some cold days ahead with biting easterly winds. that easterly wind is also going to deliver some pretty heavy snow showers for some. more details on the areas most likely to be affected coming up. and the six nations is back with a bang. scotland beat england to lift the calcutta cup for the first time at twickenham since 1983. that was definitely a smile you could hear they are. i think we ll touch on the rugby a little later. it s sunday the seventh of february. our top story: gps in england are to be paid an extra £10 by the nhs for every housebound person they vaccinate. it s part of government measures to protect everyone aged 70 and over, together with frontline health workers, by february the 15th. it comes as 18 new mass vaccine centres open tomorrow. here s our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. gp george hobbs is headed out to give around 20 of his patients covid jabs at home. they are too ill or vulnerable to come in for a vaccination. first up is diana garfiel
doctors in england are to be paid an additional £10 for each house bound patient they vaccinate against coronavirus. heavy snow could bring significant disruption to the south east of england in the coming hours, with weather warnings issued by the met office for large parts of the uk. in cricket, england remain in control after day three of the 1st test against india in chennai. and coming up the week in parliament programme looks back at the week in westminster. good afternoon. the scientists behind the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine say it should still prevent people needing hospital treatment or dying, despite the emerging south african variant. research has found that the jab offers only limited protection against mild cases of that variant although that study hasn t yet been checked by other experts. the government says it is looking at ways to deal with covid variants in the long term. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. surge testing in the midla
of coronavirus. around 100 cases of a version first found in south africa have been confirmed here to date. the worry is, a specific mutation could make our vaccines less effective. now, new trial results from south africa appear to confirm that. a small study of 2000 people published in full tomorrow has found the oxford astrazeneca jab only offered limited protection against mild and moderate disease caused by the south african variant. there were too few cases of serious disease to measure in the trial, but the developers say separate blood tests suggest the vaccine should still be able to prevent hospital admissions and deaths. maybe we won t be reducing the number of cases is much, but we still won t be seeing the deaths, the hospitalisations and the severe disease, and that s really important for health care systems, even if we are having mild and asymptomatic infections. the news today follows similarfindings from other vaccine manufacturers. scientists in oxford are a
down river in northern india. at least nine people have died and officials say up to 200 people are unaccounted for. heavy snow could bring significant disruption to the south east of england in the coming hours with weather warnings issued by the met office for large parts of the uk. good evening. scientists behind the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine say it should still prevent people needing hospital treatment or dying, if infected with the south african variant. it comes after early results from one study not yet checked by other experts suggested the vaccine had only limited protection against that variant. around 100 cases of it have been identified in the uk. our health correspondent, jim reed reports. extra surge testing in the midlands to try and stamp out the latest variant of coronavirus. around 100 cases of a version first found in south africa have been confirmed in the uk to date. the worry is, a specific mutation could make vaccines less effective. no