Good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. Our headlines today. Gyms and Leisure Centres reopen across england but its warned a third will stay shut due to financial hardship. Good morning. Indoor Swimming Pools are open again welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. Our headlines today in england today. And on the day gyms and Leisure Centres that swimming should have started in reopen across england but its warned a third will stay the Tokyo Olympics we are here at the Tokyo Olympics we are here at the venue for the 2012 games to see shut due to financial hardship. How social distancing and safety protocols are working. Why being obese or overweight and indoor pools are now officially puts people at greater open once more. We have ourfirst risk of serious illness or death from coronavirus. Dont book a holiday swimmers here taking a dip in what was the olympic pool in london 2012. Unless your passport is up to date. The home office warns i
One in ten people across the uk had contracted covid 19 by the end of december now the military is called in to help at some hospitals with wards under increasing pressure, hospitals in the midlands are short staffed and care homes are still on the front line the vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll out is happening but its not as quick as wed all like. Well be analysing the new figures. Also this lunchtime. Fortress washington as donald trump awakes on his last full day in office this is the white house live america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor smart motorways present an ongoing risk of death a coroner calls for a review
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This exclusive report. This is how coronavirus samples arrive at liverpool university. Bio security is paramount. The samples, from throat swabs are contagious so this part of the process was a demonstration, otherwise we could not have filmed inside the containment lab. The scientists are tracking how the virus is spreading from person to person in the uk. We have some patience and we have no doubt idea how they got infected. Looking at their genetic material and comparing it with others, we can fill in the missing link. It is like a detective story. With that information we may be able to understand the spread of the disease better, which may help us the disease better, which may help us control the outbreak in the long run. And this lab is where that detective work happens. The genetic analysis is so precise, scientists can work out the chain of infection from one person to the next. These
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This programme contains flashing images. Tonight at six a world first as the pfize mass Coronavirus Vaccination Programme gets under way in in the uk. Margaret keenan, whos 91 next week, is the first person to get the jab she calls it the best early birthday present she could have. I say go for it. Go for it, because its history, and its the best thing thats ever happened. Shes one of thousands to be given the first jabs across the uk today, with over 80s, care home workers and nhs staff among the first in the line. Its amazing to see the vaccine coming out, amazing to see this tremendous shot in the arm for the entire nation, but we cant afford to relax now. Well be answering some of your questions about the vaccine and the path ahead. Also tonight the uk and eu Reach Agreement on how rules in the brexit divorce deal relating to Northern Irelands borders will work. White like the Prime Minister will travel to brussels tomorrow for talks with the head of the european commission. Former
Eu ambassadors have unanimously backed the post brexit trade deal that was agreed between the uk and the eu on christmas eve. The move means the changes can take effect from the 1st of january. President trump has signed a Coronavirus Relief and spending package, after previously threatening to block the bill saying parts of it were wasteful. Democrats have urged the president to follow up the bill with more help for struggling workers. The daily number of coronavirus cases in the uk has passed 40,000 for the first time. There were 41,385 new cases with 357 more deaths as the new variant puts pressure on hospitals
a chinese journalist, zhang zhan, who reported on the early days of the coronavirus outbreak in the city of wuhan has been sentenced to four years injail. She was convicted of provoking trouble with her reports that criticised the authorities initial response to the pandemic. Tonights premier League Fixture between everton and Manchester City has been cancelled for medical re