a senior government adviser has told the bbc that a mass roll out of a third booster dose of the covid vaccine may not be needed. professor adam finn, who sits on thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, said it is still unclear whether all over 50s should be offered a third jab this autumn. our health correspondentjim reed explained why a third booster had been suggested. there s two reasons why scientists and politicians might want to go ahead with this. one is to top up immunity. there are some early signs in some research that, over time, the immunity you gain from taking a vaccine might fade, although at the moment research in that is ongoing. the second main reason is the potential emergence of new variants of the virus this autumn, and, again, a third booster dose might offer some extra protection against that. so, yesterday, the health secretary for england, sajid javid, was asked about this, and he suggested the plan would probably be all over 50s would be offered
remain unvaccinated. medical experts insist there had been no safety concerns for pregnant women who have taken the jab, and it is safe. catherine burns, bbc news. i m joined now by adam finn, a professor of paediatrics at the university of bristol and member of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. and member of thejoint committee we and member of thejoint committee just heard fror figures we just heard from that report the figures that suggested that in england up to february, 742 pregnant women were admitted to hospital with covid, only 4 had one dose of a vaccine and none of them had two. that points to a fundamental failure in the messaging of the efficacy and safety of these vaccines to pregnant women, doesn t it? i safety of these vaccines to pregnant women, doesn t it? women, doesn t it? ithink what it in fact points women, doesn t it? ithink what it in fact points to women, doesn t it? ithink what it in fact points to is women, doesn t it? ithink what it i
so it s welcome that scotland will move to level 0 next week with some minor modifications and that self isolation rules for people travelling will be relaxed. labour said the scottish government should listen to the world health organization and speed up the administration of the second dose of the vaccine. many countries across the world are administering the second dose of the vaccine after four weeks. and we know from the data that the significant protection you get to the delta variant comes from the second dose of the vaccine. so will the government now move to a four week gap between vaccines, as recommended by the who, as recommended by manufacturers, and has been led by other countries around the world? we take our advice in scotland on vaccination from thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. in the entire lifetime of this parliament, no devolved government has gone against the recommendations of thejcvi on vaccination. thejcvi advice is that to maximise the effect
with mrjohnson s plea to the nation to be cautious as social distancing restrictions are lifted in england. and the telegraph is reporting that all children may be offered the covid vaccine by the end of year. lee also paying tribute tom o connor. he died yesterday, a very popularfigure on tv. and the telegraph is reporting that all children may be offered the covid vaccine by the end of year. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation is expected to announce its recommendation on vaccinating kids later today. lewis hamilton also on the front page of the telegraph, and sally has a bumper day of sport. and we have mark cavendish coming this morning live on the programme at 8.30. and
even more progress on vaccination. we have to make progress back to normality. the public have done what was expected of them, now it s time for this snp government to deliver and hold up their end of the bargain. so it s welcome that scotland will move to level zero next week with some minor modifications and that self isolation rules for people travelling will be relaxed. labour said the scottish government should listen to the world health organization and speed up the administration of the second dose of the vaccine. many countries across the world are administering the second dose of the vaccine after four weeks. and we know from the data that the significant protection you get to the delta variant comes from the second dose of the vaccine. so will the government now move to a four week gap between vaccines, as recommended by the who, as recommended by manufacturers, and has been led by other countries around the world? we take our advice in scotland on vaccination from thejoint c