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live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and midnight in geneva, where the world health organization has warned the omicron variant of coronavirus appears pretty good at evading immune responses. the who has said it s also causing an increase in infections, both in the vaccinated and those who ve already had the disease. here s what the head of the organisation had to say. there is now consistent evidence that omicron is spreading significantly faster than the delta variant. and it s more likely that people who have been vaccinated or have recovered for covid 19 could be infected or reinfected. here are some of the other major developments in the coronavirus pandemic at this hour. switzerland has become the latest european country to introduce new covid restrictions, including a mandatory order to work from home. indonesia has added the united ....
announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. not a wave but a covid tsunami. that is the warning from one u.s. health expert as the omicron variant threatens to plunge the country into yet another covid emergency. the delta variant is already driving a surge in cases and hospitalizations, but experts say omicron will overtake delta soon, straining a health care system that s already at the brink. that s why officials say it is more important than ever for americans to get vaccinated and boosted. and new numbers underscore why that is so. according to data from the cdc, unvaccinated people are 20 times more likely to die from covid than people who have been fully vaccinated and boosted. and yet around 70% of fully vaccinated americans still haven t gotten that extra dose. we could be in for an ominous winter season and a kind of grim beginning of the new year. there are still so many now vaccinated but still not boosted folks out t ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. ms truss has the task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. the current arrangement called the northern ireland protocol, avoids a hard border with the irish republic, which is the eu. but it has disrupted commerce between mainland britain and northern ireland. why does this matter? our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is here. hello. let us just first start off with why lord frost resigned. hello. let usjust first start off with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his resignation with why lord frost resigned. -ii he said in his resignation letter that was made public yesterday, that ....
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. several european countries have introduced tough new restrictions to tackle covid, as the omicron variant spreads rapidly across the continent. a month long lockdown has come into force in the netherlands and several other countries look set for tough new measures as we head towards christmas. the number of omicron cases is doubling in 1.5 to three days in areas with community transmission, according to the world health organization. in germany, government advisors have urged fresh measures to fight the surge in the omicron variant. ireland, switzerland and denmark are all stepping up restrictions. there have been protests, however, with belgium, spain and italy among the countries seeing demonstrations. our first report is from anna holligan on the start of the netherlands lockdown. silent high streets. a wholly locked down society. last christmas, the dutch thought covid would be under control by now. ....
hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the netherlands has embarked on a month long lockdown in response to an expected surge in cases of omicron the first european country to introduce such stringent measures in response to the new variant. non essentialshops, bars, gyms, hairdressers and other public venues will be closed until at least mid january. our correspondent, anna holligan, reports from the hague. silent high streets. a wholly locked down society. last christmas, the dutch thought covid would be under control by now. instead, the netherlands has become the first country in europe to lockdown in response to the highly contagious omicron variant. now, it feels like it s starting all over again, to be isolated and, yeah. it feels really bad. we re used to going to the cafe, to a bar and with this lockdown, it s impacted me a bit. so, yeah, it s going to be difficult. so, tomorrow i m working just to throw away a lot i of fresh foo ....