Now its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello there, welcome to the week in parliament our look at the highlights from all four of the uks parliaments and assemblies. Coming up borisjohnson tells mps schools in england wont return before the 8th of march. And i know how frustrating that will be will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. The Labour Leader Calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. He should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. Also on this Programme Leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the Coronavirus Vaccine roll out. The Home Secretary announces tougher border controls. And theres to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland which housed women pregnant outside marriage, including victims of rape and incest. Wasnt their fault that they were raped or th
After they took on the big money of wall street. And get your skates on the new Lockdown Craze sweeping the globe. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Major trials of a new vaccine have shown its effective against some new variants of covid 19, helping to reduce fears that they might prove resistant. Novavax is an american jab but its being produced in the uk. Its also easier to roll out than some previous vaccines, since it doesnt need to be kept at ultra low temperatures. The news came amid a deepening row between another vaccine maker, astrazeneca, and the European Union over shortages. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. Once again, science has triumphed in the fight against coronavirus. The Us Firm Novavax has released results of its british trial, showing the first proven efficacy against the new, more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trail throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid recorded were the result
The american makers of the novavax Coronavirus Vaccine have reported promising findings from a large scale trial in britain, raising hopes the jab could be rolled out in a matter of months, boosting global supplies. A study was Strong Enough to protect against a highly transmissible british variant of the virus. Heresjon donnison. Another scientific breakthrough in the fight against coronavirus. This time, from the us firm novavax. Results of the us firm novavax. Results of the Companies British Trial showed the first proven efficacy against the new more contagious uk variant. There were more than 15,000 volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. 0ver volunteers on the trial throughout the uk. Over half the cases of covid 19 recorded came from the new variant. It is very significant because we were able to show that the vaccine works well against both the old, the original strain and the new strain, that had 96 efficacy against the original covid 19 strain and yet still had 86 efficacy
Heres stav da naos. Good afternoon. What a wet night it was for some others, Standing Water and localised flooding in places. The rain will be easing, snow in the north petering out, leaving a legacy of patchy, light rain and cloud. Some areas quite cloudy but sunny spells breaking out, like for the east, southeast quadrant, the southwest and northern scotland. Not as mild in the south as yesterday, a colder day for scotland, Northern Ireland and the far north of england. This cold air drifts overnight, showers for North East Scotland and north east england. This new area of rain pushing from the south west will bring persistent downpours, maybe localised flooding, increasingly turning to snow as it bumps into the cold air. Milder across the South West Verses across the north. This weekend, turning colder, we will see some rain, sleet and snow. Cold air across the north of the uk for the last few days will push southwards, we will have a low pressure pushing from the south west, like i
Lockdown in wales will last for three more weeks at least but children could return to schools there after the february half term. Around 300,000 people are expected to leave hong kong for britain using a new visa route which opens on sunday. Investors respond with outrage after Trading Platforms halt the buying of shares in the us games firm gamestop and other companies. It follows days of frenzied trading that led to a massive increase in its value. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. A new Coronavirus Vaccine has been shown to be 89. 3 effective in large scale uk trials. The novavax jab is the first to show it is effective against both the uk and South African Variants of the virus. As you can see from this graph, the uk has secured 60 million doses of the jab, which will be made in stockton on tees. The doses are expected to be delivered in the second half of this year if approved for use by regulator. Meanwhile, the European Medicines Agency will mee