{"id":40052,"date":"2021-12-24T12:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T03:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/24\/covid-news-live-new-york-scales-back-new-years-eve-celebrations-astrazeneca-booster-protects-against-omicron-study-finds"},"modified":"2021-12-25T08:01:34","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:01:34","slug":"covid-news-live-us-airlines-cancel-more-than-200-christmas-eve-flights-astrazeneca-booster-protects-against-omicron-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=40052","title":{"rendered":"1.7 million people in UK had coronavirus last week; thousands of Christmas flights cancelled \u2013 as it happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/24\/covid-news-live-new-york-scales-back-new-years-eve-celebrations-astrazeneca-booster-protects-against-omicron-study-finds?page=with:block-61c5c2738f086332f3d0d5d0#block-61c5c2738f086332f3d0d5d0\">ONS figures<\/a> are highest on record so far; Christmas for many in disarray as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/24\/covid-news-live-new-york-scales-back-new-years-eve-celebrations-astrazeneca-booster-protects-against-omicron-study-finds?page=with:block-61c530678f08efd5f0de3193#block-61c530678f08efd5f0de3193\">US<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/24\/more-than-100-flights-cut-between-sydney-and-melbourne-as-staff-are-sidelined-over-covid\"> Australian airlines say flight crews hit by Covid<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/24\/uk-hits-new-covid-record-again-more-than-120000-cases-recorded\">UK hits new Covid record again with more than 120,000 daily cases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/24\/christmas-eve-travel-chaos-as-airlines-cancel-more-than-2000-flights\">Christmas Eve travel chaos as airlines cancel more than 2,000 flights<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/dec\/24\/omicron-covid-symptoms-uk-guidance-zoe-study\">Omicron\u2019s cold-like symptoms mean UK guidance \u2018needs urgent update\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/dec\/24\/us-to-lift-omicron-travel-ban-on-eight-african-countries\">US to lift Omicron travel ban on eight African countries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s a story that echoes the cancellation of flights happening over the US.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Australians have had their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/dec\/24\/more-than-100-flights-cut-between-sydney-and-melbourne-as-staff-are-sidelined-over-covid\">domestic flights cancelled in the hours leading up to Christmas<\/a>, as frontline staff were ordered to test and isolate amid a rise in Covid cases.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2021\/dec\/24\/covid-news-live-new-york-scales-back-new-years-eve-celebrations-astrazeneca-booster-protects-against-omicron-study-finds\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONS figures are highest on record so far; 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