one of the scientists responsible for developing the astrazeneca vaccine in britain has warned that a future pandemic could be even more contagious or more lethal. professor dame sarah gilbert said funding was needed to ensure the knowledge gained over the last two years in fighting deadly viruses was not lost. on the omicron variant, she said steps to slow down its spread should be taken until more was known about it. mark lobel has this report. a stark warning from the creator of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine that the advances made could lost without more funding for future pandemics. without more funding for future pandemics- pandemics. this will not be the last time a pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus threatens - pandemics. this will not be the last time a virus threatens our| last time a virus threatens our lives and livelihoods. the truth is that the next one could be worse. it could be more contagi
authorities sounded the alarm on november 24. it was already in europe as early as november 19th, and it s now been found in at least 20 countries. that much we do know. as for what we don t know, namely whether vaccines will still protect us from this variant, there are head-snapping predictions from the ceos behind the pfizer and moderna vaccines. the head of biontech, a partner in the pfizer vaccine, tells reuters that current vaccines will still likely protect us from severe cases, even though there may be some diminished protection against mild or moderate cases. meantime, the head of moderna says that existing vaccines will be much less effective at battling omicron than earlier strains of covid, telling the financial times, quote, i think it s going to be a material drop. i just don t know how much because we need to wait for the data. but all the scientists i talked to said, this is not going to be good. dr. anthony fauci, meantime, seemed to lean toward the optimis
welcome along to the programme. it was a pivotal night of action in the european champions league and we ll start in paris, where newcastle united back in the competition after 20 years needed to avoid losing to p56 to keep their hopes alive. for most of the match, they were winning, until a stoppage time penalty from kylian mbappe levelled the tie. bbc football correspondent john murray has more. newcastle were a matter of seconds away from completing what would have been a memorable double over the french champions. what adds to their agony is the way the equaliser was conceded. a penalty awarded by var when the ball bounced up up to the unfortunate arm, of his body. mbappe stepped up to take the penalty and shot in off the dive. the newcastle goalkeeper and his teammates have performed wonders to that point to keep out mbappe & co. a textbook away performance in europe as newcastle snatched the lead in the first half hour. when an extraordinary run, and a fumble, keyed
welcome along to the programme. it was a pivotal night of action in the european champions league and we ll start in paris, where newcastle united back in the competition after 20 years needed to avoid losing to p56 to keep their hopes alive. for most of the match, they were winning, until a stoppage time penalty from kylian mbappe levelled the tie. bbc football correspondent john murray has more. newcastle were a matter of seconds away from completing what would have been a memorable double over the french champions. what adds to their agony is the way the equaliser was conceded, a penalty awarded by var when the ball bounced up onto the unfortunate livramento arm off his body. kylian mbappe stepped up to take the penalty and shot in above the dive of nick pope. the newcastle goalkeeper in his team mates had performed wonders to that point to keep out mbapp and co. it had been a textbook away performance in europe as newcastle snatched the lead in the first half hour. wh
until a controversial stoppage time penalty from kylian mbappe levelled the tie. bbc football correspondent john murray has more. newcastle were a matter of seconds away from completing what would have been a memorable double over the french champions. what adds to their agony is the way the equaliser was conceded. a penalty awarded by var when the ball bounced up to the unfortunate arm, off his body. mbappe stepped up to take the penalty and shot in above the dive. the newcastle goalkeeper and his teammates had performed wonders to that point to keep out mbappe & co. it had been a textbook away performance in europe as newcastle snatched the lead in the first half hour. when an extraordinary run, a shot and a fumble, teed up isaac to score. they came so close, they are still up against it but the point means newcastle are still in with a chance of reaching the last 16. elsewhere, there was a 5 goal thriller in manchester, where defending champions city came from two goals do