will come when the senseless murdering of children all come to an end. referring to all the other debts we have seen in birmingham, the west midlands and all over the country. the people who have been convicted in connexion with the killing will be sentenced at the end the month. thank you. the pharmaceutical manufacturer pfizer, has said that a clinical trial of a pill to treat covid—19, shows that the drug is highly effective. the product is called paxlovid, and it is reported to have achieved an 89 % reduction in the risk of hospitalization or death — that's among adult patients with coronavirus who are at high risk of progressing to severe illness. with me now is our health correspondentjim reed: how significant is this? when you think about _ how significant is this? when you think about last _ how significant is this? when you think about last year _ how significant is this? when you think about last year there - how significant is this? when you think about last year there were l think about last year there were lots of companies talking about the effectiveness of vaccines. this year we're talking about treatment instead. these are treatments given to people at high risk of catching and then going on to develop serious