on the bbc news channel, the latest on the opening day of the women s open golf at carnoustie, where the world number one and olympic champion, nellie korda, is amongst the favourites. a new study has found that both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the delta variant of covid. the research, led by oxford university, is the largest survey of covid infection in the uk. it suggests pfizer works best initially, but they re equally as effective in the long run. naomi grimley reports. for months, the office for national statistics and oxford university have been asking hundreds of thousands of us to do swabs for their research. do you have any symptoms? it s the biggest study of its kind in the world. unlike other studies, which have looked at how effective the vaccines are at keeping
sodaba hadaire, bbc news. doctors are calling on the government to keep some coronavirus measures in place in england after the 19th ofjuly, when the final stage of lifting restrictions is due to happen. the british medical association says face coverings and improved ventilation should continue. the prime minister has said he hopes the country will be able to return to something close to pre pandemic life later this month, but extra precautions might be needed. naomi grimley reports. what will our lives look like by the end of this month? some ministers have hinted there could be a sweeping away of the regulations we ve got so used to. 0ne even suggested masks might become optional afterjuly the 19th. but today doctors warned that wouldn t be wise with infections rising. don t give people false assurances or hopes that life will be back to normal. do the responsible thing which is to continue to have
sadly, there have been 18 more deaths from coronavirus that s within 28 days of a positive test. a further 24, 885 people have tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hour period. and more than 45 million people have received their first vaccination whilst almost 33 and a half million people have had both jabs. and she can see on the screen. as you can see on the screen. doctors are calling on the government to keep some coronavirus measures in place in england after the 19th ofjuly when the final stage of lifting restrictions is due to happen. the british medical association says face coverings and improved ventilation should continue. naomi grimley reports. what will our lives look like by the end of this month? some ministers have hinted there could be a sweeping away of the regulations we ve got so used to. one even suggested masks might become optional afterjuly the 19th. but today doctors warned that wouldn t be wise with infections rising.
doctors are calling on the government to keep some coronavirus measures in place in england after the 19th ofjuly, when the final stage of lifting restrictions is due to happen. the british medical association says face coverings and improved ventilation should continue. the prime minister has said he hopes the country will be able to return to something close to pre pandemic life later this month, but extra precautions might be needed. naomi grimley reports. what will our lives look like by the end of this month? some ministers have hinted there could be a sweeping away of the regulations we ve got so used to. 0ne even suggested masks might become optional afterjuly the 19th. but today doctors warned that wouldn t be wise with infections rising. don t give people false assurances or hopes that life will be back to normal. do the responsible thing,
ventilation should continue. the prime minister has said he hopes the country will be able to return to something close to pre pandemic life later this month, but extra precautions might be needed. naomi grimley reports. what will our lives look like by the end of this month? some ministers have hinted there could be a sweeping away of the regulations we ve got so used to. 0ne even suggested masks might become optional afterjuly the 19th. but today doctors warned that wouldn t be wise with infections rising. don t give people false assurances or hopes that life will be back to normal. do the responsible thing which is to continue to have targeted measures to stop the spread of this infection, or prevent the spread of this infection, with a parallel vaccination programme so that we can probably get to a point in the not too distant future where we are bringing those infection rates down. this comes as ministers debate allowing fully jabbed people to avoid isolation if they come into c