santa claus and his helpers visiting kids in portugal. germany and france, also giving shots to 5 to 11-year-olds saturday. covid putting a damper on holiday shoppingl hit the stores from europe to asia on the last weekend before christmas.
hospital admissions are going up but also staff absences are going up by massive levels. reporter: with cases rapidly increasing there s a push to get more people tested and vaccinated. uk vaccine minister helping distribute cove ifd tests at a sorting center saturday. the government aiming to get 900,000 a day shipped directly to homes across the uk. and long line-ups at a booster clinic northeast of london. many hoping to avoid another possible lockdown by getting a shot. another lockdown to me does seem a bit extreme. i think everyone just needs to be careful, go where you need to go and then go home. reporter: some vaccine clinics opening 24-hour jab-a-thons. in northern england one pharmacy opened for 36 hours straight. worldwide there s a push to get young people vaccinated. santa claus and his helpers visiting kids in portugal. germany and france also giving shots to 5 to 11-year-olds saturday. covid putting a damper on holiday shopping. but some still hit the stores