To visit residents in all care homes in england before christmas after successful trials for Rapid Testing of visitors. A warning from patients and staff at a hospital in an area with the highest covid rate in the uk. It is here. And this is very busy. I personally dont cope well ina busy. I personally dont cope well in a lockdown situation, i hate every minute of it, but id be the first to say restrictions are not tight enough because were getting many patients coming in. And 19 million nhs dental treatments have been missed in england since the start of the first coronavirus lockdown in march according to figures seen by bbc news. Hello, good afternoon welcome to this bbc news we will bring you a downing street briefing led by matt hancock in half an hours time but, first, a second Coronavirus Vaccine has been found to be highly effective at preventing covid i9 infections. Its makers moderna have described the discovery as a crucial milestone. The interim results suggest it is 9a. 5
Has failed to track down nearly half the close contacts of people with coronavirus, in some of the worst hit areas. The drug ghb, which has been used in murder and rape cases, should have a higher classification according to an official report. And coming up well be speaking to Douglas Stuart whose novel about growing up in glasgow has won this years booker prize for fiction. Hello, good afternoon. The Prime Ministers adviser on ministerial standards, sir alex allan, has resigned, following the inquiry into allegations of bullying by the home secretary. Sir alexs report found that priti patel had not always met the high standards expected of a minister. Downing street said borisjohnson doesnt believe mrs patel has breached the ministerial code, and considers the matter closed. Mrs patel has said she is sorry to have upset people. Heres our political correspondent, helen catt. So we know that borisjohnson likes to stand by his ministers when they are under fire. Weve seen that several t
Things will be able to start to get back to normal. Close contacts of people who test positive for covid 19 in england are to be offered the chance to take daily tests, instead of going into isolation. Its expected all shops in england will be allowed to open in the lead up to christmas, but pubs and restaurants could face tougher restrictions as part of new government measures to fight coronavirus. And lockdown, superspreader, furlough words associated with coronavirus dominate this years word of the year list. Oxford university and the pharmaceutical firm astrazeneca have published the preliminary results from large scale trials of their Coronavirus Vaccine, showing that it is 70 effective at preventing the disease. The vaccine proved less potent than those produced by two other companies, pfizer and moderna, which were 95 effective. Some data shows that protection rose to 90 when people were given a low dose followed by a high one. However, the oxford vaccine is far cheaper and is e