A historic day in the global fight against coronavirus 90 year old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Vaccine outside trials. So begins the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs. Were live across the uk as hundreds follow in margarets footsteps. Id say, go for it. Go for it because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened. At the moment. So do, please go for it, thats all i say, you know . If i can do it, so can you. It was really, really emotional. I cant tell you just how much emotion there was in that vaccination centre. This is a truly historic day, a turning point in this pandemic. Its being dubbed v day but along with the celebrations theres a note of caution. I urge people to contain their inpatience. Their impatience. Its a very, very exciting moment but theres still a lot of work to be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. Well have all the latest as the Vaccination Programme gets under way. Also this lunchtime in america with hospitals under increasing pressure, a warning of really dark times ahead as cases of covid continue to soar. Food supplies from the eu cant be guaranteed injanuary the warning from the Food Industry as borisjohnson says hes going to brussels for last ditch brexit talks. Considering charges german prosecutors say theyre convinced that a child sex offender known as christian b kidnapped and killed madeleine mccann. The archbishop of canterbury and the uks chief rabbi talk about coping with death having each lost a child themselves. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news. A huge night for Manchester United they need a draw in germany to be sure of progressing to the Champions League knockout stage. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The fightback has begun. A 90 year old woman has become the first person in the uk to be given a Coronavirus Vaccine outside of a clinical trial. Margaret keenan received the historicjab at University Hospital in coventryjust after 6 30 this morning. That was just the start, hundreds of other patients have been given the jab in the past few hours, as the biggest Vaccination Campaign in the history of the nhs gets underway. Of the nhs gets under way. Borisjohnson has thanked Health Workers and scientists but urged
people to remain cautious. The uk has an initial supply of 800,000 vaccines to administer over the next few weeks. Theyll be given to people on the high priority list including the over 80s, care home workers and nhs staff. 50 hospitals in england have been chosen as vaccination hubs sites where the jab will be administered. In scotland, there will be 23 vaccination sites, including all major hospitals and in the highlands. The Welsh Government is promising to administer 6000 doses of the vaccine by the end of this week. And in Northern Ireland, where theres currently a two week lockdown, 25,000 doses of the vaccine have arrived. The first jab was administered in belfast to a 28 year old nurse. Our first report is from our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson and a warning it contains flashing images. 90 year old Margaret Keenan, being prepared for her Coronavirus Vaccine this morning. A modest scene at this hospital in coventry,
yet one on which rests the hope, notjust of a nation, but also much of the world, to finally free ourselves of the virus and it felt good. All done. Cheering and applause. It was fine, i wasnt nervous at all. It was really good. Id say go for it. Go for it, because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened. At the moment. So, please do go for it. Thats all i say, you know. If i can do it, so can you. And becoming the first person to receive the jab in the uks Vaccination Programme attracted quite the cry. I did this all the time, i have done hundreds of vaccinations but never with such interest and people wanting to know whats going on and wanting to
actually witness it. So it was really surreal. From nurses in belfast to 19 year olds in bristol, the Vaccination Programme was rolled out across all parts of the uk today and for those who were behind it, it was a landmark moment. It was really, really emotional. I cannot tell you just how much emotion there was in that vaccination centre. This isa was in that vaccination centre. This is a truly historic day, a turning point in this pandemic, another world first for the nhs, the start of the largest Vaccination Programme in our history. And to see the roll out, the Prime Minister returned to Saint Thomas Hospital in london where several months back, he had been treated for coronavirus. Latest figures for the office for national statistics, suggest deaths ofa national statistics, suggest deaths of a 20 above average in the last week of november and mrjohnson stressed the need for caution. Week of november and mrjohnson stressed the need for cautionlj urge stressed the need for caution. urge people to contain their
inpatients. It is a very, very exciting moment but theres still a lot of work to be done and a lot of discipline to be maintained. Cheering and applause. I think cheering and applause. Ithinkl cheering and applause. I think i will have a little rest after this when i go to the world and then ill phone the family. Im going home this afternoon. So thats it then. And the hospital, they are wonderful. I am going to miss them really. All the attention i have been getting. But margaret will be backin been getting. But margaret will be back injust 21 been getting. But margaret will be back in just 21 days for her second injection. That will give her the full protection and by the end of the year, millions of other elderly people and Health Care Workers will also be given the jab, perhaps the best possible gift this winter. Sophie hutchinson, bbc news. Our medical editor fergus walsh is here. The fightback begins but there is a big task ahead . There is, simon. There over 12 Million People over 60 and add to that Health Workers and people with Serious Health conditions and the aim is to have immunised most of those by easter. There is a long way to go. What has happened today is astonishing, spectacular. 0ur hopes have been pinned on a vaccine for most of this year, but it was by no means certain. We dont have a vaccine against hiv despite an absolute fortune being spent over the decades. It wasnt certain we would get here. We dont have just one we have two more vaccines coming down the track that have released safety data. Moderna and the big one, the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine, but hopefully they will be approved before the end of the year and that
will allow the nhs to really ramp things up from january. Because the 0xford vaccine can just be stored at fridge temperature, making it much easier to roll out. So most of this is going to happen next year, but this is a stunning day. Fergus, thank you very much. In a moment, well get the latest from our correspondents in falkirk and bristol, but first to chris page in belfast. Yes, simon here in Northern Ireland there is a sense this is a day of hope, relief and excitement at what science can achieve. It was here at the Royal Victoria Hospital in belfast, Northern Irelands biggest hospital that the first jab in this pa rt hospital that the first jab in this part of the uk was given at eight oclock this morning. The person receiving it, sister joanna oclock this morning. The person receiving it, sisterjoanna sloan, a nurse who will be one of the volunteer vaxinators, so she will be able to get the vaccine to the many thousands that will have it over the next few weeks. When she got the jab
she said she felt emotional, she felt proud and privileged. She is 28 yea rs old felt proud and privileged. She is 28 years old and will have a senior role in managing the Vaccination Programme in the city and said she was looking forward to going home and telling her five year old daughter about the role she had played on this momentous morning. Whenever it comes to the rest of the roll out in Northern Ireland, there are seven sites where the vaccine will be given. The priority groups will be given. The priority groups will be given. The priority groups will be care staff, residents and Health Care Workers who are vulnerable to the virus. The chief medical officer saying he thought it would be the spring, early summer whenever people here felt the vaccine benefits and perhaps life go back to before the virus. In Southmead Hospital in bristol, patients, visitors and staff have a
spring in theirstep patients, visitors and staff have a spring in their step this lunchtime. This is the first hospital in this pa rt of this is the first hospital in this part of the country to start the Vaccination Programme. 19 year old jack vokes had the jab. He has had quite a rough time recently, has been suffering with bone cancer. But he is doing well, has been in hospital and will be going back home soofi. Hospital and will be going back home soon. The idea of giving this to somebody like jack, it should give him more protection when he goes home and back into the community. Also getting vaccines here today are members of nhs staff who might have vulnerabilities themselves, might have asthma or diabetes and will need protection. They and jack will need protection. They and jack will need a second jab in three weeks time. I thought valley royal hospital, there has been a sense of excitement and anticipation. People queueing up
outside and getting their vaccine. It is notjust nhs staff being vaccinated, the people queueing here are working in social care, people working in care homes, community pharmacists, dentists and so on. An initial batch of 65,000 doses of the vaccine arrived in scotland at the weekend under very tight secrecy. We are not even allowed to say where they are storing it inside the hospital because this is essentially liquid gold they are administering to people. It is notjust the staff who were excited, the very first person to be vaccinated was a staff member called hillary, she has been working through covid intensive care. She said she is thinking of the colleagues she has lost today. James cook, jon kay and chris page, thank you all. Itll be some time before many of us get a coronavirus jab. So, what do we know about the roll out of this first
vaccine, who will get it and how does it actually work . Heres our Health Correspondent anna collinson. You will have it in your left hand side. A vaccine has always been our best hope of life returning to normal. Itll be months before we see its positive effects, but its hoped today will mark the beginning of the end. The Pfizer Vaccine needs to be stored in freezing temperatures, so initially the roll out is taking place at hospital hubs across the uk. Elderly patients, workers in care homes and nhs staff are first in line. What we want to make sure is that as many people as possible are vaccinated, but thats going to take some time. It is a marathon, not a sprint, so while you are waiting to be called for your vaccine, please keep following the social distancing rules. Work is also taking place to safely transport batches of vaccines to those deemed most vulnerable care home residents. There are several versions of vaccines which attack the covid i9 spikes but in different ways. The pfizerjab uses the viruss genetic code found on
the surface of the spike protein. This rna contains information about the virus, so when its injected, the body is given a preview of what covid looks like. It means if a person is infected, their body knows to attack, stopping them getting sick. 0ne unknown is whether the vaccine will stop the virus spreading. Its creators admit it will be months before they have answers. Thats too early to say at the moment. What we can say is you take this vaccine and in 95 of the cases you dont get symptoms and you are protected from symptoms, and thats what we can say today. Two doses of the vaccine are needed and they have to be administered at least three weeks apart. You wont be fully protected until seven days after the second dose, so patients are being urged to complete the process. Along with pfizer, the uk has also secured rights to six other vaccines,
including the one by Oxford University which is yet to be approved but is easier to store and move around. We, in may, did not know which if any of these would work, and of those seven, one has been approved and we are dosing, two we have phase three efficacy so we would expect they would get approved, and two more are in phasethree trials are in phase three trials with readouts next year. Vaccinating the uk is a huge logistical challenge but its hoped the majority of those who are most at risk will be protected by spring. After that, it could be broadened out to other adults, with the hope of a new normal beginning. Anna collinson, bbc news. And later in the programme well be hearing more from the first vaccine patient Margaret Keenan and the nurse who gave her the jab. Mps have been told by the Food Industry that it cant guarantee the movement of food through ports when the brexit transition period expires in three weeks time. Borisjohnson says he hopes the power of sweet reason will allow the uk and eu to reach
a post brexit trade deal by then. The Prime Minister will travel to brussels in the coming days for talks with the European Commission president ursula von der leyen. Youve got to be. Youve got to be optimistic, youve got to believe that theres the power of sweet reason to get this thing over the line but, ive got to tell you, its looking very, very difficult at the moment. And well do our level best, but i would just say to everybody, be of good cheer, you know, there are great options ahead for our country on any view, but the key thing is, onjanuary ist, whatever happens, theres going to be change, and people need to get ready for that change. 0ur Political Correspondent helen catt is in westminster. He seemed confident, but a stark warning from the Food Industry . Yes, while we wait over the next few days to see if the political intervention can get those negotiations going again or if this will be the point where the site say there will be no
deal, well Trading Organisation tense on january one. Deal, well Trading Organisation tense onjanuary one. The implication on that from businesses trying to follow the advice of the Prime Minister and get ready for change has been laid out by the seed entering federation, which say 14 working days from the end of the year they do not know whether they will have to buy extra costs from january one food and drink federation. They say they do not know that they will have to pay import costs and whether that will be passed to consumers and whether it isa be passed to consumers and whether it is a straight choice between doing business or not, so it is showing the effect of that delay. The European Commission has said it would be willing to carry on trade negotiations into next year, downing street has ruled that out. Studio thank you, helen catt. German prosecutors say they remain convinced that a convicted paedophile, currently in prison for other offences, kidnapped and killed madeleine mccann. Theyre continuing to build
a case against the man, known as christian b. From berlin, jenny hill reports. Its six months since german detectives made a dramatic revelation. Madeleine mccann, they believe, was kidnapped and killed by a convicted german paedophile. After this tv appeal, they received hundreds of tip offs about christian b, who is in a germanjailfor drug smuggling and the rape of a tourist in the algarve. But they still dont have enough to charge him. Even so, this prosecutor told us that theyre sure theyve got their man. Translation if you knew the evidence we have, you would come to the same conclusion as i do, but i cant give you details because we dont want the accused to know what we have on him. These are tactical considerations. The six month investigation has yielded new evidence of other alleged crimes. Christian b lived here in portugal on and off for years. Prosecutors now believe he committed at least three other sex crimes here, two of them against children. He may be charged early next year. But progress in Madeleine Mccanns case is slower. Translation i cant promise, i cant guarantee that we have enough to bring a charge, but im very confident, because what we have so far doesnt allow any other conclusion at all. There has been so many false leads, so many empty hopes, and still the family waits to find out what happened to their little girl. Jenny hill, bbc news, braunschweig. The time is 13 18. Our top story this lunchtime. A historic day in the global fight against coronavirus 90 year old Margaret Keenan is the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Vaccine outside trials. I would say go for it. Go for it, because its free and its the best thing thats ever happened at the moment, so do please go for it. Thats all i say, you know . If i can do it, well, so can you. Coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. Bubble fatigue the life of a cricketer inside a biosecure environment. A former england captain says selectors have to recognise the stress being put on players. The american governments most Senior Expert on coronavirus has warned the country faces a really dark time, with one million new cases over the last five days. Dr Anthony Fauci says the situation could get even worse injanuary because of people mixing over christmas. Peter bowes reports. Some of americas darkest days. Theres been a dramatic rise in the number of cases and deaths in several states. North and south dakota, texas and illinois are among the worst affected. Across the country, 10. 5 of coronavirus tests are coming back positive and in parts of california, the number is significantly higher. Here, stay at home orders are in force across much of the state. I think it is a good thing just given, you know, the rapid rise in cases over the last week. Thats a big, you know, big climb there. Youre not going to get sick, you really arent, if youre careful, and thats all there is to it. And they are ruining the economy. Listen, im all for safety and everything, i get that, but above and beyond i think its overreaching and theres got to be a way to get these kids back in school. I dont feel safe. I think all of us, we have to Work Together to, you know, make it better. Health officials are bracing themselves for more cases following the thanksgiving holiday, when Many Americans travelled to see their families. And there are fears it could get far worse before the end of the year. When you look at thanksgiving, thats a very brief period of time of travel and congregating. When youre talking about christmas, you go through christmas and hanukkah, you go through the week between christmas and new years, and then you have another celebration on new years. That extends that vulnerable period by two or three times what you do in thanksgiving. President trump is planning to sign an executive order to ensure that priority access for covid i9 vaccines procured by the Us Government is given to americans before assisting other nations. And the president elect, joe biden, has vowed that his administration will mobilise every resource of the government to combat the virus from day one of his term in office. Peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. A Public Inquiry into a massacre by a white supremacist in new zealand has found that the security agencies had focussed almost all of their resources on potential islamist terrorism. 51 muslims died at two mosques in christchurch last year. Shaimaa khalil reports. He is my hero, and he is a hero that society does deserve to have. Aya al umari, whose brother hussain
was killed after challenging the gunman, welcomed the report, but said it brought back raw emotions. Its still very hard to refer to hussain in the past tense. But he was the backbone to our family and all his circle of friends and society. I do hope that there are some things, notjust in new zealand but to other countries, that can implement as well in a very quick, swift manner to mitigate such risks from happening. The terrorist attack that shocked the world and devastated new zealand. On march the 15th 2019, brenton tarrant, a white supremacist, opened fire in two mosques, killing 51 people and wounding dozens more as they got ready for friday prayers. The quiet city of christchurch became the scene of one of the countrys darkest days. More than a year and a half on,
a Royal Commission report on the mass shooting has now been made public. Today, we have answers on the matters of how the attack occurred and what could have been done to stop it. The Commission Found no failures within any Government Agencies that would have allowed the terrorist planning and preparation to be detected. But they did identify many lessons to be learned in significant areas that require change. The report found that security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the threat from islamic extremism and failed to investigate threats by the far right. It also said the police did not enforce proper checks on firearms licenses, but it found no failings within Government Agencies that would have alerted them to the imminent attack. Representatives of the al noor and linwood mosques said the findings showed that particular government bodies failed to protect
the muslim community. Some of the reports recommendations include further changes to hate crime laws, how firearms are managed, and the creation of an Early Intervention Police Programme for individuals showing signs of radicalization. The aim is to prevent similar attacks and to help new zealand and christchurch move forward. But for those whove lived through the horrors of the day, life will never be the same. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. Scotlands education secretaryjohn swinney is expected to brief holyrood on plans for next years highers and advanced higher exams, in the wake of the pandemic. Mr swinney says hes been looking at the issue of fairness, after some students have had to isolate repeatedly due cases at their school or college, while others have not. Teaching unions are calling for a decision to be made as soon as possible. The gambling industry has welcomed a major review of uk gambling laws, which the government says will protect children and young people in a digital age. From next october, the minimum age for lottery players will be raised from 16 to 18. Ministers said the change would ensure the lottery does not become a gateway to problem gambling. Later this afternoon a minutes silence will take place at st pauls cathedral in london to remember all those whove passed away this year. As part of the bbcs focus on grief and how we mourn those who we have lost, justin webb has been speaking to two people who know about this all too well. When i am asked, how many children have you got . I say five, because it avoids all kinds of complicated conversations. But we always think six. Both the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, and the chief rabbi, ephraim mirvis, lost their eldest child. Through their roles as religious leaders and also through this shared experience, theyve become close friends. Our experience has been that sometimes you arejust caught by surprise. There are days that are predictable, and then there are other days when suddenly something happens, it happened to me a couple of weeks ago and itjust. I suddenly thought, what would she be like . Joanna welby was seven months old when she died in a car crash in 1983. Ephraim mirviss daughter liora died of cancer in 2011, aged 30, leaving behind a husband and two children. In your case, archbishop, with your daughter it was sudden. In the case of your daughter, it was not, was it . Did that allow a period before she died . No two bereavements are the same. If anybody comes along and says, i know exactly what you are going through, they dont. Because grief is something personal. When one has suffered a deep loss, it is with one for the rest of ones life and one thinks of the person every single day. And there is sadness. I think for people around this country and around the world, more than a million dead around the world, this christmas there will be an empty chair, and it will be painful. Deeply painful. I think id want to say be kind to yourselves, give yourselves time, be honest about your grief and your loss, that you miss them. There is no harm in tears. Justin webb, bbc news. And there are tributes to some of the thousands of british people who have died in the pandemic at bbc. Co. Uk news, or on our news app. In the past for minutes we have had some developments on brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol. This is about the Withdrawal Agreement . Some
progress, not on the free trade deal but the special that will apply in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland protocol. The site had not been able to sort out the detail of how that will work but it has been nailed down, it will work, it will apply whether there is a free tape free trade deal or not. The government suggested if this detail the science how with your subconscious proposed laws it was putting to parliament which would have particularly upset the eu, it would have overridden parts of the Withdrawal Agreement and there was a suggestion it would have broken international goal. Now this has been agreed, the government is in a position to overrule some of that, so position to overrule some of that, so there has been progress, if not in trade deal than at least in some of the brexit talks. Back now to the Coronavirus Vaccine being rolled out across the uk. Lets hear more from the first person to receive the jab early this morning 90 year old margaret keennan and the matron who vaccinated her. Heres Damian Grammaticas and a warning his report contains some flash photography. It will be all over the news. Last night, 90 year old Maggie Keenan preparing for her moment in the limelight with some words of encouragement. I will be thinking of you. At 6 15am, maggies entrance. Calm as anything and in the experienced hands of matron may parsons, she did not feel a thing. It is just so strange and so wonderful, really, yes. Anyway, it is for a good cause, i am so pleased i had it done. This is a terrible, terrible disease, we want with data, so terrible disease, we want with data, so anything that helps. May has given hundreds of jabs so anything that helps. May has given hundreds ofjabs but never one with this much interest. given hundreds ofjabs but never one with this much interest. I want to
make sure my patient is safe and comfortable and all right. It is the later part of the procedure when everyone is asking howl later part of the procedure when everyone is asking how i felt and i was like, oh, ijust wanted to make her feel 0k. Margaret is at the top. May works on the respiratory ward, and maggie is a patient to remember for her, a real hope. It is adopted migrated to stop the devastation, thatis migrated to stop the devastation, that is what i want to happen. Maggie was the centre of attention and every news channel wanted to hear from her. And every news channel wanted to hearfrom her. She will be heading home for what she says will be a quiet 91st birthday, christmas with two children and four grandchildren and a chance to reflect on the day she was asked to make history. thought it was a joke to start with, to tell you the truth. I could not believe it. I am happy it has happened. Now i have done eight and
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