morning said we wouldn t be going down the same route, with the focus instead on the boosterjab campaign. well, we are extending it from tomorrow, actually, to people in the age group, a0 to a9, and we will keep under review how that might be extended in the future. and we re seeing record numbers of people come forward, but i would urge everyone to, if they are eligible to do so, to come forward, because that s the best way we can look forward to the kind of christmas that we all want to see. there s no plan to restrict travel. the feeling is the delta variant may be spreading through europe, but it s already here. 0ur vaccination rates are high, but one of the scientists behind the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine was asked, are we getting close to herd immunity? well, it depends what you mean by herd immunity. if you mean stopping the virus so it can no longer spread, that s not going to be a thing. unfortunately, this virus is going to be with us for the decades ahead. if you mean slowin
they do not know who they were, who brought them in, and what are the motives. the president has been at the centre of controversy, constitutional and legal prices deepening in the country, and right now there is no constitutional, legal solution in terms of who is in charge. haiti is actually in between governments, just this week the president announced that he was going to be appointing a new prime minister, but he is yet to be sworn in. the official notices that the that he was mortally wounded. it usually takes around 10 years to develop a vaccine, but the team at oxford university managed it injust 10 months. the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine has
response to the vaccines wane, but we still do not really know how long lasting or how stable the immune response is going to be to the existing vaccine regimes. i think we need to watch and see whether it is clear that the vaccine induced immunity is waning, and then consider boosting. there was some good news also for countries which do not even know when their second doses of the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine will be delivered. 0xford s research suggests that longer delays between the first and second doses, perhaps even of up to 45 weeks, actually leads to a stronger immune response. naomi grimley, bbc news. a service of thanksgiving is to be held at st paul s cathedral, to recognise the work of nhs staff who ve been on the front line throughout the pandemic. it will take place on the 5thjuly, the same date as the nhs in england was founded,
a vulnerability getting sick and then transmitting quite a lot of cases are amongst lower age groups who haven t been vaccinated, so they could spread it to the vulnerable, those who had not been vaccinated, who are older. in other words, you do need to push on with the vaccine programme here. that is contested by some who say once you get down to people in their 20s, you need to prioritise maybe sending vaccines to other countries more in need, so it is quite a delicately poised debate. the argument in the uk is that the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine, developed in the uk and has been provided at cost only not profit that is part of the uk s contribution, they argue, to the global effort. stephanie, let s go to you on this. do you think the richer nations should be doing more, giving away more of their vaccines? they all talk about we are not vaccinated until the whole world is vaccinated but on the whole, they seem
borisjohnson says there s nothing at the moment in the data, to suggest that the final unlocking of covid restrictions in england, shouldn t go ahead, onjune 21st. but he says the data is still ambiguous on whether enough people have been vaccinated to combat any new surge. so far, three quarters of all adults in the uk have had one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and just under half, have had two. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, has the full details. with the sun shining, thoughts are turning to when remaining restrictions will be lifted around the uk. the road map for england has the date ofjune the 21st pencilled in but, still, there is no clarity on whether that will be the day. the prime minister arguing more time was needed to make the decision. i can see nothing in the data at the moment that means we can t go ahead with step four, or the opening ofjune 21st, but we ve got to be so cautious. speaking at the centre where the 0xford astrazeneca vaccine was developed, the health secr