Covid Rules Not Ruled Out

Newscast

BBC

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

How likely are further restrictions over the festive period?

Vicki Young, Hugh Pym and Adam pore over the latest covid data and consider what the numbers mean for hospitals and hospitality. And as jigsaw sales soar, Cynthia Yeoh chats through the nation’s favourites in 2021.

Newscast was made by Emma Close with Ros Jones and Alix Pickles. The studio manager was Emma Crowe.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.8	Hello, so you know with COVID, sometimes weekends seem like months and months seem like
0:12.8	weekends.
0:13.8	Well, this has been one of those weekends where there was a lot of information, a lot of speculation,
0:20.3	and it really felt like it was building up to something, which means there's a lot
0:24.2	for us to talk about.
0:26.2	The issue is it hasn't really built up to anything.
0:28.3	As we all discuss on this edition of newscast.
0:30.6	Newscast.
0:31.6	Newscast from the BBC.
0:33.0	It will take some time before we figure out what our new normal is.
0:37.4	Now, if that is the argument, then we are going into unprecedented territory.
0:41.8	Combined, we contract tasting, contact tasting, tortesting, tracing food.
0:47.4	Yes, yes, yes.
0:49.0	I'm a vegan, so of course I don't like meatballs.
0:52.1	Next slide please.
0:53.0	Blair Blair Blair.
0:54.9	Lose, lose, lose, lose.
0:58.1	Hello, it's Adam in the studio.
0:59.8	It's Vicki in Westminster.
1:00.8	And it's here somewhere else in New Broadcasting House.
1:04.0	In the balls of the building.
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