at the first announced change care home residents in england will be allowed one regular visitor from 8th march. it s wonderful that one of us will be able to go in and hold her hand, and that will make a whole difference to us as a whole family. we ll be asking what else we might expect from boris johnson s much anticipated speech. also tonight. prince charles visits his father, the duke of edinburgh, in hospital where he s been treated since tuesday. in myanmar, at least two people are killed by security forces in the deadliest protests yet against the military coup and resignation from russian opposition leader alexei navalny as he loses his appeal against two and a half years in prison. good evening. senior ministers are expected to meet tomorrow to finalise details of the full plan for easing lockdown in england, which will be announced by the prime minister on monday. in the first confirmed relaxation of the rules, care home residents in england will be allowed
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: reaching a milestone half of all adults in the uk have now had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine the health secretary hails a phenomenal achievement . the vaccination programme is our route out of the pandemic. it will help us to protect people and we know that these vaccines protect you. but we also know that they protect those around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of coronavirus infections with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. government science advisors warn that summer holidays overseas in 2021 are extremely unlikely this year because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. leeds united s all time record goalscorer, peter lorimer, has died aged 7a. just before 7pm we have a special programme with ros atkins explaining why the astrazeneca vaccine has been so controversial. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday i m sarah mulkerrins. comi
michael redford has this report. for both ireland and england this feels like it has been a tournament of one step forward, one step back. two wins and two defeats for both nations, one chance to finish on a high. and one final chance for c] stander, 51 caps won, retirement now beckoning. there is still plenty of experience in this irish side, keith earls has been around for over a decade, england still didn t know how to stop him. nor could they stop jack conan, ireland s rugby was patient and progressive and finished perfectly, ireland with a 14 point lead at half time. a lead they had to defend with 14 men. this high dangerous tackle from bundee aki resulted in red. he had barely left the field before england took advantage. ben youngs providing a glimmer of hope. hope, though, that was quickly extinguished. johnny sexton scored 22 points in total, ireland s win secured. a late try forjonny may meant little, defeat already confirmed, for england there is work to do. for cj
johnson & johnson. we are still on track to have the number of doses we need to vaccinate all adult americans by the end of may. this was not even a facility that was approved by the fda, so we were not betting on these doses, we were betting on doses coming from moderna, pfizer and also johnson & johnson has assured us that we will be getting the 24 million doses that they have promised in april. right now more than 40% of adults in the u.s. have received at least one dose of vaccine and about 23% of people are fully vaccinated. the country has come a long way from the days of hunting around for clorox wipes in stores only to find none and now the cdc says all that scrubbing of surfaces isn t so necessary after all. disinfection is only recommended in indoor settings, schools and homes where there has been a suspected or confirmed case of covid-19 within the last 24 hours. instead the cdc recommends cleaning of surfaces with regular soap and detergent as the risk of
increase of covid-19 variants puts the country on the cusp of surge in cases. cases are increasing nationally and we re seeing this predominantly in younger adults. baylor complete s college basketball s greatest rebound and rebuild with a championship. texas, we got a national championship, too! the state deserves it! this is new day with alyson camerota and john berman. okay. so, i don t know where jim sciutto came from to win the cnn bracket. i thought that i was winning. so to bring people up to speed here, baylor won the college national basketball championship. it was baylor who won. baylor won. gonzaga loss. as a result, alisyn camerota did not win the cnn march madness pool. how did this happen with this vast sports knowledge, i can t believe somebody leapfrogged over my bracket. jim sciutto will not come in the next week and a half. he won. he ll bask in his victory. drinking champagne. also incidentally baylor as well. we want to welcome our vi