becomes unsustainable, with measures including compulsory face coverings in some settings, vaccine passports and more working from home. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. matthew taylor is the chief executive of the nhs confederation, he says there s a risk the health service will be overwhelmed again in the next few months. i speak to health leaders every day and they report a service that is under immense pressure and all the evidence suggests that pressure is going to grow, and it is important to say it is the government themselves who said that the criteria for determining whether or
at data on an hourly basis. we don t feel it is time for plan b right now. i think what we are trying to do is get people who haven t been vaccinated to get those vaccinations up, increase the uptake of the booster jab. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. joining me now from westminster is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. we are waiting for sajid javid and this press conference in the next few minutes or so, and what are you hearing he might want to come out with? we hearing he might want to come out with? . hearing he might want to come out with? ~ with? we can report the government will announce with? we can report the government will announce chi
mandatory face coverings and some public places. yesterday, downing street said the government was not complacent and there had been no discussion about moving to plan b in england. 0ther discussion about moving to plan b in england. other key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. the united nations security council is to hold an emergency meeting today after north korea confirmed it tested a new type of submarine launched ballistic missile. state media in pyongyang announced that the newly developed weapon had advanced control guidance technologies which will bolster the country s military capabilities at sea, allowing it to deploy its weapons far beyond the korean peninsula. the launch violates multiple un security council resolutions. the us has urged north korea to refrain from further provocations and engage in talks. we condemned the dprk s ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the
for most of the last two to three months. the nhs confederation has called on the government to take pre emptive action and enact plan b in england, drawn up by ministers to be implemented if pressure on the nhs becomes unsustainable, with measures including compulsory face coverings in some settings, vaccine passports and more working from home. scotland, wales and northern ireland all currently have tighter restrictions, including mandatory face coverings in some public places. yesterday downing street said the government was not complacent and there d been no discussion about moving plan b in england, while the key message was the vital importance of the vaccine booster programme. hugh pym, bbc news. we can speak now to our political correspondent, damian grammaticus. morning, damian.
ballpark figure. hospital admissions could surge overwinter, unless the rollout of the covid vaccine booster programme is sped up across the uk. that s the warning from one member of the covid 19 actuaries response group, who says fewer than half of those in the at risk group who received a second jab at least six months ago have had a third dose. let s look over some of the case figures from this week. yesterday just over 49 thousand new cases of the virus were recorded. that s an increase of more than 16% on last week and the highest number since mid july. currently there are more than 7,000 people in hospital with covid 19. joining me now is professor mike tildesley. he specialises in predicting how infectious diseases will behave at the university of warwick s science department. thank you forjoining us. bearing in mind those statistics and also what we were hearing about the potential for the new delta sub variant, what is your anticipation on where we are