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going to take it off either. and how a promise made more than 70 years ago has finally been fulfilled good afternoon and welcome to the programme. the uk medicines regulator has approved the extention of the szier biontech vaccine for use in children as young as 12. the mhra said it carried out a rigorous review of the vaccine in adolescents between 12 and 15 saying the benefits outweigh the risks. the uk s vaccine committee will now decide on whether to advise the government that this age group should be vaccinated as part of the uk rollout. here s our health correspondent catherine burns. america has been doing it for a month. just got the shot a few minutes ago. this is the best way to go about things. and now, the uk is one step closer to vaccinating older children. the regulator, the mhra, has authorised the pfizer vaccine for 12 to is year olds. it says this is safe and effective. but the roll out will only be extended to younger teenagers if thejoint committe on v ....
a catholic cathedral in washington. last night he remembered victims of the pandemic and spoke of healing. to heal you must remember. it to healyou must remember. it is hard sometimes to healyou must remember. it is hard sometimes to to heal you must remember. it 3 hard sometimes to remember. but to heal you must remember. it 2 hard sometimes to remember. but that is how we heal. it is important to do that as a nation. so, have a good life, we will see you soon. thank you very much. thank you soon. thank you very much. thank you very much. he is among those arriving at the capitol to witness the swearing in. and i m gary 0 donoghue on the national mall, where the hundreds of thousands of people who would typically be here are instead represented by a field of flags. and i m larry madowo. iama i am a mile east of the capitol where a strong security presence is here to keep the armed protesters as far away from the capitol as possible. hello and welcome to washington, where ....
been the result, mr speaker? another body blow to the uk economy and to our ability to fund our nhs. that is the fundamental difference between. that is the fundamental difference between this government and the opposition. we have a plan for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. mai; for getting to covid, all they do is carp from the sidelines. carp from the sidelines. may i commend carp from the sidelines. may i commend my carp from the sidelines. may i commend my right carp from the sidelines. may i | commend my right honourable carp from the sidelines. i l commend my right honourable friend for resisting calls from the labour party and others for more restrictions before christmas. and also for the changes that he has announced today. omicron is less serious than previous variants. we will see new variants appear in future, the likelihood is that they will continue to be less serious. it is not in the national interest to partially or whol ....
it follows controversy over an exemption to covid vaccine rules. a state of emergency is declared in kazakhstan, following mass protests sparked by surging fuel prices. it isa it is a victory for anyone who wants to be on the right side of history. and, four are cleared in bristol of criminal damage, after the toppling of a statue during a black lives matter protest. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel: wales could play their home six nations rugby matches in england, away from their cardiff base because of covid restrictions. good evening. borisjohnson insists the current level of covid restrictions in england is helping take the edge off the omicron wave , and that the government is taking a balanced approach to the pandemic. but new figures highlight the scale of the challenge. the latest survey from the office for national statistics shows that one every in 15 people across the uk had covid in the run up to new year s eve. that s the highest level ....
of the world s richest lottery draw, el gordo, or the fat one . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start here in the uk, which has recorded 100,000 daily new cases of the coronavirus for the first time since the pandemic began. the sudden rise in infections has been caused by the 0micron variant, which is known to be highly transmissible. but there s also some optimism as preliminary studies published in the uk and south africa suggest 0micron could present with milder symptoms than other variants. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has this report. another record day for covid cases and for booster jabs. but as the 0micron wave surges, at last some positive early evidence from three separate studies, all indicating it poses less of a threat than the delta variant. research by imperial college london found around a 40% reduction in the risk of being admitted to hospitalfor a night or more compared to delta. a scottish study suggested there w ....