andrewjameson from michigan, andrew jameson from michigan, best andrewjameson from michigan, best ofth what sounds like difficult conditions. thank you for bringing us up—to—date. the queen has spoken movingly in her christmas day message about her grief at the death of her husband, prince philip. she said there was "one familiar laugh missing", and expressed empathy with other families who'd lost loved ones this year. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. windsor castle on christmas morning. the royal standard signifying that the queen was in residence. merry christmas. the prince of wales and duchess of cornwalljoined the congregation at st george's chapel for morning service. the queen did not attend as a precaution against covid, according to officials. from the very first moments of the queen's broadcast, there was a keen sense of the loss she has felt over the death of prince philip last april, after their 73 years of marriage. although it is a time of great happiness and good cheer for many, christmas can be hard for those who have lost loved ones. this year, es

dr andrewjameson from michigan there.he surge in cases has also disrupted many holiday plans around the world. with more than 4,000 flights cancelled globally over the christmas weekend and many testing positive, millions haven't been able to reach theirfamilies, and some have even had to spend the holidays isolating. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. positive covid tests, travel restrictions and flight cancellations — for some this is not the merriest holiday season. many governments have insisted christmas is not cancelled this year but with the 0micron very spreading and cases of coronavirus on the rise, many have been forced to spend christmas in isolation. this happened to one mother whose son fell ill. we this happened to one mother whose son fell ill.— whose son fell ill. we tested him that morning _ whose son fell ill. we tested him that morning and - whose son fell ill. we tested him that morning and he - whose son fell ill. we tested | him that morning and he was instantly positive, before it even finished runn

andrewjameson is an infectious disease doctor in the state and describes the situation there.a ton of pressure from covid. a huge proportion of our hospital and icu are still sick with people with covid and we are just starting to now see 0micron surges hit us. we have been a little delayed from the rest of the country in that we are starting to see those numbers pick up. so we're looking forward to the next few weeks so we're not looking forward to the next few weeks — few months. what are the conditions in your hospital like? they say it is pretty bad, what do you see on the floor? we are down from 115% capacity where we are using a lot more beds than we ever normally would. we're to under 100% and things are a little better. we feel a temporary reprieve. 0ur numbers are half of what they were three weeks ago. so we're feeling little better at this moment but when we see the numbers pick up in the community we start to get nervous about what will come. it is a temporary reprieve, it is still not good but we are worried about where we're headed. are you yet in a position to m