a lot of reason for end. i hope so and i think there is a lot of reason for thinking - end. i hope so and i think there is a lot of reason for thinking that i a lot of reason for thinking that could be the case, because if you look at the current wave, the third wave, it is obviously less severe than the previous two. plus we have this amazing fortification of the vaccine wall and in scotland everyone has done a fantasticjob, the vaccination rate is about 90%, a point higher even than the rest of the uk, and that is unquestionably helping us to deal with delta. what we have to be careful of is further waves and new variants coming in and so there are a couple of things we wanted to do. number one, as you will have seen to date from the jcvi, we are going to get some extra protection by encouraging 16 and 17 year olds to come forwards and getting vaccination. do
requirement by our transport body even if the government has a separate view. so i think a lot of these local restrictions continue to have a profound effect but we are also looking at the vaccine wall holding firm and i think that s the key thing to ensure that continues and we target the hesitant groups as much as possible to prevent future variants. thanks to oksanaa pyzic. crews battle a dixie fire staying through california coming up. stay with us. recommended brand, helps keep baby s skin drier and healthier. so every touch will protect like the first. pampers
eradicate this virus. whether we like it or not, coronavirus is not going away. but moving forward next week, supported by the arrival of summer and the school holidays, it gives us the best possible chance of a return to normal life. if we wait longer, then we risk pushing the virus towards winter, when the virus will have an advantage, or worse still, we will not be opening up at all. we delayed step four by four weeks so we could build our vaccine wall even higher and we believe this wall means we can withstand a summer wave. and while the wall would be higher still if we waited until winter, we know the wave would be much more dangerous. so while we know there are risks with any decision,
scotland and north east england. elsewhere, sunshine and showers, some of it could be heavy, areas of cloud and more persistent rain, so it s a mixture of pretty much everything. temperatures a little bit lower than what we would expect this time of year, 15 18 or 19 degrees in the sunny spots. staying unsettled this evening and overnight, further areas of cloud, some showers as well, some of those could be heavy but for most of us, temperatures in double figures overnight. hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. with rebecca jones. pupils in england may no longer have to isolate if a classmate tests positive for covid under new plans to be announced later. the government plans to lift almost all of england s restrictions in two weeks time as the health secretary warns that new cases could go as high as 100,000. this vaccine wall of defence, it is working and the link between cases
work this is bbc news ? i m rebecca jones. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pupils in england may no longer have to isolate if a classmate tests positive for covid under new plans to be announced later. the uk government plans to lift almost all of england s restrictions in 2 weeks time as the health secretary warns that new cases could go as high as 100,000 a day. this vaccine wall of defence, it is working and the link between cases and hospitalisation is severely weakened. let sjust be cautious. let sjust be careful. yes, let s get our pubs and restaurants back to normal, but let s have the masks on public transport.