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long way to go in terms of the booster uptake. long way to go in terms of the booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks for booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks forjoining booster uptake. for now, robert, thanks forjoining us. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new anti viral pill for covid. the drug company pfizer claims that when taken by high risk patients with mild to moderate symptoms, paxlovid reduces hospitalizations and deaths by 89%. the two active substances of paxlovid come as separate tablets that are packaged and taken together, twice a day by mouth for five days. authorities in china are attempting to stick to a zero coronavirus strategy ahead of its lunar new year celebrations and the beijing winter olympics. the country s vice premier has visited the northern city of xi an, where 13 million people have been confined to their homes in one of the country s strictest lockdowns since the pandemic began. these images are from inside xi an.
to the end of the pandemic, so, no, personally, such large number of cases, so many people in hospital and massive disruption to retail and industry in the lead to christmas and certainly throughout january, through staff absences, i struggle to see any good news in that, to be honest. , ., honest. and in terms of vaccinations, honest. and in terms of vaccinations, we ve - honest. and in terms of vaccinations, we ve in l honest. and in terms of- vaccinations, we ve in france president macron trying to crack down on those not vaccinated. initially, we have seen they are gonna make it compulsory for it to be vaccinated for the over 50s. is that the right way to proceed, to in a way be more aggressive against those not vaccinated? know, to be honest, it those not vaccinated? know, to be honest. it is those not vaccinated? know, to be honest, it is not. those not vaccinated? know, to be honest, it is not. we those not vaccinated? know, to be honest, it is not. we have - those not
but what is the uptake? it is like a l party where you send out the invites but not everybody decides they want to come. 30% of people who have had two doses of the vaccine are still to be boosted, and the progress made over christmas was remarkable, days with 900,000 people, million people per day, but that is now back down to around 400,000, so given that there are around about 14 million people still need to get boosted, and it takes about a fortnight before those people really start to see the benefit of the boost in terms of staving off the virus, we have got to face the fact that we are going into january with high levels of infection running around the uk and a lot of people who don t have the extra protection that a booster will give them, and they won t get it for a couple of weeks yet. great news for the 33 million people who have had their booster so far and a great improvement over december but there is still quite a long way to go in terms of the booster uptake. tar
sure those numbers go up to where they need to be? yeah, i am concerned about it. and in particular i think we are one of only six states that have achieved the overall vaccination levels we have achieved but the booster uptake is unacceptable. we re better than the american average but that is of little solace. so there is a whole other set of efforts we put up against that literally including going door to door. public service. reminding folks however we can with our bully pulpit social media, with our health experts, you are far more protected with a booster than if you are just regular vaccinated or certainly more than if you re unvaccine nated. we have to keep driving that point home in clear, concise, simple communication. governor, last week after your governors conference meeting with president biden you said, quote, the overwhelming sentiment on both sides of the aisle is we want to get to the
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