Face to face for the first time the covid patient and the trial donor whose plasma helped her to recover. And coming up on bbc news, the three most powerful men in english football are grilled by mps, as they look to find a solution over a financial rescues package for lower league clubs. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination, if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1,000 for the First Time Since june. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light of the tunnel. The uk may have its first jab by christmas, although unsure how long it will last. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. We have be
The victims, the families. The Catholic Church in england prioritised its own reputation over the welfare of sexually abused children. And in england, the boss of the Football Association has resigned after an angry reaction to the way he described black and asian people. Yesterday, we heard the first covidi9 vaccine had come through final trials. Today we heard more on the practicalities of distributing it and of what an achievement this is. Normally vaccines take a decade to develop. Heres the who. This is an absolutely unprecedented situation we find ourselves in with over 200 vaccine candidates, a0 of them in Clinical Development within ten months of any virus being discovered. The vaccine that seems to have won the race is whats called an rna vaccine and its been developed by pharmaceutical Companies Pfizer and biontech. Its one of 11 vaccines that are currently in the final stages of testing. Heres a reminder of how badly its needed. There are nearly 51 million confirmed cases an
That contained more than just well wishes for the president elect. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Joe biden is pushing back against republican efforts to undermine his victory. As the president tweets his outrage in all caps, mr biden is a deliberately calm, telling reporters in the past hour that he is getting on with the job of building the next administration. He admitted that the spectacle does america no favours but, he appeared relaxed by the prospect of mr trump, or any of his gop colleagues, refusing to engage with the handover process. We are already beginning the transition. We are well under way. And the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognise our win does not change the dynamic at all in what we are able to do. What do you say to americans that are anxious over the fa ct americans that are anxious over the fact that President Trump has yet to concede and what that might mean for the country . Well, ijust think its
Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Gps have been asked to be on standby from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccination if regulators say its safe and effective. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. This as the number of weekly registered deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales has exceeded 1000 for the First Time Sincejune. 0ur Health Correspondent Anna Collinson has more. A possible Coronavirus Vaccine has been likened to a light at the end of a tunnel. It still needs to be approved and there are questions about how long it will last. The uk may have its first jab by christmas. This will be a colossal effort to roll this out, which the nhs is leading. I know that they will rise to the challenge of being ready when the science comes good to inject hope into millions of arms this winter. Early results for the first effective vaccine show it could prevent more than 90 of people from getting covid, with the main
Their results will be based on teacher assessments. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, has asked gps and other nhs staff to be ready from the start of next month to offer the new Covid Vaccine in a seven days a week operation, if regulatorsjudge it to be safe and effective. But he warned there would be many hurdles to overcome. The governments already ordered enough doses of the vaccine for 20 Million People. It comes as a further 20,412 cases of coronavirus have been reported over the last 2a hour period in the uk. And there have been 532 reported deaths those are people who have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test. Figures from the office for National Statistics show that weekly deaths involving coronavirus now exceed 1,000 in england and wales for First Time Since june. Our first report tonight, is from our medical editor fergus walsh. This is liquid hope, the first Covid Vaccine had this is liquid hope, the first Covid Vaccine p