A look at how other parts of the world are dealing with omicron

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: A tsunami of cases - that is the world health organization's prediction for the weeks ahead as the omicron variant fuels a surge of COVID infections around the world. More than a million cases are being reported globally every day - highest number since the pandemic began - and we have brought in a few of our international correspondents to check how some other parts of the world are dealing with omicron. With me now, Eleanor Beardsley in France, Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem and Anthony Kuhn in Seoul. Hello, friends. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Hi, Mary Louise. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Hey there. ANTHONY KUHN, BYLINE: Hi there. KELLY: Eleanor, I'm going to let you start. How are things in France and the rest of Europe for that matter? BEARDSLEY: Well France just set a record in the last 24 hours, Mary Louise - 208,000 cases. And that is, by the way, an all-time European daily record since the start of the pandemic, say