british trade and industry overseas. good evening. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received two covid jabs, showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide very high levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of patients because of delays caused by the pandemic. here s our health correspondent, catherine burns. the critical incident for the south western ambulance service, not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend. so people are being told to only call 99 in an emergency. we people are being told to only call 99 in an emergency. people are being told to
to punish the uk for brexit. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said the rural hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of non cosmetic care. warned that hospitals are dealing with. he also said very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide very high levels of protection. our health correspondent catherine burns reports. ready, steady, go. we re in a race, vaccines against the virus, and this was the start on december the 8th. maggie keenan was the first person in the uk to get vaccinated outside of clinical trials. that was less than six months ago. now, about three quarte
very good evening, welcome to bbc news if you have just very good evening, welcome to bbc news if you havejustjoined us. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received two covid jabs, showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide very high levels of protection. however, he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of patients because of delays caused by the pandemic. here s our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the south western ambulance service not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients in hospital there but the system is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend. so people are being told to only call 999 in an emergency. we are ex
a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the royal navy in order to boost british trade and industry overseas. the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, says the government will be cautious and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. it comes as the chief executive of nhs providers says very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england, have received two covid jabs, showing that a double dose of vaccine can provide very high levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heavy backlog of patients because of delays caused by the pandemic. here s our health correspondent, catherine burns. a critical incident for the south western ambulance service not because of coronavirus, though. there are just 13 covid patients there, but the hospital is dealing with a backlog in cases and a busy bank holiday weekend, so people are being told to only call 999 in an emergency. we re expecting to see ar
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 pro