of its programme making out of london, over the next six years. a remarkable collection of handwritten letters from diana princess of wales to a friend are being sold at auction to raise money for arts charities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers have sought to reassure people about the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, amid a reduction in supply which means most people in their 40s will now have to wait till may for a jab. the government insists it will still offer all adults their first dose by the end ofjuly but in the commons earlier today the health secretary confirmed supplies would become tighter in the weeks ahead. the bbc understands a delay in the delivery of 5 million doses of the oxford astrazeneca jab from india is one factor. but matt hancock said no vaccine appointments booked would be cancelled and people would still get their second dose as planned. katharine da costa reports. this vaccination centre in south west london is one of hundreds
covid. and just in the past couple of days, you have senior officials who are suddenly spinning a new narrative saying, hey, the omicron variant isn t as deadly as previous variants. and you ve got health officials calling for shorter lockdowns, for less of a burden on the population. but the changes now are really piecemeal. you ve got some cities that are loosening some of their lockdowns. meanwhile, we re counting, as of thursday, lockdowns in at least 30 different cities across the country. winter is coming. even if it loosens up in china more, you ve still got tens of millions of chinese senior citizens that haven t had a third vaccine jab that are vulnerable. if they start getting very sick in large numbers, a question is going to be, will the chinese government risk the wrath of its own population to go back to these lockdowns again? and we re just going to have to watch this. ivan watts, appreciate it. coming up, the amazing
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