BBC News with Sue Montgomery.

Britain has recorded its highest daily number of new coronavirus infections since the start of
pandemic.

70,000 cases were recorded with England’s chief medical officer calling the rapid spread of the
Omicron variant a are really serious threat.

The British Premier Minister Boris Johnson has said it’s absolutely vital that everyone gets a
booster jab against coronavirus.

Christina Pagel from the Independent SAGE group of scientists says the numbers of new cases are
staggering.

“We’ve not seen these great rates ever, really, every two days. We’ve just not seen that. And that
just means that, even if most people are totally, you know, recovered totally fine, just by having
the sheer numbers, you could overwhelm health services, and in a really short period of time,
because things are getting worse so rapidly”

However, so far, virus-related deaths have not spiked.

The European Union’s health authority has warned member countries, the Omicron coronavirus
variant could soon become the dominant strain in Europe, leading to a growing number of
hospitalizations and deaths without additional measure.

The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said Omicron could overtake the
Delta variant in the block by early next year.

If you look at the time when new cases to doubling number. _ seems to be doubling every two or
three days. We are told that by mid-January, we should expect _ to be the new _ _ in Europe. But
over the last year, we’ve worked hard and we’ve achieved a great deal. And this is why Europe is
better prepared now to fight the virus.

The United Nations says Columbia security forces committee the serious human rights _ earlier
this year when the way of protest _ dozens of people _.

The UN high _ for human rights said the police are used unnecessary are _ at first during the _.

President. Biden is announced that the US federal government will cover the entire cost of _ days
of clear up in the state of _ following _ _.

He visited the town of _ _ and described the destructions there almost beyond believe.

Accompanying him was the governor of _, _ _ who gave an emotional speech.

To me, this was always a safe place. Bad things do not happen here until Saturday. If you look
around here, _ the number of other towns, you might think that we are broke. But we are not. We
open our homes to those in need, not just today, but every day. And we will repair our homes, our
businesses, and we will repair our lives. We will do all of that, together.

BBC News.