That the rIsk of Blood Clots from CatchIng CovId Is nearly nIne tImes than from havIng the vaccIne. Scotland records the hIghest number of new covId cases In a 2k Hour PerIod sInce the start of the pandemIc. A World Record and a thIrd Gold Medal for ParalympIcs Gb s Kadeena Cox after a stunnIng rIde In the velodrome. Good AfternoOn And Welcome to Bbc News. The Defence Secretary has saId that brItIsh forces have entered the fInal stages of flyIng People out of kabul. Large crowds have agaIn gathered at the aIrport despIte Yesterdays SuIcIde Bomb attack. 90 People were kIlled In the attack IncludIng 13 us mIlItary persOnnel. Most of the dead were afghan cIvIlIans. SpeakIng to the amerIcan People PresIdent bIden had a message for the attackers sayIng, we wIll hunt you down, and make you pay. the uk says the kabul bombIngs wIll not affect the the Uk Forces aIrlIft tImetable. So far nearly 111,000 brItIsh natIOnals and elIgIble afghans have been aIrlIfted out. But theres an acceptance amO
On Booster Shots for most americans. Were also following dangerous and fastmoving developments out of afghanistan. We just learned Defense Secretary Lloyd austin and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, Mark Milley, will be briefing reporters this afternoon. This will be the first time weve heard from them since the taliban seized control of afghanistan. This comes as we get a new and clearer view of desperate afghans trying to get out of the country and a faltering u. S. Response despite evacuation flights resuming at kabuls airport. Reports of taliban fighters opening fire to disperse large crowds. Witnesses reporting protesters being beaten by taliban fighters as well. Cnns Clarissa Ward is on the ground with reporting on the mayhem on the streets near kabuls airport. Well bring that to you in just a moment. We are moments away from a big announcement from President Bidens covid response scene, that Booster Shots will be recommended for the general public. Third doses could be
Recommendation for immunocompromised americans to get a third Booster Shot is coming soon. Dr. Anthony fauci will join me later to discuss all of the latest guidance. First, we need to talk about the crisis in the american south. Where covid is surging in florida, louisiana, texas, and now particularly in mississippi. The state has seen a 136 spike in hospitalizations over the past 14 days. Thats higher than they were at any other point during the pandemic. And 97 of those hospitalized are unvaccinated. Doctors and nurses have painted a dire picture. Its been exhausting i think for us, we are all emotionally spent. I kind of personally feel like i am an air traffic controller, and every day im watching two airliners collide. Just having those patients look at you before they are being intubated and begging you to not let them die, that just its just heartbreaking. Based on what we are seeing, if we continue that trajectory within the next five to seven to ten days, i think we are going
Are learning. We are seeing lines outside the hospital. We are seeing scenes where people are doing triage because things are flowing. What i was going to tell you mississippi hospital over flowing wards into the parking lot. Republicans have continue their stance on Safety Measures. Another grim sign. 911 so overwhelmed with Covid Related Calls for help and ambulances in some places that County Officials are urging people to avoid calling 911 at all. It is a scary thing to think about when you need 911 for emergency. Thats a county in florida. Governor desantis is facing hospitalizations and doubling down on no masks. Over in texas, Greg Abbott suing Dallas County schools, trying to stop them from using masks. There are many ways to track this ongoing horror. Some of the surge is unavoidable because covid is evolving. Some of the experts say is avoidable because it is not 2020. We do know more because we have vaccines and Safety Measures. The experts view that if vaccines and regular
Understanding just how bad the Coronavirus Pandemic is once again. It is been one month since President Biden said this. Today were closer than ever to declaring our independent from a deadly virus. But the reality one month later is alarmingly different. Take a look at these maps. One month ago, this was the level of Covid Transmission across the country. Now, watch the wave of red symbolizing high levels of transmission a wash across the states. This is what it looked like two weeks ago and this just one week ago. And here is today. Red washed over the majority of the country. We are nowhere near breaking away from this virus. We are, in fact, being held hostage by it. Here is how one front Line Nurse put it. Were a year into this and people still are making the same mistakes over and over again. And it was bad enough the first time around when it was all still new and you could at least the country ask nearing over 100,000 covid cases per day. Dr. Fauci warns that could double if we