equipment. there s a need for some good drugs from outside the hospital. like we need ventilator machine. we don t have ventilator. as he struggles to pick up his daughter and place her next to her brother, they ve come from two provinces to get here. they have genetic kidney disease like two of their siblings already dead. the chance of survive is too low. 80% child die. reporter: that because there s nothing you can do? no. we do not have facilities for that here. reporter: it s not a lack of skill here, it s a lack of resources. this 12-year-old has meningitis.
editor fergus walsh. hiya, are you ready for vaccination? yeah. every jab counts. these 16 and 17 year olds were getting their vaccine today at tipton in the west midlands. almost 90 million doses have now been administered in the uk. yeah, it was quick and easy, keeping everyone safe. i want to keep my family safe and me safe, more importantly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i ve seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid 19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are,
safe, more importantly, so, yeah. as an a&e doctor, i ve seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid 19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18 34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you d be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week
my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18 34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you would be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week and still feel tired. if we look at vaccine uptake in adults in england, whereas over 90% of all of those aged 60 and over have had at least one dose, it falls to 63% for those aged 18 29. for 16 and 17 year olds, is estimated around 36% have had a jab in the three weeks since they became eligible. the sse arena in belfast
as an a&e doctor, i ve seen a lot during this pandemic. but nothing has shocked me more than seeing younger people being admitted to our hospitals with covid 19. and as well as their age, many of them have one other thing in common they were unvaccinated. the nhs video urges young adults to get vaccinated and shares stories of several who were laid low by the virus. my lungs, out of nowhere, just kind of stopped. i struggled to breathe sitting, lying down, obviously sitting upright. i was then, sort of, attached to a ventilator machine. the younger you are, the lower your overall risk from covid, but people aged 18 34 now make up more than a fifth of those admitted to hospital with the virus. and there is the threat of long covid. normally you would be able to go to bed, go to sleep and wake up kind of feeling ready to face the day, i could sleep for a week and still feel tired. if we look at vaccine uptake in adults in england,