if it stops vaccine manufactured there from leaving. frustration is widespread in continental countries that they re not receiving the doses they need. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jab afterjab, the uk s population is getting vaccinated against coronavirus. despite some delays, more than half of adults have had their first dose, and covid cases remain relatively low. but in europe, rising cases and slower take up of the vaccine has seen restrictions reimposed in some countries, led to a warning that the eu could block vaccine supplies being exported to the uk. alarmist language, according to one cabinet minister, who said it was time to work together. you know, if you re a country around the world and you see this type of language being deployed by the commission, it will be counter productive, and what we know about our manufacture of our vaccine, it is a collaborative approach. the astrazeneca ip was developed oxford, parts of the supply chain are in
wales and northern ireland today s the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. more than a thousand people are allowed to ignore lockdown and social distancing restrictions at a music festival in the netherlands, despite the rest of the country being under lockdown. and at 2.30pm bbc parliament looks back at the week in westminster. the government has warned the european union that any attempt to block the export of doses of coronavirus vaccine to the uk would be counterproductive . defence secretary ben wallace told the bbc there s a risk of reputational damage to the eu if it stops vaccine manufactured there from leaving. frustration is widespread in continental countries that they re not receiving the doses they need. here s our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jab afterjab, the uk s population is
serves but i know many people will have been very disappointed. but as i say, i think it is very premature. the government has set up a task force to look at these issues and we are contributing that and putting our ideas in about how we can stage a restart of international travel over the summer months and i think that really needs to be the focus rather than talking in the press about the prospects of travel over the summer. you say premature but perhaps realistic, you know, bearing in mind that we have got new variants and we ve got many countries in europe going back into lockdown. the government has been very clear and we support the view that it is going to take a cautious approach into reopening international travel. it has already demonstrated that cautious approach as aviation was the only sector not to have its own road map just over a month ago. we are waiting for a report of the global travel taskforce on the 12th of april and the government has already been clear
constituents who have been in lockdown since september and i don t want us to throw that away. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland today s the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has warned the european union that any attempt to block the export of coronavirus vaccine to the uk would be counterproductive . the defence secretary, ben wallace, told the bbc there s a risk of reputational damage to the eu, if it stops vaccines manufactured on the continent from leaving. fut frustration, though, is widespread in some eu countries, that they re not receiving the doses they need. it comes as yesterday saw another record breaking number of vaccinations in the uk nearly 900,000 people receiving either their first or second jab on saturd
the taxpayer, the nhs staff, my constituents who have been in lockdown since september in presdton and i don t want us to throw that away. a snapshot of life in england, wales and northern ireland today s the deadline for millions of people to take part in a once in a decade census. homes washed away in australia as heavy rain and flash floods batter the east coast, thousands of people are ordered to evacuate. forecasters have warned more rain is expected to fall in the coming days. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the government has warned the european union, that any attempt to block the export of coronavirus vaccine to the uk, would be counterproductive . the defence secretary, ben wallace, told the bbc there was a risk of reputational damage to the eu, if it stops vaccines manufactured on the continent from leaving. but frustration is widespread in some eu countries, that they are not receiving the doses they need. it comes as yesterday saw another record breaking nu