and northern ireland. infection rates are highest among teenagers and young adults, and with nightclubs now open, there is a greater risk of the virus spreading. scotland is the first in the uk to confirm vaccine passports will be needed from next month. despite concerns among nightclub bosses and some tory mps, proof of vaccination is expected in england, too. by the end of this month, every adult will have had an opportunity to have had two jabs. secondly, we will almost certainly be doing it for night clubs. we will make a determination as to whether we need to move more broadly than that, or whether we can hold the position and wait to see if it s necessary at a later point. the government says the nhs is ready to start offering boosters to the most vulnerable and first doses to 12 to 15 year olds if they get the go ahead. decisions on both are expected next week. katharine da costa, bbc news.
infection rates are highest among teenagers and young adults, and with nightclubs now open, there is a greater risk of the virus spreading. scotland is the first in the uk to confirm vaccine passports will be needed from next month. despite concerns among nightclub bosses and some tory mps, proof of vaccination is expected in england, too. by the end of this month, every adult will have had an opportunity to have had two jabs. secondly, we will almost certainly be doing it for nightclubs. we will make a determination as to whether we need to move more broadly than that, or whether we can hold the position and wait to see if it s necessary at a later point. the government says the nhs is ready to start offering boosters to the most vulnerable and first doses to 12 to 15 year olds if they get the go ahead. decisions on both are expected next week. katharine da costa, bbc news. paul hunter is professor
more broadly than that, or whether we can hold the position and wait to see if it s necessary at a later point. the government says the nhs is ready to start offering boosters to the most vulnerable and first doses to 12 to 15 year olds if they get the go ahead. decisions on both are expected next week. katharine da costa, bbc news. the government has released the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. in the latest 24 hour period, the uk has recorded 37,622 cases and 147 deaths. that s within 28 days of a positive test. 48.3 million people have received the first dose of the vaccine, and 43.8 million the second dose. that s 81% of the adult population has been fullyjabbed. the covid infection rate in scotland has risen to its highest level since estimates began,
forward with experts and scientific community assessing exactly what its consequences might be. right now i would say it s not time to get too worried. neil: what about the boosters shots the administration had been pushing, doctor? i know the cdc and fda are concerned about the timing, whether we need to rush it, a couple of people at the fda resigned over it, where are you on this? well, i m one of the docs that made the recommendation that we need to look seriously at offering boosters particularly to people who got their initial immunization back in the beginning of this, back in january because we have seen the data from the u.s. particularly from israel that has good data set to look at that effectiveness of the pfizer vaccine because wane over time. we want to stay ahead of this virus and in the get caught by surprised. if we are going to offer boosters, there s a lot of infrastructure that we need to build to make that possible so you don t want to wait till the
infection if you look at the results from the. may be inducing slightly different indian characteristics, which is really important. tt different indian characteristics, which is really important. if both vaccines are which is really important. if both vaccines are offering which is really important. if both vaccines are offering good - vaccines are offering good protection against the delta variant, what does that say about the idea of offering boosters? right. it is offering good protection against the more severe disease. that is very important to emphasise. there still is breakthrough infection in the proportion of people, even if they have been doubly vaccinated. the question about brewster s is a contentious one. we really need specific studies on the effect of boosters. those studies are ongoing. we should not prejudge those. everyone is very keen that if we do have surplus vaccines, that they are not necessarily used in this country but might be sent overseas to be used in