people ending up in hospital due to omicron. after a huge push, all uk nations say they ve hit the target of offering all adults a third dose by the end of the year. i would just say to people again, there s 1.5 million slots out i would just say to people again, there s1.5 million slots out there over the next few days. there s plenty of opportunities. there is mobile vaccination units, there s gps vaccinating, there s all sorts of ways to get vaccinated. just please come forward and help yourself, but also help reduce that burden on the nhs. and now, this. a second antiviral pill has been approved by the uk regulator. in trials, pfizer s paxlovid drug offered nearly 90% protection from severe illness and death among vulnerable adults. there s a glimmer of hope for the new year. vaccines and new treatments should help protect the most at risk from serious illness. but there are huge uncertainties. if there is a sharp rise in hospital admissions, health leaders say ministers will have
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After stopping off at every high school in the district once, the mobile unit is now making those stops again to give students their second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine.
before making that move. above all, we are strongly encouraging students to get vaccinated if they haven t done so already. mobile vaccination units are being deployed in universities and colleges during freshers weeks and vaccination will be made available throughout the term. health board web pages will contain details of local drop in clinics and also clinics operating within colleges or universities. we are also continuing to work with local authorities to make schools and childcare centres as safe as possible. for example, through support for the use of carbon dioxide monitors and improved ventilation. we have also received further advice from the advisory subgroup on education, and i want to take the opportunity today to highlight two points arising from that advice. first, we indicated at the start of term that secondary school pupils would need to wear face coverings in class for the first six weeks of term, subject to a review at that point. given the
reduce the positivity rates, to contain the spread of covid-19 is by surrounding kids with vaccinated individuals. and our incentives, the deployment of mobile vaccination units, and testing units to our schools, which we do around the clock, are having an effect. let s go now to nbc s stephanie stanton in tampa. stephanie, what has been the reaction so far to the court s ruling? well, joe, the governor is calling it a win for parental choice. some parents don t see it that way and they are concerned for their kids safety at school. let s give you background. two weeks ago a judge issued a stay in the ban on mask mandates siding with a group of parents who youed the governor under the grounds that their kids were being put at risk. the governor immediately filed a lawsuit. last week a judge sided with the governor, essentially, and that is when the judge agreed to lift