A radical plan to pay family to take care of a loved one to ease the crisis in the NHS is being considered across Scotland.
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The NHS is in danger of being “overwhelmed” by the surge in Omicron cases, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned.
Despite further evidence it causes less severe illness than earlier Covid-19 strains, Mr Javid said officials were monitoring the data “hour by hour” on another record day for the UK.
New figures showed the Covid infection rates in the UK reaching record levels with an estimated 1.4 million people with the virus and 120,000 testing positive in a 24-hour period.
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A radical plan to pay family to take care of a loved one to ease the crisis in the NHS is being considered across Scotland.
Exactly a year after the winter 2021 Covid surge delayed post-holiday break return to production on most TV shows, the Omicron variant’s ultra wide spread is once again interrupting TV production.
For many TV series, the start of the holiday production hiatus in mid-December coincided with the beginning of the latest Covid surge, fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant. A handful of series, including CBS’ Ghosts, stopped filming a few days earlier as a result of positive tests in the central Zone A, which includes the cast and those in direct interaction with them.
Sajid Javid has ruled out any new Covid restrictions in England before the New Year.
Thousands of people across the country will receive a Christmas Day booster jab as NHS vaccinators continue to work through England's population in the face of record Covid-19 case rates.
Sara Bareilles shared an emotional message on Instagram after revealing her Broadway musical “Waitress” would be closing ahead of schedule.
The COVID-19 variant Omicron is on the verge of making a virtual mess of what was supposed to be a return to a vibrant, in-person awards season.And in a season designed to crown a lot of winners, it could turn almost everybody into losers – except, maybe, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, whose humiliation won’t be as public or as humiliating as it was supposed to be.
Slamdance Film Festival is going completely virtual in 2022. The start of the festival will be delayed by a week and now run from January 27 till February 6.W Magazine’s Best Performances party was postponed.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterThe National Board of Review has postponed its annual gala, which was scheduled to be held on Jan.
As the Sundance Film Festival anticipates many returning in-person for their 2022 hybrid event, organizers are taking extra safety precautions with the latest headlines of Omicron, one of which is reduced capacities at movie theaters, screening rooms and festival-sponsored events.
The NHS could still be under huge pressure despite the possibility that the Omicron variant may cause milder disease, a leading UK scientist has said.
th Annual Critics Choice Awards, originally slated for January 9, 2022. We are in regular communication with LA County Public Health officials, and we are currently working diligently to find a new date during the upcoming awards season in which to host our annual gala in-person with everyone’s safety and health remaining our top priority. We will be sharing additional details with our friends and colleagues throughout the entertainment industry as soon as we can,” the Critics Choice
New Covid Cases in Los Angeles doubled in the past 24 hours, according the the county’s director of Public Health, the total number of cases rose from 3,052 on Tuesday to 6,509 today.
Fox will not be ringing in 2022 from Times Square. The network said on Tuesday that it has canceled its planned broadcast from New York City on New Year’s Eve due to the surge of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.Fox will air replacement programming instead.
Further UK-wide circuit-breaker lockdown could be on the cards straight after Christmas after Sajid Javid, the Health Secretary, refused to rule out further measures against the surging tide of infections.
Omicron is "galloping through Scotland" and should not be dismissed as a mild variant of coronavirus, John Swinney has warned.
One of the UK's chief scientists has warned that more Covid-19 restrictions may soon be needed.
Health officials have advised “stringent national measures” are needed by next weekend to avoid Covid hospitalisations surpassing last winter’s peak, according to a leaked document.