which is an important part of the virus, and the reason that is important is that is the bit which all the vaccines are against, so there is a reasonable chance that at least there will be some degree of vaccine escape with this variant. and the new measures will be reviewed just before christmas. how likely is it that those restrictions could be ratcheted up in three weeks time, rather than wound down, and can you say with any confidence at the moment that people can keep their christmas plans? i m pretty confident, or absolutely confident, this christmas will be considerably better than last christmas. but the new measures aren t the entirety of the government s plan b. advice to work from home and vaccine passports in england are still in the back pocket. i was told that boosting the vaccination programme was more important because even if it turns out vaccines are less good at stopping infection from the new variant, they could still offer protection against serious illness. this
and here s one reason why. there are quite extensive mutations on the spike protein, which is an important part of the virus, and the reason that is important is that is the bit which all the vaccines are against, so there is a reasonable chance that at least there will be some degree of vaccine escape with this variant. and the new measures will be reviewed just before christmas. how likely is it that those restrictions could be ratcheted up in three weeks time, rather than wound down, and can you say with any confidence at the moment that people can keep their christmas plans? i m pretty confident, or absolutely confident, this christmas will be considerably better than last christmas. but the new measures aren t the entirety of the government s plan b. advice to work from home and vaccine passports in england are still in the back pocket. i was told that boosting the vaccination programme was more important because even if it turns out vaccines are less good at stopping infection f
we will require all contacts of those who test positive with a suspected case of omicron to self isolate for ten days, regardless of your vaccination status. and here s one reason why. there are quite extensive mutations on the spike protein, which is an important part of the virus, and the reason that is important is that is the bit which all the vaccines are against, so there is a reasonable chance that at least there will be some degree of vaccine escape with this variant. and the new measures will be reviewed just before christmas. how likely is it that those restrictions could be ratcheted up in three weeks time, rather than wound down, and can you say with any confidence at the moment that people can keep their christmas plans? i m pretty confident, or absolutely confident, this christmas will be considerably better than last christmas. but the new measures aren t the entirety of the government s plan b.
mutations on the spike protein, which is an important part of the virus, and the reason that is important is that is the bit which all the vaccines are against, so there is a reasonable chance that at least there will be some degree of vaccine escape with this variant. and the new measures will be reviewed just before christmas. how likely is it that those restrictions could be ratcheted up in three weeks time, rather than wound down, and can you say with any confidence at the moment that people can keep their christmas plans? i m pretty confident, or absolutely confident, this christmas will be considerably better than last christmas. but the new measures aren t the entirety of the government s plan b. advice to work from home and vaccine passports in england are still in the back pocket. i was told that boosting the vaccination programme was more important because even if it turns out vaccines are less good at stopping infection from the new variant, they could still offer protectio
watson, bbc. patrick. let s go to the media. ian watson, bbc- watson, bbc. thank you, prime minister. watson, bbc. thank you, prime minister- i watson, bbc. thank you, prime minister. ithink watson, bbc. thank you, prime minister. i think we watson, bbc. thank you, prime minister. i think we were - watson, bbc. thank you, primej minister. i think we were hoping watson, bbc. thank you, prime i minister. i think we were hoping we were seeing the beginning of the end of the pandemic, but people will be concerned that they are saying the beginning of new restrictions. you have said they will be reviewed in three weeks. how likely those restrictions will be ratcheted up in three weeks rather than wound down, and can you say with any confidence at the moment that people can keep their christmas plans? and if i may ask sir patrick, you said at a previous press conference that you have to go hard and go early, arguably you are going early but not hard, that is falling short of full plan b