where infections are highest, covid jabs are being rolled out to over 12s, while the flu vaccine is available to under 16s. logistical problems, staff shortages and issues with obtaining consent have caused delays, potentially until the end of november, and prompting calls for other measures like face coverings to be brought in. vaccination will help eventually, but it is happening very slowly in the younger teens and children under the age of 12 are not being offered the vaccine anyway. most children are not seriously ill, many of them do not have any symptoms at all, but enough of them have serious long term consequences of serious illness and the knock on effects, that it really matters. it is feared even a small surge in demand could cause real problems for the nhs. this stage of the pandemic has also been called one of the most difficult times to predict what is to come. anna collinson, bbc news. and here are the latest official figures on coronavirus. there were 34,574 new infect
figures. you havejust had let s bring you the latest covid figures. you have just had them let s bring you the latest covid figures. you havejust had them in. these are the government figures. you can see the number of daily cases. 34,574 new cases. that compares to roughly similar number yesterday, and deaths within 28 days, 38. that is a lot lower than yesterday, 133, although figures on a sunday are usually lower because of the way they are recorded. 34,574 new cases as well. those are the latest coronavirus figures. during the second world war thousands of men and women from the caribbean came to serve in the royal air force, training at raf hunmanby in yorkshire. many returned after the war to settle in britain. but there s no public memorial to reflect their contribution. campaigners who d like to create one have been told it
focused on nhs capacity as well, so it is both covid, it s flu, and the ability of the nhs to cope including with its routine caseloads, where people are now coming with their longer term conditions for treatment as well. the latest uk coronavirus data has been released in the last hour. another 34,574 people have tested positive for covid i9. the deaths of 38 people have been confirmed that s of people who tested positive in the last 28 days. it brings the number of people who ve died since the start of the pandemic to 137,735. the headlines on bbc news. the business secretary kwasi kwarteng defends the way the government has handled the energy crisis after suppliers said the price cap system was not
risks and disruption to education, experts say other measures should be brought in. we know that ventilation is highly effective if you put an air filter in classrooms that can reduce by about 30 times the amount of virus particles circulating. we know that masks work. in many other countries, children from the age of six have to wear masks when they are in schools. the nhs has much less capacity compared to other countries, so it s feared even a small surge in demand could cause real problems. but so much is still unknown, with this stage of the pandemic described as one of the most difficult times to predict what will come next. anna collinson, bbc news. in the latest official figures on coronavirus 34,574 new infections were recorded in the latest 2a hour period. that means on average there were more than 37 thousand new cases per day. in the last week. as of thursday, there were more than 6 and a half thousand people in uk hospitals with coronavirus.
unknown, with this stage of the pandemic described as one of the most difficult times to predict what will come next. anna collinson, bbc news. the government s latest coronavirus figures show there were 34,574 new infections, recorded in the latest in the latest 24 hour period. that means on average there were 37,255 new cases reported per day in the last week. as of thursday, there were 6,763 people in hospital with coronavirus across the uk. 38 deaths were recorded, that s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid 19 test, 112 deaths were announced on average every day, in the past week. 85.5% of the population aged 12 or over have had their first dose of a vaccine, and 78.5% have been double jabbed. divisions between the eu and the uk on the northern ireland protocol look to come to a head again this