performers and politicians come together to urge people from minority ethnic backgrounds to have a jab. nearly two million people are still without power in texas, as the southern us is battered by brutal winter storms. and a nailbiting day for nasa, as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. and coming up on bbc news, the new president in charge of the tokyo olympic games, seiko hashimoto, takes over following a sexism row, five months before they are due to start. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one. there s been a strong decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found infections have fallen by two thirds across england since the current lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults with 1 in 200 testing positive between 4th and 13
australia s prime minister says his country won t be intimidated, after facebook blocks the country s news feeds in a row over a new law. and a nail biting day for nasa, as it aims to land its perseverance rocket on the surface of mars. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there s been a marked decline in levels of coronavirus infections in england since january, say scientists tracking the epidemic. a study by imperial college london found that infections have fallen by two thirds across england since the latest lockdown began, with an 80% fall in the capital itself. but it warns that levels are still high, particularly among primary school age children and young adults, with 1 in 200 testing positive between the 4th and 13th february. that s similar to levels seen in september. our health correspondent, katharine da costa, has the details. friends and family kept apart. many businesses kept on hold. lockdown has taken its toll on all of us, but researchers say it has hel
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