i was saying to an audience, this is who i am, look at me. more controversial was his role as a highly gifted, hugely successful doctor engaged to a white woman in guess who s coming to dinner. i love your daughter. there is nothing i wouldn t do to try to keep her as happy as she was the day i met her. some criticised it, saying the impression it gave was of an interracial relationship that was only acceptable because his character was so perfect and accomplished. he also directed 80s comedy stir crazy, the first movie from an african american film maker to pass the blockbuster $100 million mark in the united states. what are you doing? i m getting bad! in his later years, he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by barack obama, who today said sidney poitier epitomised dignity and grace. oprah winfrey paid tribute, saying, my honour to have loved him.
a rocky next few weeks. here s our health editor, hugh pym. as the booster roll out continued here in redcar, there was more positive news about its impact. a new study shows that, after three months, boosters still gave high levels of protection for older adults against severe disease caused by omicron, so officials say there is no immediate need forfourth jabs. in terms of protection against severe disease, being hospitalised, the programme has done very, very well. people aged 65 years and above have over 90% protection against being hospitalised. what do you think of the new rule to require vaccination? on a hospital visit, though, the health secretary was challenged by a doctor over mandatoryjabs for nhs staff. i would be dismissed if i don t have a vaccine. the science isn t strong enough.
tonight at ten, government advisors say a fourth vaccine dose isn t needed for the moment against the omicron variant of coronavirus. new research shows a third dose or boosterjab is enough to protect against severe disease among adults. but nhs staff shortages due to covid infections have shot up. i think we have to be honest, and when we look at the nhs, it will be a rocky few weeks ahead. we ll be analysis the data and what it means. also tonight: you will call me sir or mr thackeray. the actor sidney poitier, whose pioneering films in the 50s and 60s shone a light on racism and social predjudice, has died. the aftermath of days of unrest in kazakhstan. security forces are ordered to shoot to kill protestors.
now stands at “19,7114. on vaccinations, 90.2% of people aged 12 and over have now received a first dose and 82.8% have been double jabbed. on average, 163,058 people received a booster every day in the last week, which means 61% have now had three vaccine doses. hugh is here. better news on boosters, but the virus is still spreading rapidly. scott macleod. i think it will be reassuring to older adults that there is still the same protection of the three months against a serious illness that there was when they had the jabs, but it isn t the