surely dis- can travel like any good days. this surely dis incentivise people who have not got theirjab yet, so why are you doing this now? but have not got theirjab yet, so why are you doing this now? are you doing this now? but we have come to in the are you doing this now? but we have come to in the uk such are you doing this now? but we have come to in the uk such a are you doing this now? but we have come to in the uk such a high i are you doing this now? but we have come to in the uk such a high level. come to in the uk such a high level of vaccination, everybody has answered the call, gone out and vaccinated in record numbers, and on top of that got boosted as well, and all of that has enabled us to give this extra freedom now of not having to fill in pieces of paper or go online and fill in a passenger locator form online and fill in a passenger locatorform before online and fill in a passenger locator form before leaving wherever you re coming from to come to the uk,
this now? ~ ., ., . ., ., this now? what we have come to in the uk is such this now? what we have come to in the uk is such a this now? what we have come to in the uk is such a high this now? what we have come to in the uk is such a high level- this now? what we have come to in the uk is such a high level of - the uk is such a high level of vaccination, where everybody has answered the call, gone out and got vaccinated in record numbers, and then on top of that got boosted as well, and all that has enabled us to give us extra freedom now not having to fill in pieces of paper or go online and filled in the passer locator form online and filled in the passer locatorform before online and filled in the passer locator form before leaving wherever you are coming to the uk. so it is because of people plus mckay response to all of the vaccinations, we are not able to scrapped that remaining bureaucracy. great news for travel, fantastic for people to join up with families again we are
and one of those in line was surrey cricketerjordan clark. with significant freedoms for england and scotland less than two days away, there s another push for people to get theirjab. we started the clinic at eight o clock in the morning. as normal, we had a bit of a rush at eight o clock but now there s a steady flow of people. we are doing roughly 400 people every hour. as expected, as restrictions have eased over recent months and as more people have come together, infections have risen. the big difference this time, though, is the vaccine, which has helped to reduce the threat of covid, although not eliminate it. it s those hospital admissions that are causing real concern at the moment and the projections on how high they could go are quite alarming, so it s not the situation we wanted to be in. we didn t want to be opening up, really, in quite a dramatic way at a time when we have so many infections. but other scientists feel more confident about this wave, pointing to the data
interesting figures from the efl the second to fourth tier, where 59% have been double vaccinated, but interestingly, the league saying a quarter of players have no intention right now of getting a firstjab many games also being postponed across those divisions.. well, no premier league player has come out publically to take theirjab, but it is an issue managers are talking about. the whole thing, the whole vaccination thing is a massive question of solidarity, loyalty and togetherness. we have all the chance to help not only ourselves but other people as well by getting vaccinated. there are no two possible answers, there s one answer. so you do it. that s how i understand it. all of them, i would advise that it
which continues to this day. thanks forjoining us- the head of the uk health security agency says the growth of the omicron variant is going to be staggering . drjenny harries described omicron as probably the most significant threat to public health since the start of the pandemic. from today, adults in england must now show a covid pass to get into nightclubs, big sports matches and other large events it brings england broadly into line with scotland, wales and northern ireland. the new rules were approved last night, despite a commons rebellion by 100 conservative mps. here s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the race to get boosters into arms continues this morning in sheffield. over 18s in england can now book a slot online to get theirjab. the number of suspected omicron infections is growing fast, but, speaking to mps this morning, the head of the uk health security agency stressed we re still only at the beginning of this latest outbreak. it s probably the most