Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The head of the National Health service in england has warned the service has never been in a more precarious position. Outlining the extreme pressures facing the nhs, Sir Simon Stevens said a new patient was being admitted into hospital with coronavirus every 30 seconds. The good news is four times as many people are now being vaccinated in england as are contracting covid, with 140 people being given the jab every minute. In the last hour, the health secretary, matt hancock, tweeted that more than half of the over 80s have been given at least one dose of the vaccine. Another ten new Vaccination Centres have been unveiled by the government, and will be operational from tomorrow. Speaking to the bbc, the foreign secretary, dominic raab said he hoped all adults in england would be offered a first dose of the vaccine by september. Lets get the latest from our health correspondentjim reed. The pressure on hospitals this winter shows no sign of easin
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