Registration properly. Nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office. And Prince Phillip has been transferred to a Second Hospital in london for tests for a Heart Condition. The 99 year old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. Lets begin with the latest on kovac smack. Covax is a global scheme to get Coronavirus Vaccines to poorer countries and its underway. This is the president of ghana, whos become the worlds first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. He received the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine. And the ambition of the World Health Organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower Income Countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries. Covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. The bbc s lalla see is in abidjan. Today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid 19. So the government has made it a big, big event. Its happ
Ive got Trackie Bottoms on my bottoms and im comfortable. And a star studded hollywood awards ceremony, Lockdown Style, On A Good Night for the brits at the Golden Globes. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. The bha tell Gordon Elliott he cant race horses in britain while an irish investigation into a picture of him sitting on a dead horse is carried out. Good evening. Theres yet more evidence of the dramatic impact the two Main Coronavirus vaccines being used in the uk are having. The data is based on people in england who were the first to receive the jab. It suggests thatjust one dose of either the Oxford Astrazeneca or the Pfizer Biontech vaccine cuts the risk by 60 of people over the age of 70 developing any covid symptoms. It also reduces by more than 80 the chance of the over 80s needing hospital treatment. But the government stressed that people should still have their second jab and warned that it takes about three weeks for the protective effects to develop. 0ur Medical Edit
Nicolas sarkozy is sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of corruption. Lessons in yemen the blind nine year old taking classes near the front line as an entire generation faces losing an education. And before nine oclock there may not be gold in them hills but there might be fragments of Meteorite Somewhere in gloucestershire. Good evening, theres fresh evidence that the Vaccination Programme is having a dramatic effect on the numbers of people being admitted to hospital or dying. In the governments daily briefing, the Health Secretary matt hancock hailed as seriously encouraging. Data that shows that a single dose of the Pfizer Or Astrazeneca Vaccine Works against severe infection with a more than 80 reduction in hospitalisations of older patients. The news comes as almost 20. 3 Million People in the uk have had their first dose of a vaccine. And Public Health england data showed the effect kicked in around 35 days after vaccination. Our medical editor fergus wals
We talk to the new voice of dr hibbert on the simpsons. Hello im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. The number of new covid cases was declining fast here in the United States. Until this past week. And suddenly the Progress America Was Making has stalled. We dont know exactly why. It could be that more things are opening up, or people arent Wearing Masks or it could be the spread of the new variants, some of which we know to be more contagious. Here in the uk, six cases of a new Coronavirus Variant first detected in brazil have been confirmed. And again Health Officials are concerned this new p1 strain may spread more rapidly. Three cases were found in scotland after passengers flew back from brazil via paris and london. Two of the cases were from the same household in the west of england, after one person returned from brazil last month. Which leaves on a sixth person who they cant trace because that person did not fill out the Registration Form correctly. The var
Voice of dr hibbert . Well, maybe this will help with medical school. The United States has issued a stern warning to myanmar s Military Leaders of more sanctions if killing of unarmed protesters and attacks on journalists and activists continue. Earlier in myanmar, the deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, appeared via Videolink In Court and was told she faces fresh charges. Its the first time her lawyers had seen her since the military seized power on the 1st Of February , detaining many government leaders. Since then thereve been widespread protests with Security Forces responding with increasing force , this weekend at least 18 protestors were killed. Heres what the State Department had to say. We condemn burmese Security Forces brutal killing of unarmed people, its attacks on journalists and activists, and ongoing unjust detentions. The United States, in close coordination with our partners and allies, we have made clear to the Burmese Military that violence against the people of burma