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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>LONDON (AP) \u2014 Christmas revelers across Europe are lying low, and U.S. officials are intensifying calls for unvaccinated Americans to get inoculated in the face of the new omicron variant, which threatens to wipe out a second holiday season that many hoped would bail out pandemic-battered industries.<\/p>\n

Scotland and Wales on Friday pledged millions of pounds for businesses hurt in Britain\u2019s latest infection surge, a move that heaped pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s government to do the same in England. Treasury chief Rishi Sunak held talks with business representatives who have demanded more support, decrying a \u201clockdown by stealth\u201d in which government officials recommend people cut back on socializing as much as possible without officially imposing the strict rules of past shutdowns.In the United States, President Joe Biden\u2019s administration resisted tightening any restrictions, but also sketched out dire scenarios for the unvaccinated in a plea for hesitant Americans to get the shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the unvaccinated, you\u2019re looking at a winter of severe illness and death, for yourselves, your families, and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm,\u201d White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients said Friday.<\/p>\n

The new variant is already in \u201cfull force\u201d in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, with new cases hitting a one-day record of more than 8,300 on Thursday. But new hospitalizations and deaths \u2013 so far \u2013 are well below their spring 2020 peak and even where they were this time last year, city data shows.<\/p>\n

The coronavirus is also interrupting sports in the U.S. again, with the NFL saying Friday that three games would be pushed from the weekend to next week because of outbreaks. The league has not specified whether the cases came from the omicron variant.<\/p>\n

Several European countries are warily watching the spread of omicron. On Friday, Denmark decided to close theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums in response to a rapid rise in virus cases. In Spain, friends and classmates canceled traditional year-end dinners.<\/p>\n

Concerns about omicron were especially palpable in Britain, which reported record numbers of infections three days in a row this week, the latest on Friday with more than 93,000 cases tallied.<\/p>\n

Businesses ranging from vacation providers to pubs and theaters report a wave of cancellations as customers decide to skip merrymaking for now rather than risk being infected and missing family celebrations later. Experts say omicron appears to be more contagious, but little else is known \u2014 and the uncertainty itself is enough for many people to change their plans.<\/p>\n

Even Britain\u2019s Christmas pantos \u2014 beloved and raucous holiday performances \u2014 are under threat. The Belgrade Theatre in Coventry in western England had to refund 180,000 pounds ($240,000) in ticket sales after customers decided not to go to shows. It was also forced to cancel 12 performances of \u201cBeauty and the Beast\u201d because half the cast tested positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a real dent of confidence,\u201d Executive Director Joanna Reid told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Scotland\u2019s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said Friday that financial assistance for business must come from the central government because it has the borrowing power to finance the scale of aid that is needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness is already bleeding, every 24 hours counts,\u201d Sturgeon said during a briefing in Edinburgh, Scotland\u2019s capital. \u201cThere is no time to waste.\u201d<\/p>\n

The already beleaguered travel and tourism industry is being particularly hammered.<\/p>\n

Eurostar, which operates trains across the English Channel, sold out of tickets to France on Friday before new rules restricting travel to and from Britain took effect. Long lines snaked around the parking lot at the Eurotunnel, which runs the tunnel that drivers use to cross the water.<\/p>\n

But for much of the travel industry, the story was of trips not taken. Ryanair originally expected to carry about 11 million passengers in December, but that figure dropped to 10 million, chief executive Michael O\u2019Leary told the Guardian. Europe\u2019s biggest airline will also cut about 10% of its capacity in January.<\/p>\n

Amanda Wheelock, 29, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, canceled a trip to France with her partner as cases spiked there. Even though the surge isn\u2019t necessarily due to omicron, the uncertainty about the new variant, and a new requirement that all U.S. travelers have to test negative before flying back to the U.S., made her worry that the trip would be more stressful than fun.<\/p>\n

Instead, she\u2019s traveling to the Anchorage, Alaska, area to see friends. She feared that she would spend much of her trip trying to avoid getting infected \u2014 thus not taking full advantage of being in France.<\/p>\n

\u201cA vacation with a lot of stress is probably not a great vacation,\u201d said Wheelock, who is from Arvada, Colorado.<\/p>\n

She is not alone. The Advantage Travel Group, which represents about 350 U.K. travel agents, said business fell by 40% in mid-December from a month earlier. Those numbers, including flights, cruise bookings and package holidays, add to the travel industry\u2019s existing slump, which had already seen business fall by two-thirds since the pandemic began, CEO Julia Lo Bue-Said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur members are dealing with customers who are really nervous about traveling now,\u201d she said \u201cThey\u2019re really nervous about bookings for the New Year because they fear that there\u2019s a risk that the government will make more knee-jerk reactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many in the travel and hospitality trades hoped they had put the worst behind them, nearly two years into a pandemic that has devastated those industries. They saw this holiday season as a chance to claw back some of what was lost \u2014 until omicron cast a pall reminiscent of the early days of the crisis.<\/p>\n

Richard Stevens estimates he has lost out on 4,000 pounds ($5,300) worth of bookings at his rental ski chalet in the French Alps after the new, stricter travel rules for people coming from Britain were announced.<\/p>\n

He lost his first reservation when a guest called to say that the restrictions won\u2019t allow anybody to come to France without a compelling reason, Stevens said. \u201cAnd the compelling reason doesn\u2019t include going on holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Celebrity chef Michel Roux and other restaurateurs have invested heavily to remake their venues to address safety concerns \u2014 and hoped to reap some of the benefits.<\/p>\n

To return to a state of huge uncertainty for the second Christmas running is \u201clike a kick in the stomach,\u201d said Roux, who has a destination restaurant in London.<\/p>\n

Jorge Riera, who manages a traditional Spanish diner in central Madrid, said it doesn\u2019t matter that authorities have not imposed specific restrictions and, at most, have only issued recommendations.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of our customers prioritize the well-being of their relatives over going out for a fun night with colleagues,\u201d Riera said.<\/p>\n

In the past week alone, cancellations rolled in for about half of the booked space, sometimes on the same day of the event, the manager said. On Friday, he was awaiting a call from a group of 45 people who had reserved an ample space for a birthday party \u2014 but would only confirm the booking at the very last minute.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are once again afraid of the virus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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