the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. sean, i will have a bit more for you later on, but that is all i have for now. thank you very much for that, look forward to speaking to you later. the latest government figures show that in the past 24 hours, five deaths were reported and 10,633 new infections were recorded. that means an average of 9,778 new cases per day in the last week. over 163,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. more than 43.1 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s around 81.9% of uk adults. over 109,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, meaning more than 31.4 million people have now had both doses that s 59.7% of uk adults. the government is promising to give details in the next few weeks of a coronavirus vaccine booster programme for the autumn, after senior doctors said planning should be sped up. speaking on a visit
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good morning, welcome to bbc news. i m vic and here are the headlines: health leaders call on ministers in the uk to speed up plans for a covid vaccine booster programme this autumn. england s health secretary says a pilot scheme is under way that would allow those who have been double jabbed to avoid having to self isolate. if you have had two jabs, instead of having to isolate, if you have contact, you would have a testing regime. we are piloting that now to check that that will be effective and it is something we are working on. and have you suffered with long covid. get in touch if you have any questions about treatment or symptoms. we ll be answering them with two experts in just over half an hour s time. a public inquiry has begun hearing
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this is bbc news, i m ben brown. the headlines. a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal hears how dozens of pupils at a school for disabled children died, after being given infected blood products to treat them for haemophilia. went round the room, said who s positive? you have, you haven t, you have, you haven t, you have. and it was difficult, and. ..i was back in science by 1.50. doctors and nhs trusts have warned ministers that they need to start planning now, if they want to roll out a covid vaccine booster programme in the autumn. meanwhile, the prime minister says that it is looking good
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it s the fourth fixture to be lost to the pandemic this season. that s all the sport for now but there s website more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. doctors and nhs trusts have warned ministers that they need to start planning now if they want to roll out a covid vaccine booster programme in the autumn. they want to know whether the vaccines need to be tweaked because of new covid variants, and whether to combine them with flu jabs. the health secretary matt hancock has said that plans will be set out in the next few weeks. it comes as the prime minister borisjohnson says the data is still looking good to end covid restrictions in england on the 19th ofjuly. on foreign travel, he says he is looking at an exemption from quarantine for people who have had both doses of a covid jab but warned it will be a difficult
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