As we enter the autumn with more cases, more hospitalisations and more daily deaths than this time last year well be asking how well the uk can cope. Also tonight. Job vacancies in the Uk Surge past 1 Million for the first time since records began. British Sprinter Cj Ujahs B Sample has tested positive, confirming the result of his initial test from the Tokyo Olympics and putting the Relay Teams Silver Medal at risk. The former School Teacher who has paddle boarded around the whole of britain is finishing his epic journey in torquay. And theres a new star in Town Emma Raducanu joins the celebrities enjoying the Glitz And Glamour of the met gala in New York. Good Evening And Welcome to Bbc News. The Prime Minister has set out his Autumn And Winter plan to deal with covid in england. Borisjohnson said the government will stick with its strategy of focussing on vaccines, but he warned that some measures will need to be kept in reserve in case the situation changes too much. Borisjohnson s
Hello and welcome. Boris johnson has today set out his Autumn And Winter plan to deal with covid infections in england the Prime Minister is desperate to avoid any more lockdowns, the country can ill afford it but he Cant Rule one out. And so what he outlined today was plan a and Plan B should the numbers this winter overwhelm the national Health Service. To use the analogy of the deputy chief medical officer, Mrjohnson Thinsk it is much better to attach Guy Ropes to the tent now, than to try and fit them retrospectively once the storm is upon us. So to that end, there will be Booster Vaccinations for the over 50s, one dose of vaccine for the 12 15 year olds, and its highly likely they will mandate vaccines for all health workers. Heres our deputy political Editor Vicki young. Adapting to seasonal change means thinking and planning ahead, especially in a pandemic. Some things ministers cant control, but the government needs to be ready for the unexpected. Borisjohnson swept away most c
People are still doing those things, otherwise the rates would be much higher than they were now. so they seem to be going with that, but then with that additional extra vaccination to that booster programme to mentor the programme to get a dose of the vaccine to 12 15 year olds, so they are relying on vaccination as the central defence, if you like him going into the autumn and winter. plus testing from isolating if you test positive, and then these sort of voluntary actions and hoping that we ll see them through the winter within that plan b being where you move into some sort of mandatory action, so, for example, making it compulsory to wear facemasks and example, making it compulsory to wearfacemasks and in example, making it compulsory to wear facemasks and in some places, bringing in those covid passports from the vaccine passports which have been controversial here. that is in plan b, though, interestingly, the government is encouraging those businesses which are already choosi