still make is from kenya. he raised almost on dial into something like it, and ivory coast colors. i lived here and scrap yard and marble africa direct on al jazeera ah. schools struggled to open across the u. s, which was just reported more than a 1000000 new cobit cases. following the new year weekend. new dahlia's chief minister tests positive for cove it a day after he addressed an election rally. a few people wore masks. ah, lauren taylor, his al jazeera alive from london, also coming up for lease for tear gas to disperse. thousands rallying against sedans, military, 2 days after the civilian prime minister,

resign hosting and prisoner agreed to suspend his month, long hunger strike after israel agrees to end his detention and tennis bear, novick brokovich says he will attend, defend his australian open title. even though he refuses to save, he's had a cove it back. ah. hello, large numbers of infections have been a somber feature of the corona virus pandemic. and tuesday brought another new record. the u. s. has become the 1st country to report a 1000000 daily cases. those that's thought to be inflated by delays in reporting over the new year weekend. a number hasn't translated into large numbers of deaths, but it's causing major disruption with thousands of schools struggling to reopen. and it's a similar story in europe. the u. k is reported more than 2 100000 new cases and

says more than a 1000000 people are in self isolation. france too is reported reco numbers of cases 271000 on tuesday. both those figures also inflected inflated by infections from over the weekend. and in india, a weekend curfew has been imposed in delhi. the 37000 cases reported on tuesday was the highest number of infections since early september as get more situation in the us from john henderson in washington dc. so does that mean any reaction toward what has the reaction been to this so new figure of a 1000000 cases? what we're about to find out, president biden is right now getting a briefing from his cove in 1900 team and we expect him to speak afterwards. but meanwhile, what we're hearing is, is just a lot of concern. a lot of fear across the country about this new variant, the omicron, the problem is it may not be as deadly as other variance have been. but because it's driving so many people to medical centers,

it threatens to overwhelm them. one in 4 medical centers with an i c u, a is reporting that they are 95 percent or more full and that 1000000 probably understates what's going on here. the 1000000 people testing positive on one day. the problem is that most people can't get a test, so there are people walking around who don't know with their contagious or not. and that 1000000 number that's about double what it was just 4 days ago. so the president has to address this testing problem that we have in the united states. i was just at 2 drug stores were the, you know, neither of them had any more of those self tests left. and of course, testing centers are now taking days or even weeks. and of course that can be too late to confirm the virus. so what the president is perhaps hoping to do is to reassure people that the government is on this and that maybe there will be an end to this soon. there,

there have been predictions that this should peak in the next couple of months at columbia university study. and that it could be over by late february. and john, in the meantime, the knock on effect to many schools are opening virtually tell us more about not as right. i've got 2 sons in university. both of them are starting out on virtually on computer and, and a number of school districts are doing that as well. here we are just about to start vaccinating people as young as 12, but most people in schools are not vaccinated because of their age. and that's caused some serious problem in new york city, where the testing positive rate is 33 percent one in 3 of people who go into testing centers than they are there is opening schools. he says schools are the safest place to be that you're actually less likely to transmit the virus in a school than you are in your own home. so he's leaving those schools open a controversial decision in new york city, but across the rest of the country, most school districts are being more cautious. john 100,

thank you very much indeed. well, the u. k. has a recording more than $200000.00 danny court of our cases as we said, for the 1st time a prime minister bars. johnson says this is a moment for caution and there will be challenging weeks ahead. but he is this a current guidance is enough, or a challenge reports from london for high school students in england. this is their welcome back to school. in 2020 to go raise your call. not here waiting for. okay, for, for dry. your eyes. water. yeah. a swab up the nose for every pupils to check their cobit free and ready for class. and in the classrooms, mosques back and recommended for the 1st time. since may rules in england. now aligned with scotland, wales and all the island that pupils have worn mosques for months. the u. k. is main teaching unions of culture more from the government. resources for testing, staff absences and costs are have insulators. but winston community academies

principal is making the best of it, the additional guidance that we had around math coming in with support that because we really want the children to be here. nothing replaces being in the classroom with other children. and so having that on the last flight test, vaccinations that are happening all seem to us to be measures to kind of keep schools open and that's what we really want to be happening. work as it back off to the holidays to the london bridge stations rush hour was noticeably quiet. many people either following advice to work from home, or isolating with cobit. there are only 6 or 7 people on the floor where the critical sources, mostly 95 percent. of people i work from home, or how they work. i mean they may be less than half of the office. so over the last 7 days, more than a 1000000 britons have tested positive for coven 19, the government has tasked ministers with planning for worst case scenario. one in

for people being off work, if anything close to that figure is reached, then keeping vital services going is going to be an uphill struggle. several hospital trusts, civil ready declared critical incidence. it's what health buses do when they're worried, they can't provide priority services. on tuesday evening, forest johnson said the country could ride out the army cron waive without shutting down the economy. i think but the weeks ahead again to be challenging both here in the u. k. and across the world, there is no escaping the fact that some services will be disrupted by st. off absences. and if we all play our part in containing the spread of this virus, the disruptions we face can be far less severe than the national lockdown. reasons to be careful, reasons to be optimistic perhaps for the storm certainly isn't over yet. rory, talents now to 0. london. india is imposed

a weekend curfew in the capital. new delhi of the city reported its highest covered 19 infection numbers in months. the capital regions chief ministers among almost 5 and a half 1000 people who tested positive on tuesday, expert suspect the rise is due to the on the con, very it as pardon image our report. housings of people at a mass gathering, violating, calling 19 floating point, electron valleys and political events are in full swing. as corona virus cases surge across india, fueled by the omicron variant on the stage is new dallas chief minister who has now tested positive and has been criticized as his government imposes new restrictions the limit saturday or sunday. or there will be a curfew on weekends, which means saturdays and sundays in del he, i appeal to people not to step out during curfew. only step out if extremely necessary, and followed the curfew. and stay in your home. i work from home from holding the

new rules come a week off to the city, imposed in night curfew, and also closed on schools, jims and cinnamon. now it's asking its employees to work from home, telling people to only step out when absolutely necessary. in yes, financial capital is the hardest hit. schools like this one have now reverted to online teaching for most students. despite restrictions on gatherings, people have been flocking to leeches. and to this hot spot across mom buy a car, it's a good decision to impose restrictions in the state. but the crowd here to day will only lead to more cases of omicron. it would have been better if this decision was taken a bit earlier. and we would have been able to control the spread elsewhere crowds a sting away from popular sites. this theme as museum in the eastern city of cold cut that was almost deserted schools and many businesses were closed. but some

business owners facing financial losses are questioning some of the restrictions. gaga glowed gamma who died laces. the get crowded like bars, restaurants, and cinemas. all of those are open, but only jims exparza and beauty. felons have been closed. jim's are for people's health and they can help people during the pandemic. despite the rapid spread, of course, 19 hospital admissions remain low, but hundreds of health care workers have tested positive, sparking staffing concerns. one of india's top hospitals has ordered doctors to return from vacation and prepare for an influx of patients. pardon me at the al jazeera, you daddy. ah, susan, the security forces have again fought tear gas at demonstrators running against the military of the countries. political crisis deepens,

thousands of people gathered in khartoum under man and port she done to denounce the army as power, grabbing october, demanding the military play, no part in any future government. approaches comes 2 days after de la hun doc resigned. as a country civilian prime minister saying the political deadlock was threatening, she don't survival. mommy dollars more from cartoon. i was in, undermine during the day and i witnessed the march that took place there on the the biggest highway in the largest highway undermine. it's called the vine thousands mos without highway and the other 3 also. and they went as usual to golf by the security forces at the security forces try to block their passage and they succeeded. actually in blocking the passage as they tried to cross the bridge to worst, come to the destination. of all the protest says, every time they take to the street is the presidential police. they want to be for

the message which they have, which is calling on the military to withdraw from power. the good news today is not, not on the bridges were closed and also the internet was not cut off. the local network was not cut off. so the government has changed its policies to was the protest, particularly if they are not. if they are not very big, this could be area of hope for the, for the country. if the 2 sides, you know, decrease the level of attention and violence as they go about this confrontation between those who, once the military, to feed power, to leave power and those who want to, you know, maintain the status quo. so i mean, the situation is, as i described very tense, but today is not the worst, is not the west because nobody has been killed so far. we don't have the news of anybody killed and not also know use of large numbers of people into the think he

likes the white house. now we're president joe biden has been getting a briefing. panoramic response team. this is, mary continued, rise in cases of crime is very transmissible, transmissible variance, but much different than anything we've seen before. and but you can protect yourself and you should protect yourself quite frankly, get vaccinated, get boosted. there's plenty of booster shots where mask, while you're in public because what we know is this. the impact from arising cases depends on the effect on the person based on whether that person and what their vaccination status is. you can control how big an impact on the crime is going to have on your health. if you get over crime, you know, they're, those are fully vaccinated, especially those are the booster shots. and by the way, we have booster shots for the whole nation. ok. we can, you can still get covered,

but it's highly unlikely, very unlikely that you become seriously ill. and we're seeing over $900.00 cases among vaccine in the workplace, across america, including here at the white house. but if you're vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about crime, but don't be alarmed. and if youre unvaccinated, you have some reason us be alarm. many of you will, you know, you will experience severe illness many cases if you go with 19, if you're not vaccinated, son will die needlessly di, unvaccinated and taking a hospital beds and crowded emergency rooms and intensive care units as displaced. other people need access to those hospitals, so please, please, please get vaccinated now. and we've reduced the number of american adults without any shots from 90000000 to about 35000000 in the past 6 months. list of

35000000 people not vaccinated. and let me be absolutely clear. we haven't had all the vaccines, we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shop. there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be a panoramic of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress and for patients who still haven't gotten your kids vaccinated, please get them back to look out for their interest here. it's the best way to protect them. for parents with kids, too young to be vaccinated. surround your kids with people who are vaccinated and make sure you're masking public so you don't get covered and give it to your kids. look, we have no reason to think at this point,

and alma crohn is worse for children and previous variance. we know that our kids can be safe when in school, by the way. that's why i believe school should remain open. you know, they have what they need. because of the american rescue plan when the 1st month we are in office the 2nd month that i signed in march, we provided the states with a $130000000000.00 with a b $1000000000.00. to specifically keeps our students safe and schools open funding for ventilation ventilation systems in the schools so. so this is in classrooms even larger classrooms on buses and everything from bus drivers to buses, the actual bus for additional and all this process. we also back then include an additional $10000000000.00 for testing for schools. that money went out to the state. and the states and school district have spent this money well many,

but unfortunately some haven't. so i encourage the state of school district to use the funding, and you still have to protect your children and keep the schools open. have countries across the world are seen rising cases here in the united states, our team and we're working around the clock during the holiday weeks. and the last 2 weeks, we have developed hundreds of military. we have deployed, i should say, hundreds of military doctors and nurses to staff, the hospitals in our states that are overrun and overwork because one vaccinated covey, 900 patients, primarily the federal emergency management association agency. fema is also working at our direction and every state hospital capacity including whether they need beds. i've directed fema to be ready to provide emergency hospital badge, wherever and whenever they're needed. a federal government will be there. we've

shipped nearly 2400000 pieces of protective equipment to hospitals, from gowns to gloves, and we're doing whatever we can to protect communities from the surge of hospital cases that are likely to see from and back to man vaccinated population. look. now let me address 3 specific updates before i get my full brief from my team. first booster shots, i know factor found, she like an echo chamber here. ok, i know it, but repeating myself a doctor 5. she said it very clearly. booster shot work significantly increase the protection to provide the highest level of protection against alma chrome americans. we've given out over 70000000 booster shots importantly, could a 3 eligible seniors have received a booster shots?

booster shots are free. there are safe and available over 90 in over at over 90000 vaccination. so let me say that again, there are free available and over 90000 sites we have added sites added ours added appointments, added walking capacity. we have booster shots for every american in the country. it's easier than ever to get a booster shot. and more importantly than never is as bad. but the f d a is also now authorized booster shots for children ages 12 to 15. so with the final approval from the center for disease control and prevention, the cdc young people, when that occurs, young people ages 12, the 15 will be able to get booster shots later this week. second, i'm testing. i know this remains frustrating. believe me, it's frustrating me, but we're making improvements. in the last 2 you weeks,

we've stood up federal testing sites all over the country. we're adding more each and every day. google co covert test near me. go there, google, excuse me, covert testing there. may i go to find the nearest site where you can get a test most often and free luck with more capacity for in person test, which is the way line short and more appointments freed up. or if you want to test yourself at home, we have 3 options. now, one drugstores in online websites are restocking to, you know, well actually, so the more tests are available, we're going to continue to become available next week. our, our requirement that your insurance company reimburse you for at home test takes effect. so you don't have to get reimbursed. so if you're insured,

you can buy the test and get paid for. the 2nd thing i want to mention is many states and local governments and health care providers are passing out free at home, tests that you can pick up, just find out where they are. and finally, as i announced recently, the federal government is launching a website. this month where you can get test shipped to your home for free upon your request. the 3rd point i like to speak about is also is on treatment for those at high risk. who do get covered 19? we now have a new pfizer pill, a greatly reduce the risk of hospitalization and death. i'm pleased to say that on christmas eve, we shipped out the 1st batch of these pills that we received. we purchased a receipt and moral be shipped this week. were already there already saved live, but do the complex chemistry of the pills to make the pill?

it takes months literally to make a pill. production is in full swing. the united states is more pills and any other country in the world and our supplies going to ramp up over the coming months. as more of these tools are manufactured. today, i'm directly my team to work with pfizer to double our order from 10000000 to 20000000 treatment courses to be delivered a month ahead. we may need even more. does that, that's the estimate we need right now. we've already placed the largest order in the world. now i'm doubling that order. these trolls are going to be dramatically recreation or decrease hospitalizations and deaths from coven 19. for a game changer. and have the potential turn to magically all of the impact of coven 19 the impact it's had in this country and our people look, let me conclude with a quick recap. if you are vaccinated and boosted, you may get covert,

but you are highly protected against severe illness. scores can, is, should be open this winter. we have all the tools to keep kids safe. unvaccinated kids are at risk, yet the vaccinated are going to be worth way to protect them, get vaccinated if you're vaccinating get boosted folks. i know we're all tired and frustrated about the pandemic is coming weeks are going to be challenging please, where you're masking palmer to protect yourself and others are going to get through this. we're going to get through it together. we have the tools to protect people from severe illness due to oma kron. if people choose to use the tools, we have the medicines coming along that can save so many lives and dramatically reduce the impact of coven his hand on our country. there's

a lot of reason to be hopeful in 2020 for god's sake. please take advantage of what's available. please. you're going to save lives, maybe yours, maybe your child. please take advantage of what we already have. ok. so thank you. now i'm going to get this briefing started. thank you for the present biden. the setting out to the stall on me crohn saying it's very transmissible is different from previous variance. his made mr to get vaccinated get boosted and where mosque in public. he said that there are still 35000000 people in the states are not vaccinated. tune said on vaccination, people are taking up hospital beds and he also said he believes schools should remain open, that they have what they need to do. so, and he said the testing capacity was being developed to bring in john 100 in washington d. c. so john, i talked with a message on, on, on vaccines. it was actually, we were talking earlier. schools don't pay to be reopening. do they caught

a gap between what he's saying that they should be able to happen? and the school's not opening that's right. a number of schools are reopening only virtually or not opening at all. new york city, the biggest school district in the nation, is one of the exceptions to that. but you heard the president there urging people to go back to school. there is some statistical reason is the new york mayor says in any case that children are safer in schools. he says there that there are one percent likely to contract coven going to school, compared to about 15 percent in their own home. you heard the president there, pleading with americans to get vaccinated the vaccination rate here. it's about 60 percent. so if you do the math at 330000000 people live in the united states, the president says 35000000 people are vaccinated. i suspect that is just of the people who are eligible because of course young children are not eligible. so it could actually be something like triple that number. the present. and also said

this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated, again, urging people to get vaccinated to get boosted. and he's reassuring people that while they may be frustrated with the inability to get those tests done. now he says that they're setting up federal testing sites, and he says stores are restocking those instant tests that you can buy in. drugstores, i can tell you, i just went to, to stores near our office. here they were completely out with signs up saying we have no more tests and we don't know when we are getting more. he also said, the federal emergency management agency will help hospitals if they become an overrun. why is that important? because one out of every 4 hospitals in this country that has an intensive care unit is now reporting there at 95 percent capacity or more. so you can see the president there in trying to reassure people not to be too worried about this omicron variance. and then urging them to get vaccinated because in his mind that

is ultimately the way to resolve this problem is also suggesting that um a crime will pass eventually. so he's really being a reassure in chief and a booster of vaccinations. john 100. thank you very much. indeed, as indian prisoners ending more than $140.00 days on hunger strike after deal to release him from israeli detention. a sham how wash was protesting against being held without trial. he's been detained under stringent laws that allow the authorities told anyone for months or years without charge. he'll be released next month. it abraham has more from ramallah in the west bank that has been already behind the scenes between the palestinian and the radio official summer saying that her husband, even an egyptian mediation, related to the end of the strike of her wash. he's not new to being in

prison. he's been in the past, been in and out of jail for a total of 8 years, but 5552 months of those were under the pretext of administrative detention. so this is something that sharma wash. wanted to put an end to according to reports. he's in the hospital with his wife and the lawyer now was reading to him the details of the agreement that would ultimately hopefully be to him ending his home, the hunger strike. many palestinians will tell you that israel has been using this policy arbitrarily and detaining palestinians for months and months in a row without giving them even charges. the tennis blair novak joke of which has been given a medical exemption to defend his australian open title. even though he refuses to say whether he's been vaccinated against coven, 19 torment organizes have

a rule at all. gotta spend must be fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption. well, number one and 20 time grand slam champion has previously criticized the vaccines and requirements to have them. well, the response to drug of x exemption drew swift responses on social media, particularly in the australian state of victoria, were spent more days in lockdown than many other places in the world. geriatrician, doctor kate miller tweeted, after everything victorians have been through nova brockovich getting a vaccine exemption is nothing short of a kick in the guts. journalist kate's when he wrote joker, which is about to find out what it's likely to be despised by all of australia and journalist mat walsh wrote whoever knocks brokovich out of the australian open may never need to buy a be in australia ever again. drug which chose to miss out on the atp cup, which is taking place in sydney sometime in that event of expressed surprise at the decision to allow him to compete at the is opening grand slam. i don't know what that really. i mean, i think if it was me that wasn't vaccinated,

i wouldn't be getting an exemption. i don't think it's very further was whatever you want us, the situation is. yeah, i mean, at the end of the day, you kind of off to trust that he does have a valid reason for the medical exemption possible. so you can say about it really isn't it. ah, top stories amount is 0. the united states has set a new global record reporting more than 1000000 covered 19 cases in one day. it comes off to the new year holiday weekend, and some states didn't report statistics. so not k includes cases from several days . that does cap off a significant rise and infections with a u. s. reporting a daily average of 480000 infections over the past week. as in other countries, the number hasn't translated into a.