and the royal family are supporters of the black lives matter movement. let us begin. there s a huge number of stories on the front pages. let s start with covid and dame selleck gear alert telling the telegraph that these boosterjobs should go overseas dame sarah gilbert. should go overseas dame sarah gilbert. , ., should go overseas dame sarah gilbert. , . . , gilbert. there is an exclusive interview gilbert. there is an exclusive interview with gilbert. there is an exclusive interview with dame - gilbert. there is an exclusive interview with dame gilbert, | gilbert. there is an exclusive - interview with dame gilbert, and in her opinion, the majority of healthy people in britain don t need a booster and they should go to the countries who need them. her emphasis on the fact that the first jab is so important. she is saying that most of ourjabs, the two doses
truly the best of its kind anywhere in the world. if you haven t had yourjabs yet, please get out there and get them as soon as you can. add if you might feel a bit groggy or feel you might have come into contact with someone who is positive, please also take a lateral flow test. if everyone plays their part, you re not only protecting yourself and your loved ones, you re also safeguarding the nhs and helping to preserve our way life. thank you. earlier on, i spoke to our political correspondent jessica parker who explained the current situation. you now have the prospect of the health secretary possibly having to be in self isolation on the day that legal restrictions are lifted in england. now he is waiting for his pcr, the more reliable test to come back, so we will wait for news in terms of what that brings. we know he has tested positive on a lateral flow test, one of those rapid tests, but pending that result
a video posted on twitter. hi, everyone. ijust wanted to update you all that i have tested positive for covid. i was feeling a bit groggy last night so i took a lateral flow test this morning and it came out positive. so i am now self isolating at home with my family until i get the result of a pcr test. i am grateful that i have had two jabs of the vaccine and so far my symptoms are very mild. i also want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved in our national vaccine roll out programme, truly the best of its kind anywhere in the world. if you haven t had yourjabs yet, please get out there and get them as soon as you can. and if, like me, you might feel a bit groggy or you feel you might have come into contact with someone who is positive, please also take a lateral flow test. if everyone plays their part, you re not only protecting yourself and your loved ones, but you re also safeguarding the nhs and helping to preserve our way life. thank you. earlier on i spoke to our
benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine outweigh the risks in the majority of people and it is still vitally important that people come forward for their vaccination and for their second dose when invited to do so. now, i appreciate those numbers, those figures, will be absolutely no consolation to you and your little boy. but you want to speak about what happens to lisa. what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you talk what happens to lisa. yes. those numbers that you talk about - what happens to lisa. yes. those | numbers that you talk about there are staggering, incredible, what the vaccine has done is unbelievable, and as i say, lisa and i both queued up and as i say, lisa and i both queued up to get ourjabs and had no qualms about doing that and like you say, were very positive. and as i say, the work that these people have done to get the country back on its feet is outstandi
just absolutely gutted. it s really hard. i know the whole country wants this to be over but the reality is that that s not what s happening in the hospitals. people are still critically unwell with it and i almost can t quite believe that we re back at this stage again. there were six covid patients here a week ago. since then, that s nearly quadrupled. two of those who are seriously ill are in their 30s and haven t had jabs. the fear is that covid hospital admissions will carry on rising and lead to other work being postponed. no one here is denying that the covid numbers are, at the moment, relatively low, but the hospital is extremely busy with other patients, including here in a&e, and the worry is about what might happen and the uncertainty in the weeks ahead. 0ne local resident, sandra, told us she wasn t vaccinated and got covid. were you planning to have yourjabs? yes, iam now. i can t go through it again. i was hospitalised for a day