Foothold in the united states and the resistance to the vaccine is largely to blame. It is now eight months after the first proven vaccine was made available and less than half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinated against covid19, and that is not due to a shortage of supply in vaccine. That s for sure. President biden is taking action. Cnn has learned tomorrow he will announce all federal employees and contractors must be vaccinated or get tested regularly. Our team is following all the developments this morning, so let s begin with our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. Elizabeth, good morning to you. For everyone waking up this morning, tell us what exactly this means for them. What this means is that if you live in an area of higher substantial transmission and, you know, more than like 45% of the country does 60 something% of the country does, you can see it s all in red and orange. That is a big chunk of the country, a majority of the country lives in these red o
Interview with the bbc, the countess of wessex speaks of the impact of the duke of edinburgh s death on the royal family. It was an oh, my god moment. So, i think they ll come and go. But you have to let them come and let them go. Wales face turkey at the european championships tonight, where a win could put them on the verge of qualifying for the knockout stages. And i am live in lincoln throughout the day, talking to lots of local people as the bbc continues to look at the covid impact around the uk. Hello. The bbc understands that covid vaccinations are to be made compulsory for care home staff in england who work with older people. It s expected that workers will have 16 weeks to get a jab, or face losing theirjobs. Ministers are said to be concerned about the low take up of the vaccine in some areas, and consultations will also start on bringing in the same rule for other health and care staff. The decision is expected to be announced in the next few days. James reynolds reports
Also tonight. A crime against humanity. The conmen offering fake oxygen and fake drugs to the desperate in india battling covid. Borisjohnson ties the knot in a secretly planned wedding to carrie symonds, at westminster cathedral. And women s world number two tennis player, naomi osaka, is fined and faces expulsion from the french open for refusing to speak to the media. Good evening. The government says it will be cautious and look at all the data before deciding in two weeks time whether to stick to it s road map to end all covid restrictions in england onjune 21st. The vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, insists it s too early to speculate about whether the final step out of lockdown will go ahead as planned, but an acceleration of the vaccine roll out programme will be important. The chief executive of nhs providers says very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two jabs, suggesting a double dose of vaccine can provide very high levels of protection. With mo
lockdowns. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with the health lead and the first real signs that existing vaccines might protect against the new omicron variant of coronavirus. pfizer today revealing new lab research that finds three doses of its vaccine will provide even better protection. a 25-field increase in antibody levels compared to just two doses. president biden calling the announcement encouraging. the lab report, there s more studies going on but that s very, very encouraging. right now about 72% of the adult u.s. population is vaccinated. only about a quarter, however, have received a booster shot. and as alexandra field reports for us now, that number will surely have to tick up as omicron spreads into 21 states. to be protected of omicron, you really need three-dose series of vaccination. reporter: promising news from pfizer on the efficacy of its vaccine against the omicron variant based on early data. three doses against omicron are
the mechanics and moving someone under secret service protection into lower manhattan courthouse and through the process that criminal defendants experience on arrival, there s the security preparations well underway there. there s a possible legal maneuvering and motions before and after the arraignment on both sides, and of course, there s how this shapes the future politically, not just in the middle of a presidential campaign, but also three other active criminal investigations of the former president. we have new details on much of it. also a conversation tonight with ronan farrow was done so much reporting on stormy daniels, karen macdougal and how those aligned with the former president bought their silence. we ve got reporters tonight on every aspect of the story. cnn s jessica schneider on the criminal justice process in in xiamen pro keeps on the logistics and security and randy kaye on the machinery moving a former president want to start with jessica schneider. wh