hong kong and poland have joined a growing list of countries now suspending transport links with bresson england's health minister has warned that this new strain is out of control and stage time orders are now in place and parts of the country robert pride reports with more from seoul. the new restrictions will limit private gatherings to just 4 people and they're being introduced ahead of the year and holiday season. to know we will not be able to overcome the crisis unless we reduce cluster infections being spread through private gatherings of family members colleagues and friends often praised for its handling of the coronavirus the government is worried about pandemic fatigue setting in unlike previous waves which were concentrated in specific areas or groups this surge is happening across the country with hospitals becoming stretched and. at the moment our medical response in providing extra beds and assigning patients efficiently it's a slow compared to the increasing numbers of patients we are dealing with temporary centers have also been set up offering free testing which tens o

shows that the economic effects they are the kind of crisis have plunged nearly 700000 people in bresson into poverty john edwards reports. the covered 19 pound demick has left a few corners of our lives untouched from our health to our social lives and even the food on our plates nearly 700000 people have been driven into poverty by the crisis including one 120000 children that leaves a total of $15000000.00 britons below the poverty line a staggering 23 percent however a small boost to save some as a further $700000.00 people have actually been narrowly prevented from falling below the poverty line by a temporary 20 pounds per week boost to universal credit this study however does not take into account the impact of the benefit cap which could send tens of thousands more people below the poverty line over the next few weeks when the 9 month grace period comes to an end what it means there is that many claimants could see their benefits slashed by hundreds of pounds but many antipoverty campaigners and the chair of the institute conducting the study claim the government needs to go furt

why did 17 state attorney general's job on this cowardice and fear i think is probably what answers bresson do you really want that in your attorney general cowardice and fear . it's a mounting concern throughout the united states and now with a number of missing indigenous women in the state of montana rising party correspondent natasha's week takes a look at the issue to see why the numbers are trending upward. 16 year old celina shelley fade not afraid is just one of many indigenous women who went missing in the state of montana this year a 16 year old was last seen at a rest stop near billings according to the montana department of justice on new year's day the days till you know went missing there were 46 other missing indigenous people in the state but as you can see in this facebook page the issue has been plaguing natives for years and the vice documentary about missing native americans volunteer search are carry lance said in all the previous cases that i've been involved with it's always been a recovery it's never been a happy ending and according to the department of justice one

many countries isolation ourselves from bresson dr frist some is an infectious disease a specialist at the mayo clinic in the us she explains just what we know so far about this ferry and. we know that there are a couple of hotspots in the world where this chain is becoming more prevalent one is the u.k. and the other is something africa and what we don't know for sure is where there are not clearly this virus has become more transmissible because of this new strain or whether there are cases and they're catching more of the mutated strain because there are just so many more cases in these in these parts of the world we also don't know for sure that the virus causes more severe disease or exact the vaccine will be active against the strain i think that's the good news if we start seeing a lot of cases in people who've been vaccinated that would be a signal that perhaps this mutation has made the vaccine less effective but until we have enough people vaccinated we're not going to know that for sure i think we need to do something in these hotspots to contain the virus and the more peopl

that's home to more than 10000000 people now more than 40 countries have imposed travel bans with bresson after the discovery of a mutated strain of the corona virus there british prime minister bars johnson says food and medical supplies will not be affected as he continues talks to try to lift a border closures on resume freight travel it's very can 1st to stress these delays which are only occurring at dover only affect human handled freight which means the vast majority of food medicines and other supplies are coming and going as knowing it's very very important. not just for the peoples of the role but it's also totally realistic we have every reason to be extremely hopeful about this country's ability to bounce back next year from cape it. well another country facing isolation is south africa but seeing a resurgence of infections there health officials say it's being driven by different coronavirus variant from the one that's emerged in the u.k. and the situation is also getting west across asia with taiwan reporting its 1st locally transmitted case an 8 months that ends what's thou