hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died, within 28 days of a positive covid test. another 313 deaths have been reported in the latest daily figures. the uk is the seventh country to pass this number of official deaths afterthe us, brazil, india, russia, mexico, and peru. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns, reports. how do you begin to imagine 150,000 people? it s almost the entire population of oxford, a city, like others, where the pandemic has caused so much pain. the first death within 28 days of a positive covid test was recorded in the uk on the 6th of march, 2020. five weeks later, more than 10,000 people had died. sabir hussain mirza was oxford s first muslim councillor. mostly, though, he was a family man married with ten children. they relied on video calls when he went to hospital. we would be like, come on, dad, get better quickly and come back. but one day, sabir stopped answerin
hello. tennis star novak djokovic is facing fresh controversy after photos have emerged of him in public, without a mask, at around the time his lawyers say he tested positive for covid 19. australia has banned him from entering the country to defend his australian open title because he has refused vaccination. his lawyers say he doesn t need one as his infection was confirmed by pcr test on 16 december and he has since recovered. djokovic posted these images to his twitter page on 17 december. he s pictured at an event the day before commemorating his own personal stamp. it s unclear whether djokovic knew he had covid when these photos were taken. he s currently in an immigration detention centre ahead of an appeal hearing on monday. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. and his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesda
tennis star novak djokovic is facing fresh controversy after photos and footage have emerged of him in public, without a mask, at around the time his lawyers say he tested positive for covid 19. australia has banned him from entering the country to defend his australian open title because he has refused vaccination. his lawyers say he doesn t need one as his infection was confirmed by pcr test on 16 december and he has since recovered. djokovic posted these images to his twitter page on 17 december. he s pictured at an event the day before commemorating his own personal stamp. it s unclear whether djokovic knew he had covid when these photos were taken. he s currently in an immigration detention centre ahead of an appeal hearing on monday. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. and his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wed
tennis star novak djokovic is facing fresh controversy after photos and footage emerged of him in public, without a mask, at around the time his lawyers say he tested positive for covid 19. australia has banned him from entering the country to defend his australian open title because he has refused vaccination. his lawyers say he doesn t need one as his infection was confirmed by pcr test on 16 december and he has since recovered. this footage shows the tennis player at an event on the 16th commemorating his own personal stamp. it s unclear whether djokovic knew he had covid at the time. he s currently in an immigration detention centre, ahead of an appeal hearing on monday. the bbc s shaimaa khalil reports from melbourne. the world s top tennis player is spending the weekend in an immigration detention hotel. and his supporters have turned up for a third day. this is novak djokovic arriving in melbourne on wednesday. the documents his legal team presented to the court state