Hello, welcome. President joe biden has launched a National Strategy to tackle coronavirus in the us. He predicted that americas death toll would reach half a million by the end of next month. Mr biden said the pandemic was a National Emergency and it was time to start treating it like one. He has set the target for his administration to achieve 100 million covid 19 vaccine doses within 100 days to achieve 100 million covid 19 vaccine doses within100 days. He added that a start had been made, but now this would be ramped up. The top us Infectious Diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci explained how things would now be different. Lets get an overview of everything that is happening there from our north america editor, jon sopel. And the first order im going to be signing here. President biden is a man in a hurry. A slew of executive orders has been signed, reversing many trump era policies. Therell be more later on. And today, the first full day in the newjob, a Virtual Church service. Praye
The oxygen monitors that people with covid can use at home we have exclusive access to the pilot scheme which doctors believe will save lives. Hundreds of people are forced out of their homes, as storm christoph causes widespread flooding in england and wales. 200 flood warnings are still in place. Just hours after taking office, us President Biden reverses many of Donald Trumps policies, including on coronavirus and climate change. And, could this years London Marathon be the biggest ever . Organisers want an extra 50,000 runners to take part on their own routes. And coming up on bbc news Jimmy Anderson replaces stuart broad for englands second test against sri lanka, starting on friday. The tourists won the first test by seven wickets. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. 65 new Covid Vaccination centres have come into operation today across england, including in a mosque in birmingham and a cinema in buckinghamshire. In some parts of the country, people over the age of
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This is bbc news, imjane hill. The headlines at 2pm 179 flood warnings are still in place across england and wales because of storm christoph. Eight literally looks like a water bed, because the water is going straight under it, and the problem is, they couldnt come and get us, it would be safer in our home. But as i have had not been able to turn off the electricity, gas, everything. 65 new Covid Vaccination centres have come into operation across england. A mosque and a cinema are among the venues being used. It comes as a new Study Suggests Coronavirus Infection rates may have risen in england since the start of the lockdown. The nhs in england has bought hundreds of thousands of oxygen monitors which
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Says everyone should consider getting one, as our Health Correspondent Sophie Hutchinson reports. It couldve ended completely differently. So, you know, i suppose i do owe them my life, really. Dorset, where theyve taken the fight against the coronavirus into peoples homes. Lessons learned from the first wave have highlighted the danger of leaving some patients to sit out the infection alone. We have seen people who are critically low on oxygen, and weve heard stories of people dying at home, because they havent been recognised. So, i do think this simple hit of kit really could save your life. The bit of kit is a small relatively cheap device known as an oximeter, which measures oxygen levels in the blood. Covid positive patients like michael kerr, who are aged 65 and over, or who are at high risk, are now being given the devices by gps and then monitored. Yeah, im fine. I feel certainly. Oximeters are seen as vital because some patients with the virus are not breathless despite havin