Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns hasjust begun in india. Addressing a Video Conference earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said such an ambitious project had never before been attempted. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and front line workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began it has confirmed more than 10. 3 million cases thats the second highest number in the world. And there have been neary 150 thousand deaths. 0ur correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan is at a Vaccination Centre in delhi. There is a huge logistical task, a population of 1. 3 billion people who live in all kinds of terrains mountains, deserts, urban and rural. Iamat i am at one of over 3000 centres which have been set up. Here and at the other centres they are helping to vaccinate around people a day. If you do the maths on that, tha
Correspondent, katy austin. Last summer, they were seen as a lifeline for travel businesses, keeping people going on holiday. Travel corridors mean people coming to the uk from a certain list of countries dont have to quarantine upon arrival. Right now, though, we are being told to stay home and the system is being suspended. To system is being suspended. Trr protect us against the risk of as yet unidentified new strains, we will also temporarily close all travel corridors from oaoo hrs on monday. Travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. , travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. ,. , travel corridors from 0400 hrs on monda. ,. ,. ,. ,. , monday. That means arrivals from an here monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have to monday. That means arrivals from anywhere will have to quarantine l monday. That means arrivals from l anywhere will have to quarantine for ten days or
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Of some further flooding. Hello, this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. The headlines. A further 1,295 people have died in the uk according to the latest covid figures. But the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. Calls for more support for the uks travel and Tourism Sector after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. Stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland with changes to takeaway and click and collect services. India launches one of the worlds biggest Covid Vaccination programmes the government hopes to inoculate 300 Million People in the coming months. President Electjoe Biden sets out plans to speed up immunisations in the United States promising to vaccinate 100 Million People within his first 100 days in office. Germanys christian democrats have elected Armin Laschet as their new leader a key moment in the race to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor. Now on bbc news, t
Programme. One of the worlds biggest coronavirus vaccination campaigns is underway in india. Prime minister Narendra Modi said such an ambitious project has never been attempted before. The huge inoculation programme aims to reach 300 Million People by august. Healthcare staff and frontline workers will be among the first to receive the doses. Since the pandemic began india has confirmed over 10 million cases. Thats the second highest number in the world. Rajini vaidyanathan reports from delhi. In a nation of well over a billion people, 34 year old hospital cleaner manish kumar became the first to receive a Coronavirus Vaccine. Translation the fear in my mind has gone. Everyone should get the vaccine, as this is how we save oui country. The countrys prime minister, Narendra Modi, used a virtual address to kick off what he described as the Worlds Largest immunisation programme. Front line and Health Care Workers take priority in the initial roll out. At this hospital in delhi, they were