at university in september or october would have to show certificates to prove that they have been vaccinated. and just a little hint of the controversy around this area. one of the teaching unions has welcomed the idea of children being better protected, but they do not want teachers to have any role in promoting, administering orforcing promoting, administering or forcing promoting, administering orforcing in forcing take up or the vaccine. just an idea of how controversial this idea is. adam, thank yom controversial this idea is. adam, thank you. there controversial this idea is. adam, thank you. there is controversial this idea is. adam, thank you. there is new - controversialthis idea is. adam, | thank you. there is new research today the children are unlikely to suffer long term effects. scientists at king s college london, found illness from covid lasted, on average, no more than a week in people aged between five and 17. they describe the findings as reassuring. can ch
pressure on transmission is a very important and, yes, only a small proportion of children who contract covid 19 maybe we ll go on to have long covered long covid. and the other thing of course is that we want to keep children in education. if we have a lot of infection in schools, then there is still the problem of how you deal with that and how to keep schools open as much as possible and as many children in school as possible. it is that complex equation. the population aspect is very important for this, but it is not the whole point of the issue. ~ ., ., i. but it is not the whole point of the issue. ~ ., ., ., , issue. what would you say to parents watchin: issue. what would you say to parents watching you issue. what would you say to parents watching you now. issue. what would you say to parents watching you now, or issue. what would you say to parents watching you now, or indeed - watching you now, or indeed teenagers watching you now who say is it worth the risk, it mi
at a greater risk from covid. thejoint committee on vaccinations and immunisation says it has been assessing potential risks, including reports of very rare adverse effects, such as the inflammation of heart muscles amongst young adults. today though the committee is expected to recommend 16 and 17 year olds in the uk are vaccinated against covid, which would affect around 1.5 million teenagers. yesterday, scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, said she would welcome such a move by the vaccine committee. i am hoping it will recommend going further with the vaccination of young people. i am particularly concerned, if possible, to get vaccination to 16 and 17 year olds, which is important for those going to college and university. the only covid jab currently authorised in the uk for under 18s is the pfizer vaccine.
just a year ago, he was arguably the most popular governor in the us, leading the fight against covid, a darling of the democrats. more like a pariah now, deserted at the party s highest level after the damning results of an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen employees. i think he should resign. what i said was if the investigation of the attorney general concluded that the allegations were correct, that, back in march, i would recommend he resigned. that is what i m doing today. the report was five months in the making. investigators revealed a disturbing pattern of abusive behaviour that they said violated state and federal law. the investigation found that governor andrew cuomo sexually harassed current and former new york state employees by engaging in unwelcome and nonconsensual touching and making numerous offensive comments of a suggestive and sexual nature. they described a climate of fear
slightly from 92% a fortnight before. antibodies are evidence of a past infection or having received at least one dose of the vaccine, which is clearly the vast majority of people. in england, 94% of people tested by the ons during the week ending the 18th ofjuly had antibodies to covid, compared to 92% the fortnight before. in wales, 93%, the fortnight before. in wales, 93%, the same as a fortnight before. in northern the oxford coronavirus vaccine co creator professor dame sarah gilbert has been honoured with a barbie doll, from the toy company mattel. the oxford astra zeneca vaccine is now the most widely used around the world, with doses sent to more than 170 countries. ramzan karmali has the details.