any of that is inevitable because it just isn t, franklin sensing or assuming. you have a trade off between acting peremptorily against the risk that hospitalisations could go the risk that hospitalisations could 9° up, the risk that hospitalisations could go up, people falling ill with the omicron variant and guarding against that unsustainable pressure we could see on the nhs, and waiting and hoping and crossing fingers that it will not be as bad as all that. the prime minister is the one with the decision to make amid intense political pressure on him, ministers are meeting this afternoon and at some point, their eyes will turn to him for a decision to be made. jonathan blake, thank you, live at westminster. ministers have again called on anyone eligible to get a coronavirus boosterjab to get thejob done. bookings have now opened for children aged 12 to 15 in england to get their second dose of vaccine. it comes as one nhs leader warns pressure on hospital trusts in london is m
russian cosmonaut and he is the first tory stated that the station in more than a decade. the fashion tycoon used his timing orbits to make videos for his youtube channel showing viewers how to drink tea and sleep in zero gravity. let s return to the situation with coronavirus in the uk, and take a look at today s coronavirus data from the government. another 91,715 people have tested positive for the virus within in the last 24 hour period that s the second highest number since the start of the pandemic. a further 44 people have died that s within 28 days of a positive test. and nearly 850,000 have received their boosterjab. professor markjit is an epidemiologist at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. he s also part of spi m, a committee that provides disease modelling advice to the government.
we will hear from simon we will hearfrom simon hughes we will hear from simon hughes about what positives england can take through to the boxing day test. a spoiler alert for you, through to the boxing day test. a spoileralert foryou, clive, not spoiler alert for you, clive, not many at spoileralert foryou, clive, not many at all. see you at 6:30pm. ministers have again called on anyone eligible to get a coronavirus boosterjab, to get the job done. bookings have now opened for children aged 12 15 in england to get their second dose of vaccine. it comes as one nhs leader, warns pressure on hospital trusts in london, is mounting rapidly . here s our health correspondent dominic hughes. the race to get booster jabs into as many arms as possible is intensifying. yesterday saw more than 900,000 boosters delivered thanks in part to mass vaccination centres like this one in manchester where they have been operating around the clock as part of a trial to see how people responded, averaging ar
hello. you re watching the bbc news channel. more now on the top story this hour health officials in the uk have renewed their appeal for everyone eligible, to come forward for a coronavirus boosterjab after research showed it significantly reduced the chance of developing symptoms, from the omicron variant. earlier professor peter openshaw from imperial college london explained how vaccines work with a person s immune response. the immune response that you get to vaccinations is not an all or none thing, it is a bit of a sort of sliding scale, you know, the more of a response you get, the more protection you get. it is relatively easy to protect against the very serious forms of disease and i think that is an important message, that even if you do not have enough immunity to stop you getting infected, these vaccinations are probably going to be very effective at preventing you from getting serious disease and ending up in hospital and, very sadly, dying. yeah, that is the big unkn
conditions were perfect for violent tornadoes underneath the jet stream. the combination of the ingredients was very deadly. qm. the combination of the ingredients was very deadly- the combination of the ingredients was very deadly. 0k, jeff, speaking live from mayfield was very deadly. 0k, jeff, speaking live from mayfield in was very deadly. 0k, jeff, speaking live from mayfield in kentucky, - live from mayfield in kentucky, giving us an update also of the rescue scene. thank you very much. thank you. health officials in the uk have renewed their appeal for everyone eligible, to come forward for a coronavirus boosterjab after research showed it significantly reduced the chance of developing symptoms, from the omicron variant. the preliminary study by the uk health security agency also suggests that 2 doses of vaccine, are not enough to protect people from catching the variant. cases of omicron have risen sharply in recent days, and could top a million by the end of the mon