Hello and welcome. Boris johnson has today set out his Autumn And Winter plan to deal with covid infections in england the Prime Minister is desperate to avoid any more lockdowns, the country can ill afford it but he Cant Rule one out. And so what he outlined today was plan a and Plan B should the numbers this winter overwhelm the national Health Service. To use the analogy of the deputy chief medical officer, Mrjohnson Thinsk it is much better to attach Guy Ropes to the tent now, than to try and fit them retrospectively once the storm is upon us. So to that end, there will be Booster Vaccinations for the over 50s, one dose of vaccine for the 12 15 year olds, and its highly likely they will mandate vaccines for all health workers. Heres our deputy political Editor Vicki young. Adapting to seasonal change means thinking and planning ahead, especially in a pandemic. Some things ministers cant control, but the government needs to be ready for the unexpected. Borisjohnson swept away most c
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