will be affected if those restrictions aren t eased on 21st june. you can do that on twitter @annita mcveigh. so, picking up on that, as we have been hearing, the world health organization has announced a new naming system for variants of covid 19. i m joined by the professor who was a member of the professor who was a member of the group who produced the new list. good to have you with us today, and tell us about the key drivers behind this decision, your recommendation, that all of these variants should have new names, not calling them by the country in which they were first identified, but after letters from the greek alphabet. identified, but after letters from the greek alphabet. good morning. yes, so, the greek alphabet. good morning. yes. so. the the greek alphabet. good morning. yes, so, the who the greek alphabet. good morning. yes, so, the who has the greek alphabet. good morning. yes, so, the who has been - the greek alphabet. good morning. | yes, so, the who has been
the variants are a key concern of those advising against a total easing of restrictions later this month. here s the chair of the british medical association, dr chaand nagpaul. when you look at the conditions for coming out of. ..the road map conditions, one of those criteria was to make sure there were no concerns about new variants. so, i think at the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious, we mustn t lose all the gains that we ve made in the last few months by premature and hasty, non evidence based, loosening of restrictions. 0ur chief political correspondent adam fleming is in westminster. xxxx. good morning to you, adam. so, there is pressure on the government from both sides on this, there was advising a delay, like the voice we have just heard, to the final bit of unlocking, and those who say the vaccine programme is going really well, let s stick to 21stjune. goad well, let s stick to 21st june. good mornin: , well, let s stick to 21st june. good morning, a
restrictions later this month. i think at the moment, the data does suggest that we need to be cautious, we mustn t lose all the gains that have been made over the last few months by premature and hasty, non evidence based loosening of restrictions. how will you be affected if the 21st june unlocking is pushed back? i d love to hearfrom you this morning you can tweet me @annita mcveigh and using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. london s heathrow airport opens a terminal for passengers arriving from the uk s red list countries. the system is design to keep travellers from high risk coronavirus destinations from mixing with other arrivals. a two week delay to birmingham s clean air zone. high polluting vehicles will be charged to drive into the centre of the english city, but payments won t start today as originally planned. and coming up this hour, naomi 0saka pulls out of the french open saying she s suffered from depression since winning herfirst
i think ministers are sounding a bit more cautious about the complete lifting of restrictions onjune the 21st. no decision has been made, and there are competing arguments being put, as we ve heard, there are scientists who advice the government who are now saying publicly that it makes sense to wait a bit, until more people are double jabbed, until the new variant is better understood, but businesses are desperate to see the economy reopen fully, and today the british and today the british chambers of commerce said it would be astounding if thejune 2ist deadline slipped and i think that a view shared by a sizable chunk of tory mps. the row we are beginning to hear is going to get louder as we head tojune the 14th, the dates ministers will make the call. it s when they will decide whether they are going to pursue that 21st june reopening. now this is a very big call. ministers do not want to go back, they say this must be irreversible and there has been plenty of criticism about its co
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