Messages of defiance yesterday, another clear message, huge praise for the works of the Emergency Services and medical staff. Good morning its thursday, the 23rd of march. The other main headlines on the Westminster Attack this Morning Police say they believe they know the attackers identity and that he was inspired by islamist ideology. Parliament will operate as normal today in a show of defiance. The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement to the commons. We are live at westminster. Lots of Activity Still going on this morning. Lets go to carole with the weather. A wet start to the day but generally speaking and improving weather day. More detail in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. We are here in the aftermath of the Terror Attacks were five people died and a0 people injured some suffering what has been described as a catastrophic injury after a man drove a axa vehicle into the crowd and went on to stab a policeman who later died. Five people are dead, includi
King s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. in this covid ward, there s a range of different ages. 80% of the patients here have not had a first dose of the vaccine. of the rest, some have immune conditions which might make the vaccines less effective. doctors here say the pressure is different this time round. in general, the patients are younger and tend not to be as sick as they did in the first two waves. so on average, the number of days they re staying in hospital is fewer. also, there are fewer number of patients needing the admission to the intensive care unit. but for staff who ve worked through the pandemic, another surge is the last thing they wanted. with the nhs understandably devoting so much time and resource to treating covid patients, there was an impact on other parts of the health service. waiting lists for non urgent operations and procedures hit record levels.
King s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28. he became ill a few days before he was due to have a first vaccine dose. i felt like i was dying. you feel your heads full of glass, you ve got horrendous headache. youi’ eyes are sore. so every time you re breathing in, you re expecting to be able to breathe in so much more. you just can t, and there s nothing there to get back to it. so before the ambulance arrived, it was terrifying because you didn t know when your last breath was going to be. in this covid ward, there s a range of different ages. 80% of the patients here have not had a first dose of the vaccine. of the rest, some have immune conditions which might make the vaccines less effective. doctors here say the pressure is different this time round. in general, the patients are younger and tend not to be as sick as they did in the first two waves. so on average, the number
In the first lockdown. it s felt like a dream, like, we ve all waited for this moment for a long time. i can literally not stress how much i ve missed being able to go out and just dance, and have a life. - however, the delta variant was quickly spreading. infections began to rise again, as well as hospitalisations. there s been no summer let up. and now, another covid surge is developing. king s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28. he became ill a few days before he was due to have a first vaccine dose. i felt like i was dying. you feel your heads full of glass, you ve got horrendous headache. youi’ eyes are sore. so every time you re breathing in, you re expecting to be able to breathe in so much more. you just can t, and there s nothing there to get back to it. so before the ambulance arrived, it was terrifying because you didn t know when your last breath
Welcome back, everyone! for some, this is what freedom looks like no social distancing, very few masks. # everybody s free to feel good. many nightclubs across england reopened at midnight, 16 months since they were shut in the first lockdown. it s felt like a dream, like, we ve all waited for this moment for a long time. i can literally not stress how much i ve missed being able to go out and just dance, and have a life. - however, the delta variant was quickly spreading. infections began to rise again, as well as hospitalisations. there s been no summer let up. and now, another covid surge is developing. king s college hospital in london, like many others, is treating more covid patients and they re younger. one of them is henry, who s 28.