annita mcveigh or bbcyourquestions the Us State Department calls for serious consequences for china after a bbc report alleging women were systemically raped and tortured in uighur camps. But china calls it lies and disinformation. The uk and eu agree to work intensively to sort out problems with post brexit trade in Northern Ireland. Myanmar s military blocks facebook after protests continue to spread against mondays Military Coup. And coming up this hour tennis Officials Say the Australian Open will start as planned on monday, despite hundreds of players and staff being forced to isolate again in melbourne. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or Around The World. A new trial has launched here in the uk to look at the impact of giving people different Coronavirus Vaccines for their first and second doses. The mix and match approach could provide more flexibility in the event of any Supply Problems. Scientists say its possible that having different vaccines might even provid
that s something which labour has already hinted at, and they have asked for the government to publish all its advice from the sage advisory committee but also all of the data to make sure the government is definitely following the science on this. health officials in the us have halved the recommended isolation time for people with asymptomatic covid i9 from ten to five days. the centers for disease control says this must be followed by five days of wearing a mask around others. the measure is expected to alleviate disruptions caused by staff shortages in many areas because of infections. new restrictions come into effect in germany today. demonstrators took to the streets in towns across eastern germany overnight to protest against the new rules. they include a limit on private gatherings to ten vaccinated people and the closure of all nightclubs. students of all ages will have to wear masks in school, and sports competitions will be held behind closed doors. unvaccinated people are
ties into what is becoming a little bit of a political gamble for the prime minister. 0n the one hand, if he manages to succeed in keeping the economy open, something that has been welcomed by hospitality businesses today ahead of new year s eve, while also managing to keep the nhs from being overwhelmed and that something which will go down well particularly with mps from his own party, i think a number of those were fiercely opposed to the idea of more restrictions, we could have seen further rebellions in the commons if he did go ahead with them, having said that, if hospital admission start to rise sharply, particularly when we may be see the impact on cases of some of that mixing up parcels over the christmas period, if they translate into hospital admissions, the prime minister could risk being accused of acting too late and following popularity and politics over public health. that s something which labour has already hinted at, and they have asked for the government to publish
they wear face masks, things like that. there are sensible precautions we can all take. as we heard earlier, new documents have revealed the government s most senior scientific advisers think the omicron may require a very stringent response from ministers. let s get more from our health correspondent nick triggle, who s with me now. what are they saying in these documents? what are they saying in these documents? , ., , ., ., documents? these are minutes from a meetin: on documents? these are minutes from a meeting on monday documents? these are minutes from a meeting on monday of documents? these are minutes from a meeting on monday of the meeting on monday of the government s sage advisory committee. they have been passed on to the bbc. in some respects they restate what has already been set in the public, that the impact of this new variant is highly uncertain at this point, to make as you site require a very stringent response and is highly likely the variant will escape
longest moment so they could have the longest effect. what we discovered in practice longest effect. what we discovered in practice was that actually people were perfectly prepared to follow instructions to stay at home, because instructions to stay at home, because they realise the importance the committee is very scathing about testing. the committee is very scathing about testing, the big national test and trace testing, the big national test and trace programme which they say was introduced trace programme which they say was introduced too late and never really that effective and was quite chaotic, that effective and was quite chaotic, they were also very critical chaotic, they were also very critical about the scale of the testing critical about the scale of the testing operation right at the start of the testing operation right at the start of the pandemic meaning scientists and ministers did not have a clue where and ministers did not have a clue where the