benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine outweigh the risks in the majority of people and it is still vitally important that people come forward for their vaccination and for their second dose when invited to do so. now, i appreciate those numbers, those figures, will be absolutely no consolation to you and your little boy. but you want to speak about what happens to lisa. what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you talk what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you talk about - what happens to lisa. yes. those | numbers that you talk about there are staggering, incredible, what the vaccine has done is unbelievable, and as i say, lisa and i both queued up and as i say, lisa and i both queued up to get ourjabs and had no qualms about doing that and like you say, were very positive. and as i say, the work that these people have done to get the country back on its feet is outstandi
alternative. there are alternative vaccines available. there is astrazeneca. 50 vaccines available. there is astrazeneca. . . vaccines available. there is astrazeneca. . . vaccines available. there is astrazeneca. ., ., astrazeneca. .. so you are not saying -ause astrazeneca. .. so you are not saying ause the astrazeneca. .. so you are not saying pause the astrazeneca astrazeneca. .. so you are not saying pause the astrazeneca roll-out? - astrazeneca. .. so you are not sayingj pause the astrazeneca roll-out? you pause the astrazeneca roll out? you are saying, give people a choice? if there is a choice available, yeah. i can understand it, yes, you know, it is not as though we don t have other vaccines available to us. we do. so while there is this cloud over a z, then maybe put it on ice and say, look, we are going to look at giving people the otherjab. brute look, we are going to look at giving people the otherjab. people the other ab. we have a statement h people the other ab.
andrew walker reports. a warm mediterranean beach is a tempting prospect for many after more than a year of restrictions. some saw the spanish balearic islands as an appealing choice for a summer getaway. but the changes announced by the government will cause problems for some, like medi, who s due to fly to majorca at the weekend. i ve had one vaccine three weeks ago. i know from monday people who are double vaccinated don t need to quarantine when they return from amber list countries. however, i will need to quarantine, and that s not great for my mental health, but i m very lucky i can work from home. infection rates have doubled on the island since they were added to the green watch listjust over two weeks ago. the government traffic light system puts countries with the least severe covid situations into the green category. no quarantine is required for returning travellers. bulgaria and hong kong are being added.
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under 30 should not have the astrazeneca vaccine, and that policy was introduced, and then in may, early may, they said actually, people under 40 should have moderna or pfizer, and that is the policy now. ., , ., ., ., now. gareth eve does not want anyone to to now. gareth eve does not want anyone to go through now. gareth eve does not want anyone to go through what now. gareth eve does not want anyone to go through what his now. gareth eve does not want anyone to go through what his family - now. gareth eve does not want anyone to go through what his family is - to go through what his family is going through right now and he wants people to be able to have a choice of vaccine. we don t really do that in this country, do we? in this country, do we? know, we don t do that- in this country, do we? know, we don t do that. it in this country, do we? know, we don t do that. it is in this country, do we? know, we don t do that. it is fair in this country, do we? know, we don t