On thursday, but that has been postponed. local elections are taking place across the uk on thursday. seats in all local councils are being contested in scotland and wales. voters in northern ireland will elect members of the assembly at stormont. in england, 4,500 councillors are fighting for re election. polling stations open at 7:00am. for months, hong kong managed to control the spread of covid i9. but the 0micron variant overwhelmed the healthcare system. the city recorded the highest death rate in the world. many of those affected are the city s most vulnerable, the underprivileged and elderly. danny vincent reports from sham shui po district. for mr fong, home is a three metre square cage.
A three metre square cage. the city s extreme poor live in subdivided apartments. hong kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. until recently, six people lived in this room. but when 0micron hit, he lost two room mates in the space of a week. translation: one person died on that bed, the other- person also died. he slept over on that bed. we called the ambulance, it got through but no one picked up. for the poor, living with covid means living in tiny apartments where the virus can easily spread. self isolating is almost impossible. translation: it was too late, he died at about 8:00pm that| night, he suffered a lot, he kept saying he was unwell, he had asthma and underlying illnesses. hong kong is coming out of the fifth wave of covid i9.
For months hong kong managed to control the spread of covid i9. but the 0micron variant overwhelmed the healthcare system and the city recorded the highest death rate in the world. many of those affected are the city s most vulnerable, the underprivileged and elderly. danny vincent reports from sham shui po district. for mr fong, home is a three metre square cage. the city s extreme poor live in subdivided apartments. hong kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. until recently, six people lived in this room. but when 0micron hit, he lost two room mates in the space of a week. translation: one person died on that bed. the other person also died. he slept over on that bed. we called the ambulance, it got through but no one picked up.
Are the city s most vulnerable, the underprivileged and elderly. danny vincent reports from sham shui po district. for mr fong, home is a three metre square cage. the cities extreme poor live in subdivided apartments. hong kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, until recently, six people lived in this room. but when omicron hit, he lost two roommates in the space of a week. translation: one person died on that bed, the other person also died. - he slept over on that bed. we called the ambulance, it got through but no one picked up. for the poor, living with covid means living in tiny apartments where the virus can easily spread, self isolating is almost impossible.
Steelworks in the southern port of mariupol, where at least 200 ukrainian civilians are believed to still be trapped. the city s mayor says the russian forces are going all out to defeat the remaining ukrainian forces holed up in the plant. so far, the united nations has evacuated 300 civilians from mariupol and other nearby areas. president zelensky has made a further appeal to the un to help save the lives of those who remain there. for months, hong kong managed to control the spread of covid i9. but the omicron variant overwhelmed the healthcare system. the city recorded the highest death rate in the world. many of those affected are the city s most vulnerable, the underprivileged and elderly. danny vincent reports from sham shui po district. for mr fong, home is a three metre square cage. the cities extreme poor live in subdivided apartments. hong kong is one of the most