the younger groups, head office team up the younger groups, head office team up in the schools, adolescents, and its edges up into the old groups. so if we can protect those younger people, then i think we can do even more good. i people, then i think we can do even more good- more good. i should add that in the last cou - le more good. i should add that in the last couple of more good. i should add that in the last couple of seconds more good. i should add that in the last couple of seconds or more good. i should add that in the last couple of seconds or so, - more good. i should add that in the last couple of seconds or so, the i last couple of seconds or so, the first minister of scotland has confirmed that 16 and 17 year olds will be getting the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. the authorities in northern ireland and wales have agreed they will be doing that at some point too. thejcvi has confirmed that the english authorities should be doing that and sajid javid, the health secre
and getting into covid recovery, but doesn t take the opportunity when in scotland to come and talk to me directly about how we might cooperate and work together. i think people willjust find that strange and it is for boris johnson to explain why. this is the first opportunity given covid is to sit down socially distance and have a face to face chat, and i think it would have been a good opportunity. i was getting ready to welcome him to bute house today. there is a lot that borisjohnson and i fundamentally disagree on but we both lead governments that are trying to get the country through covid, and so there s a lot for us to cooperate on. a missed opportunity but that s on him. i stand ready to work with whoever i can, however i can to get scotland through covid and into recovery. the explanation borisjohnson gave in his response was there will be
to syria, which then supplies hezbollah, which then attacks as well, or can do. which then attacks israel. that is that connection. and israel has also of course tried to sabotage iran s nuclear industry and there have been a number of mysterious assassinations and sabotage events inside iranian nuclear facilities. iran has been attacking shipping and there have been a number of incidents of this. all of this is making the gulf and the entrance to the strait of hormuz that much more tense, because it is this checkpoint through which around a fifth of the world s maritime oil supplies go through. borisjohnson is boris johnson is on borisjohnson is on a two day visit to scotland and has been speaking to the bbc scotland political editor who began by asking the prime minister when he thinks the coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. 1 coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. :, , coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. :,, :, ~ coronavirus pandemic is nearing its end. :, ,, , end.
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
as you said before, narrowly missed the cut this time, which was a bit disappointing, but the next one is only three years away, so if i m still on top of my game then, hopefully i will get another chance. borisjohnson is setting off on a two day visit to scotland today. but he s declined an invitation to meet the first minister, nicola sturgeon, for talks. she had invited the prime minister to her official residence to discuss recovery after the pandemic. mrjohnson has suggested a meeting with the first ministers of other devolved nations at a later date instead. nicola sturgeon has been speaking about the prime minister s visit. ido i do not feel snubbed, i think most people would think it is a bit odd and strange that we have eight prime minister visiting scotland who talks a lot, rightly, about the need,