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a warning that dog owners are pretending their lockdown pets are strays, in order to get rid of them. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a prominent adviser to the government on covid 19, is urging the public to do everything possible, to reduce transmission of the virus. professor peter openshaw, says infection and death rates are currently unacceptable, and he s very fearful there could be another lockdown christmas. the government maintains that at the moment there s no need for stricter covid measures, and is encouraging all those who are eligible, to get their boosterjabs. yunus mulla reports from the wirral:
a prominent adviser to the government on covid 19 has said he is very fearful there will be another lockdown christmas this year. professor peter openshaw, a member of the new and emerging respiratory virus threats advisory group known as nervtag, warned the public they shouldn t wait for ministers to act, and urged people to do everything they could to reduce transmission of the virus. he said the number of infections and deaths were unacceptable . well, i am very fearful that we are going to have another lockdown christmas if we don t act soon. we know that with public health measures, the time to act is immediately. there is no point in delaying. if you do delay, then you need to take even more stringent action later. you know, the immediacy of response is absolutely vital if you are going to get things under control. we all really, really want a wonderfulfamily christmas where we can all get back together. if that is what we want, we need to get these measures in place now in
professor peter openshaw says infection and death rates are currently unacceptable and he s very fearful there could be another lockdown christmas. the government maintains that, at the moment, there s no need for stricter covid measures, and is encouraging all those who are eligible to get their boosterjabs. yunus mulla reports from the wirral. as covid infection rates continue to increase sharply in england and wales, and remain high across the uk, the heart of the uk s government plans to deal with covid this winter is getting people vaccinated. at this clinic on the wirral in merseyside, rising infections is a concern. i lost my son in law last sunday, because he didn t have the vaccines. and his life support was turned off last sunday. so it s important that everybody, everybody gets the first, second and mainly their booster. here, they re still trying
in covid infections in the uk a prominent government adviser says he s fearful about another lockdown christmas . don t wait for the government to change policy, the sooner we all act the sooner we can get this transmission rate down and the greater the prospect of having a christmas with our families. greta thunberg the high profile environmental activist talks to the bbc about where she thinks world leaders are failing on tackling climate change. and three dads who lost their daughters to suicide raise more than half a million pounds for charity. hello and welcome if you re watching