if he is journalist, specializing in medical science and in hong kong, john nichols is clinical professor pathology of the university of hong kong. thank you for joining the program. oksana from the data available so far. is it fair to say that the world may be bracing for a search of infections? similar to what happened in april 2020. well sir, we will see that vaccinations are going to mute some of the symptoms, but boosters are very clearly needed and in the u. k, there is a target of trying to achieve 1000000 boosters a day, which is very ambitious indeed, but it won't be enough to quell the crown wave that is rising faster than any other barrier that we have seen today. so it's likely that in many countries with a similar demographic to the u. k, will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations as well as in europe, the countries of how started going back into locked downs or re imposing tougher restrictions. all these measures justified or there's a great deal of anxiety here. well, there is some discussion because actually our recent wave is still go

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in hong kong, john nichols is a clinical professor of pathology at the university of hong kong.ksana, from the data available so far, is it fair to say the world may be bracing for a surge of infections similar to what happened in april of 2020? >> certainly be will see that vaccinations are going to mute some symptoms. boosters are very clearly needed. in the u.k., there is a target of trying to achieve one million boosters a day. which is ambitious, but it won't be enough to quell the omicron wave that is rising faster than any other variant we have seen to date. it is likely in many countries with a similar demographic to the u.k. will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations. >> the countries that have started going back into lockdowns, or re-imposing tougher restrictions, are these measures justified? there is a great deal of anxiety here. >> there is some discussion because actually our recent wave is still going down. within that wave, there is omicron coming up. hospitals are still kind of over flooded. a lot of people actually even are

in hong kong, john nichols is a clinical professor of pathology at the university of hong kong.ksana, from the data available so far, is it fair to say the world may be bracing for a surge of infections similar to what happened in april of 2020? >> certainly be will see that vaccinations are going to mute some symptoms. boosters are very clearly needed. in the u.k., there is a target of trying to achieve one million boosters a day. which is ambitious, but it won't be enough to quell the omicron wave that is rising faster than any other variant we have seen to date. it is likely in many countries with a similar demographic to the u.k. will experience a similar rate of spread amongst its most vulnerable populations. >> the countries that have started going back into lockdowns, or re-imposing tougher restrictions, are these measures justified? there is a great deal of anxiety here. >> there is some discussion because actually our recent wave is still going down. within that wave, there is omicron coming up. hospitals are still kind of over flooded. a lot of people actually even are

. >> spoke to john nichols last hour.is a national affairs correspondent for the nation and says the u.s. president is sounding alarm bells to avoid any lockdowns. >> it is somewhere this administration desperately does not want to go. however, it is also something that public health experts and doctors are suggesting may be necessary, and the important thing to understand about that is that is not a decision made purely about the spread of the disease. that is also a decision made with regard to the crowding in hospitals, if hospital beds are available. as hospitals go beyond capacity as they are overwhelmed, that's the point where public health people say to mayors, governors, and to the president, you have to lockdown hour we have to have at least some intervention here to slow the number of cases that are coming on to and impacting these hospitals, so i don't think we can rule it out. i think it is something that may return. if it does, it is something that i think president biden would acknowledge and accept, but it

john nichols, always a pleasure. thank you for your time. honor to be with you. thanks so much from israel is set to offer. wait for this. a full dose of the coven vaccine to people aged over 60 prime minister, natalie bennett, says it will help the country overcome the spread of under kron. the move has been approved by the health ministry and is now awaiting final sign off by senior officials. that decision comes off to israel reported its 1st death from amazon on tuesday. a u. k is reported more than 90000 new cases overall on tuesday. but prime minister birth johnson has confirmed he won't be bringing in any new restrictions before christmas. what i can say to night is it naturally, we can't rule out any further measures after christmas. and when a keep a constant eye on the data will do whatever it takes to protect public health. but in view of the continuing uncertainty about several things, severity of or micron uncertainty about the hospitalization rate or the impact of the vaccine roller. the boosters. we don't think today that there is enough evidence t

kimberly hell hit al jazeera, the white house spoke to john nichols last hour. he is a national affairs correspondent for the nation and says, the us president is sounding alarm bells to avoid any lockdown. it is somewhere where this administration desperately does not want to go. however, it is also something that of public health experts and doctors are suggesting may be necessary. and the important thing to understand about that is that is not a decision made purely about the spread of the disease. that is also a decision made with regard to the crowding in hospitals, whether hospital beds are available. and as hospitals go beyond capacity is they are overwhelmed. that's the point where public health people say to mayor's, to governors and to the president. look, you have to lock down or you have to have at least some intervention here to try and slow the number of cases that are, are coming on to and that are impacting his hospitals. and so i don't think we can rule it out. i think it is something that may return if it does, it is something that i think grud

john armenian turkey, and also including russia. so, and i think armenian present prime minister nichol passion. yon has also wanted to see this normalization happen because it will lead to investment will lead to economic growth and jobs and stability. he has been obstructed, however, by his own political opponents who are playing their own games and talking about continuing conflicts. so, to sum it up, it's not a surprise at all for the united states, because i think you as simple as realized that the pieces were in place, armina, turkey, and as are by john as well as russia. what all like to see this collaboration renew in a way that will re and reintegrate armenia into the regional economy? well, let's talk about economics. midterm telling in if stumble, the turkish lira is tanking against the dollar is the weakest. there's been in a number of years. turkey does need investment without a driver for this because there's a lot of investment that can be made you know, and all that but all paid on the net and from the committee division. since the last thing equation was our last couple months from the e and they were all together. you know

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