cabinet ministers tell the bbc the government should have brought in tougher restrictions in the autumn to tackle the second wave of the virus. i would not let him tell me. and as this year s oscar nominations are announced we ll be speaking to the director of the white tiger, which has been nomimated for best adapted screenplay. france and italy have joined germany in becoming the latest countries to suspend use of the astrazeneca vaccine as a precautionary measure, over concerns of possible side effects. french president emmanuel macron said the country would stop administering the vaccine pending an assessment by the european union s medicine regulator on tuesday. the republic of ireland made a similar decision over the weekend following reports of blood clotting in recipients in norway. but the world health organization says there is no indication of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. the announcements by follow similar moves by denmark, norway, bulgaria, iceland
in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. europe has a very low vaccination rate for covid and yet today spain, france, italy and germany became the latest european countries to suspend use of the oxford/astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine. the decision follows reports from norway that a small number of recipients developed blood clots. but the world health organization, the manufacturer, and many other governments insist that the vaccine is safe and that there s no evidence linking it to blood clots. the bbc s fergus walsh has more. a public display of confidence in the oxford/astrazeneca vaccine from northern ireland chief medical officer today. by contrast, you cannot have the jab in the irish republic, in france, germany and a growing list of eu countries which have temporarily suspended its use. this is a safe, effective vaccine as recommended by mhra, let s remember, this virus kills people, it kills people my age, younger people and older people. the benefit is strongly in
who goes suddenly deaf. he is electrifying in this role. but who can begrudge chadwick boseman for winning for his final role in ma rainey s black bottom that he shotjust months before he died from cancer? if my daddy had known i was going to turn out like this, he would have named me gabriel. best supporting actress? could it be eighth time a charm for glenn close? she s got the record for the most nominated and never won actresses, for hillbilly elegy. unfortunately, everyone hates the film. that s a bit of a problem. and i d love to see maria bakalova win for borat 2. who would have thought borat 2 would have been in the running for the oscars race? i want this one with the baby on it. 0k. 0k, larushka, best supporting actor? daniel kaluuya is winning all the awards forjudas and the black messiah. a revolutionary! but here he is up against his co star lakeith stanfield in the same category, both up for best supporting. where is best actor in this film? any last words? welc
and the nominations are out for this year s delayed oscars so who s in the running for an academy award? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. the biggest member states of the european union have now joined the list of nations questioning the performance of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. germany, france, spain and italy are all taking the precautionary measure of suspending use of the vaccine because of fears about possible side effects, including blood clots. the astrazeneca vaccine has already been suspended in the netherlands, ireland, iceland, bulgaria, denmark and norway. the world health organisation, along with the eu s very own medicines regulator, says there is no justification for the temporary ban and leading british scientists insist the vaccine is safe. our medical editor fergus walsh has the latest. a public display of confidence in the oxford astr
at, as they ramp up supply, as the johnson&johnson vaccine comes online, we are trying to achieve that herd immunity for the country that will get us back to normal. so they have to reach people that have been reluctant of going in the direction of getting a shot in the arm. that includes some republicans. president trump was skeptical of some of the science during 2020 and so some republicans are distrustful of what the biden administration is pushing on vaccine. they want to try to overcome that. there has been concern about some in non-white communities that have, are mindful of the history of abusive medical research involving non-whites in the united states. so they re trying to make sure that those people feel comfortable as well. so it s really across the board trying to ramp this up. they are tailoring different messages for those different constituencies. john, you have a sense, if there is one particular area, though, in terms of that hesitancy they are most conce