caught covid i9. our health correspondentjim reed gave us more details. one theory talked about by scientists is if you have been exposed another virus in the coronavirus family, not covid, could you build up some protection that way? there are seven coronaviruses and four of them are connected to the common cold. this is not covid, this is a related virus. the theory is if you have been exposed to one of those cold viruses, could it give you protection against covid? they took 52 unvaccinated people in september 2020, half of the people in households of those 52 managed to contract
sir keir starmer. he also has been on twitter buckingham palace confirmed the queen had received a vaccination against covid early last year, as our health correspondentjim reed explains, it s very likely she has now received all three vaccinations. we must assume she s also fairly recently had her booster dose. it s worth saying that three doses of a vaccine are incredibly effective at reducing the chances of a serious covid infection, of going into hospital, reduce that chance by 80%. despite the fact the queen is 95 years old, she will be offered a lot
who are desperate to get - in without talking about history! a focus here on the future, and that includes the outcome of the prime minister s trip. david wallace lockhart, bbc news. the world health organisation says it is working day and night to keep medical supply chains open and ukraine s health system running. both the un agency and the uk government have already delivered hundreds of tonnes of supplies to hospitals in kyiv and other cities. ukrainian doctors and nurses working in the uk have also been raising money and shipping equipment here. our health correspondentjim reed joined a convoy organised by the ukrainian medical association transporting medical supplies. at a car park in kent, the race to get medical aid to the front line 1,000 miles away. every inch of space is being used from first aid kits, to high tech ultrasound equipment. roman cregg is an nhs doctor in london. he s originally from western ukraine.
the deputy chief medical officer for england professorjonathan van tam will bejoined by professor wei shen lim from thejoint committee for vaccinations and immunisation, and drjune raine from the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency. stay with us for that. we will bring you that live on bbc news. and if you ve got any questions about vaccines for under 18s, the roll out, and how it might work, we d love to hear from you. at 2.30 we ll put them to our health correspondentjim reed. any questions about teenagers having the vaccine, how the roll out will operate. you can get in touch on twitter using the hashtag #bbcyourquestions and you can email us
it is expected covid vaccines are to be offered to 16 and 17 year olds. the move would mean about 1.4 million teenagers will be included in the new rollout but it is not known when the jabs will start. you have been sending in your questions on this update. with me to answer them now is our health correspondentjim reed. i m alsojoined by professor alex richter from the university of birmingham s institute of immunology and immunotherapy. a warm welcome to both of you. many thanks for being with us as we continue with our conversations about vaccines. a question here which says, i would like to know what is the likelihood of any side effects on anyone who is under the