in that jabs army.list in that jabs army.- nhs england called on people to enlist in that jabs army. if you are able to help. _ enlist in that jabs army. if you are able to help, please do _ enlist in that jabs army. if you are able to help, please do apply - able to help, please do apply or volunteer. your help can help us protect more people and save more lives. i am confident that with public support, the can—do spirit of the nhs will once again win through. she added that those who are eligible for boosters should wait to be invited. in northern ireland, meanwhile, which has the lowest uptake of the booster shot in the uk, more vaccination clinics have been set up to meet demand. ministers said the aim was to give boosters to all eligible age groups as quickly as possible. and the first minister gave an update on cases of the new variant in scotland. cases of the new variant in scotland-— cases of the new variant in scotland. . . ., ., , scotland. health protection teams have established _ scotland.

the head of nhs england called on people to enlist in that jabs army.you are able to help, then please do apply or volunteer. your help can help us protect more people and save more lives. i am confident that with public support, the can—do spirit of the nhs will once again win through. she added that those who are eligible for boosters should wait to be invited. and then inevitably, a question about christmas. just on your point about christmas parties and nativity plays, we don't want people to cancel such events. in northern ireland, meanwhile, which has the lowest uptake of the booster shot in the uk, more vaccination clinics have been set up to meet demand. ministers said the aim was to give boosters to all eligible age groups as quickly as possible. and scotland's first minister, in an update on new variant cases, said none so far had needed hospital treatment. health protection teams have established that all nine cases are linked. they all trace back to a single private event on 20th november. indeed, we fully expect that there will be more case

deploy at least 400 military personnel to assist the efforts of our nhs, alongside the fantastic jabs armyn variant have now been identified in england and scotland. nicola sturgeon says the nine cases in scotland are all linked to one private event ten days ago, and don't appear to be related to travel in south africa. i want to bring you this story now in yemen, where houthi rebels are pressing hard to capture the key city of mareb. it's the last stronghold of the internationally recognised government, and at the heart of yemen's oilfields. the fall of mareb would be a major turning point in the conflict that's been going on for years. saudi arabia, backed by the us and uk, intervened in yemen in 2015 after the houthis ousted the government from the capital, sanaa. since then, yemen has suffered the world's worst humanitarian crisis. all sides of the conflict have been accused of killing civilians and other abuses. at least 800,000 people displaced by the war have fled to mareb, and more are on their way. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, made his way to the city, and a warning — his

the head of nhs england called on people to enlist in that jabs army.you are able to help, then please do apply or volunteer. your help can help us protect more people and save more lives. i am confident that with public support, the can—do spirit of the nhs will once again win through. she added that those who are eligible for boosters should wait to be invited. in northern ireland, meanwhile, which has the lowest uptake of the booster shot in the uk, more vaccination clinics have been set up to meet demand. ministers said the aim was to give boosters to all eligible age groups as quickly as possible. and the first minister gave an update on cases of the new variant in scotland. health protection teams have established that all nine cases are linked. they all trace back to a single private event on 20th november. indeed, we expect that there will be more cases identified over the coming days that are also linked to this event. in wales, the requirement for face coverings has been extended across all education settings. all staff and learners should wea

least 400 military personnel to assist the efforts of the nhs alongside of course the fantastic jabs armyon we all feel with this omicron variant, the sense of exhaustion that we could be going through this all over again, that we could be going through this all overagain, but that we could be going through this all over again, but today i want to stress, that is the wrong thing to feel, because today our position is and always will be immeasurably better than it was one year ago. what we are doing is taking some proportionate, precautionary measures, while the scientists tracked the omicron code, and while we get the added protection of those boosters into the arms of those who need them most. we are going to get behind the men and women of our nhs who have saved so many lives on the front nine and run the vaccination programme for a year almost without a break as they have — front line. they are going back into the breach yet again. i want to say on behalf of the entire country, a thank you to each and every one of them for their extraordinary efforts. the best way we can all show our g

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