The Covid Vaccination Programme Shifts up a gear with millions more people qualifying for the jab people in england aged 70 and over will begin receiving offers of a Coronavirus Vaccine this week. We are ramping up the Vaccination Programme every week, theres more Vaccines Available this week and its important we get through those top Priority Groups as quickly as possible, and the most effective way of doing that is to keep the focus on the over 80 year olds, but then start to vaccinate the over 70 year olds as well. With those listed as clinically extremely vulnerable also qualifying well be giving more details. Also this lunchtime. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk under pressure borisjohnson is urged to give millions of families a helping hand and extend benefit
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Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Millions more people will qualify for the Coronavirus Vaccine this week people in england aged 70 and over will start receiving invitations within days. On a visit to a company that manufactures vaccines, the Prime Minister said the Vaccination Programme is on track, which is why the rollout is being expanded. We are getting it out as fast as we can. Four million done so far. Weve now, i think, have done more than half of the over 80s, almost half of the people in care homes. New travel restrictions International Passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk
and self isolate for ten days. The price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the worlds poorest countries. And just to recap on that with the travel situation, the restrictions coming into force. International passengers must now test negative for coronavirus virus ever travelling to the uk, and self isolate for ten days. And coming up, we are
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