billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. If covid 19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. Many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis. Its Health Systems are already under strain and could buckle underfurther pressure. My guest is ngozi okonjo iweala. She is a special covid 19 envoy for the African Union as well as being chair of gavi the Global Alliance on vaccines and immunisations. As the world races to find a vaccine, what is she doing to ensure that lower Income Countries are not forgotten . Dr ngozi okonjo iweala, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. So, in april the World Health Organization was warning that within 3 6 months there could be 10 million covid 19 cases on the continent. We are now roughly at around 700,000 cases, nearly 15,000 deaths, it looks like an extreme exaggeration. The experts cant get it right, can they . Well, zeinab, we just dont know. According to the africa cdc in addis, the cases are
Now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. If covid 19 were to spread right across africa, it could be a human catastrophe. Many feared that the continent is simply not ready to cope with the crisis. Its Health Systems are already under strain and could buckle underfurther pressure. My guest is ngozi okonjo iweala. She is a special covid 19 envoy for the African Union as well as being chair of gavi the Global Alliance on vaccines and immunisations. As the world races to find a vaccine, what is she doing to ensure that lower Income Countries are not forgotten . Thank you, zeinab. So, in april the World Health Organization was warning that within 3 6 months there could be 10 million covid 19 cases on the continent. We are now roughly at around 700,000 cases, nearly 15,000 deaths, it looks like an extreme exaggeration. The experts cant get it right, can they . Well, zeinab, we just dont know. According to the africa cdc in addis, the cases are acce
That is it from me. James will be here at the top of the other. But now, with the promise of a covid 19 vaccine, global questions examines if it could really be a Silver Bullet to and the pandemic. Hello, and welcome to the royal couege hello, and welcome to the Royal College of physicians in london. We have come here for this edition of global questions to talk about covid 19 and vaccines. Well, the United Kingdom is the First Western country to roll out a mass nationwide vaccination programme, and we are all hoping this will mark the end of the coronavirus nightmare. But questions linger about the durability of the vaccines, and with millions refusing to take the jab, how safe all the rest of us be . Thats global questions, the covid jab is it really the Silver Bullet . Well, here in the Royal College of physicians, we have an audience drawn from not from londons multinational community, and they will be putting their questions to our two panellists. So let me tell you who is in the