A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that wants to hear more about this four-day workweek idea. we re going to tell you about that little bit later on in the show. i am kasie hunt on this tuesday, march 16th. we ll start with the news. europe s fight against coronavirus just hit another snag as more countries hit pause on the astrazeneca vaccine due to concerns about side effects. germany, france, italy and spain have halted use of the vaccine after reports of blood clots in some people who had recently received shots. denmark and norway halted the shots last week. astrazeneca says a review of 17 million people found no increased risk of blood clots and the world health organization is urging countries to continue using it. this comes as europe faces a third wave of coronavirus amid a slow vaccine rollout. the shot, which was developed with oxford university, has not yet been approved for use in the united states. the fda is still reviewing data to determi
who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked. and some of them will end up in hospital, and sadly some of them will go on to die. all change for the bafta film award nominations the british film rocks is a surprise frontrunner as diversity leads the way this year. and a rare chunk of the meteor that lit up the skies over europe last week is found in front of a family s home in gloucestershire. and coming up on bbc news: he s said no, but liverpool s jurgen klopp s been linked with the now vacant germanyjob. it s afterjoachim low announced he was stepping down after 15 years. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. within the last hour buckingham palace have responded to the duke and duchesses interview with oprah winfrey in a statement it said that the queen said she was saddened to learn how challenging the last few years have been for harry and meghan. it said they will always be a much loved members of the family. it went onto say the i