Finally, vaccines are being produced that might help us return to Something Like the lives we had before covid. Here in the uk, over 10 million doses have already been given out, but at the same time, the virus is Mutating First here in the uk, then in brazil and south africa. So, scientists are turning their attention to how to adapt vaccines to make sure they work against all new variants. Astrazeneca and Oxford University say they plan to have a Next Generation Covid Vaccine ready for the autumn. Our medical editor fergus walsh reports. The scientists at oxford who created the astrazeneca vaccine are continually monitoring how coronavirus is evolving. The current vaccine is thought to give good protection against new variants, but theyre working on tweaking the jab to make it future proof. The scientist whos leading the Research Says its relatively simple to redesign the vaccine. Its not difficult to put a different Antigenic Insert into the vaccine, so we dont want to panic and say
In myanmar, a second day of protests following the Military Coup which removed the countrys elected leaders. We report on the pandemic s effects on childrens Mental Health, with many dealing with grief or loneliness. It feels like were all alone in the world because you cant talk. You can talk to somebody but you cant tell them what you really feel. Applause. And the nationwide applause for captain sirtom, as his family leads tributes to the man who raised millions for the nhs. And coming up in sport on bbc news. Manchester city re establish a three point lead at the top of the premier league, as Raheem Sterling scores in their 2 0 win over burnley at turf moor. Good evening. More than 10 Million People across the uk have now received at least one vaccination for coronavirus as part of the biggest programme of its kind in the history of the nhs. Its a major milestone in the race to control the faster spreading variants of the virus. Ministers are hoping to avoid yet another lockdown by
Total number recorded by the department of health to 545. These figures relate mostly to deaths in hospital as well as some but not all other settings. One of the more may be positive sides of these statistics is that there has been no new cases of coronavirus recorded in any new cases of coronavirus recorded in a ny tests new cases of coronavirus recorded in any tests in Northern Ireland in the last 24 hours. We are working to try and find out if this is the first time this has happened since the pandemic, certainly in the last few weeks. There have been some days where there have been zero deaths, but many new cases. This could be the first day that there has been zero new cases in Northern Ireland but that is something we are working on confirming with the department of health this afternoon. And those are records only measuring confirmed tested in any case, but bring us up to date on where Northern Ireland is on the whole lifting of lockdown because obviously every region has got s
Money and spirits. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments in britain and globally. The uk has recorded its highest number of deaths linked to the coronavirus in a single day. 260 people have died in the past 2a hours bringing the total to more than 1,000. In the us, President Trump has been considering putting some of the worst hit areas under quarantine to slow the spread of coronavirus. New york state has recorded more than 53,000 confirmed cases and nearly 900 deaths. But donald trump has now tweeted that a quarantine will not be necessary. In italy, nearly 900 people with the virus have died in the past 2a hours bringing the total there to more than 10,000. Hospitals in the north of the country are in desperate need of protective equipment for health workers, as well as more staff. Well have more on all of that in a moment, but first heres Dominic Hughes on the uks response. The logistics of setting up a
Duchess of sussex open up about their relationship in the spotlight. They said to me, im sure hes great, but you shouldnt do it, because the british tabloids will destroy your life. And i very naively. I mean, im an american we dont have that there. The Stormont Assembly convenes for the first time in nearly three years to debate the liberalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. And the victims conned out of large sums of money by fraudsters who call to say youve a problem with your computer now british and Indian Police crack down on two call centres. Coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, an injury blow for wales flankerjosh navidi will miss the rest of the Rugby World Cup with a torn hamstring. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. Boris johnson will shortly try to bring his brexit deal before the commons, after his attempt to win the support of mps was derailed on saturday. Downing street insists that mps must be allowed a straight up and down v