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good evening and welcome to bbc news. labour say there s a strong case to vaccinate children aged between 12 and 15 against covid to avoid further disrupting their education. ministers have asked the chief medical officers of the uk s four nations to consider the broader implications. this after the national vaccines advisory body decided yesterday not to recommend jabs for all youngsters in that age group. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. in the united states, they ve been vaccinating children now for months. france and germany have also been pressing ahead. in this country, though, there is still uncertainty. government advisers have said the medical benefit alone does not justifyjabbing all of those between 12 and 15 years old. it s left parents waiting for ministers to make a final decision.
even if they are protected against serious illness. the main message is that of the direct protective effects of these vaccines is excellent. if you get the vaccination, you re in a much better place in terms of getting sick. but the ability of the programme to actually stop the virus from circulating around in the population, it is less good than we had hoped. israel has already started offering boosterjabs to the most vulnerable after its government became worried that the pfizerjab wasn t dampening down transmission quite as much as hoped. the findings of this latest study will have to be weighed up by government advisers here, before they decide if the uk should follow suit. naomi grimley, bbc news. the uk is to offer an initial £1 million in support to haiti
after its government became worried that the pfizerjab wasn t dampening down transmission quite as much as hoped. the findings of this latest study will have to be weighed up by government advisers here, before they decide if the uk should follow suit. naomi grimley, bbc news. one week on from the fatal shootings in plymouth the inquests into deaths of the five victims and the gunman have opened. 0ur correspondent sarah ransome is in plymouth. the coroner, ian arrow, heard from the senior investigating officer in this case, detective inspector steve hambly. he told the court that shortly before maxine davison, the gunman s mother, was shot, there d been an argument between the pair. he then went on to tell the court that actually jake davison then went out into the street and shot dead three year old sophie martyn, who was out walking the family dog with her dad lee. that jake davison then went around
most vulnerable after its government became worried that the pfizerjab wasn t dampening down transmission quite as much as hoped. the findings of this latest study will have to be weighed up by government advisers here, before they decide if the uk should follow suit. naomi grimley, bbc news. some breaking news related to that story, figures from public health england. this is an estimate, but it is an estimate of the number of people, the number of cases rather, deaths and fatalities thought to be averted by the vaccines. the previous estimates had been between 81,387 and the figure is now 91,700, or 98,700 deaths. somewhere between that figure, they think is the number of people who would have