the cost of living is likely to dominate a full in tray when she becomes prime minister officially tomorrow. we hear from voters about their main concerns. i really think that she needs to sort out this energy crisis. i mean, us low paid workers are having real problems. i think she will do as good a job as she can. i m sure she will, but there s a terrible mess everywhere. i m shaun ley. our other main stories this hour. police in canada launch a manhunt for two suspects, after ten people are stabbed to death and many more injured in a series of attacks. a charity urges the uk government to abandon plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda, as the high court will hear legal challenges today. from today, millions of people in england will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine which is already availabe in wales and will be offered in northern ireland in the next two weeks. this comes as health bosses predict a resurgence of covid and flu this winter. good afternoon. w
as a world first agreement with rwanda to try to deter migrants from crossing the channel. but the first deportation flight due to take off onjune14 was grounded amid a series of legal challenges. from today, millions of people in england and wales will be invited for their autumn covid booster vaccine. care home residents will be first in line for the jab as health bosses predict a resurgence of covid and flu this winter. wales has already started offering boosters while the rollout will begin in northern ireland in two weeks time. it s really important for the nhs that people take up their vaccines when offered. this is but equally true of the flu vaccine programme which will be commencing over the next several weeks. and also the covid 19 vaccine programme. it is certainly the case that our nhs is under considerable stress and the more we can do to stop ourselves getting respiratory infections that need us to need hospital care, the better it will be for the nhs. police in
at the moment, we are not seeing very high rates in terms of transmission, but it is early days yet. what is important is to continue to observe and monitor, and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have a much better picture. the emergence of the omicron variant has prompted big changes to the uk s vaccination programme. as well as offering boosters to more people, the time between second dose and booster has been slashed from six to three months, so the encouraging news on how effective they are is welcome. the data on the boosters is fantastic because it is suggesting that if you have had your first and second shot, followed by the booster, you have got supercharged immunity, and this will help us to at least deal with some of the effects of omicron when it really takes off here. there have been some problems delays in changing the legal framework to accommodate the new plans have seen some people turned away from walk in clinics or unable to book appointments.
and it will usually either be the pfizer or moderna jab, while scientists at finding out more about the 0micron variant. much of that work is taking place in south africa where 0micron is driving a rapid growth in infection rates. very early evidence suggests there may be a higher risk of reinfection from 0micron compared with the alpha, beta or delta variants but it is hard to say yet whether it will lead to more hospitalisations or deaths. at the moment, we are not seeing very high rates of community transmission but it is early days yet. what is important is to continue to observe and monitor and hopefully in the next couple of weeks, we will have a much better picture. the emergence of the 0micron variant has prompted big changes to the uk s vaccination programme. as well as offering boosters to more people, the time between second dose and booster has been slashed from six down to three months so the encouraging news on how effective they are is welcome.