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now the eu says it wants astrazeneca to hand over doses made in the uk. the difficulties of training for the olympics in lockdown as athletes are assured the tokyo summer games are still very much on course. and the chelsea flower show turns autumnal as it s postponed for the first time in its history. and coming up on bbc news a week out from the start of the men s six nations, organisers are confident the competition will go ahead as planned despite french on travel. good evening and welcome to the news at six. the prime minister has extended the current lockdown restrictions in england until at least march eighth. borisjohnson said an early unlocking could result in another spike in cases. he said data on hospital admissions, the vaccines and how effective they are would need to be assessed before any loosening of the rules. but getting children back to school remains the national priority. by the end of february, the government aims to publish its plan for the g ....
and pick up the bill themselves. president biden s new climate envoy says this autumn s summit in glasgow is the world s last opportunity to find a solution. it is the last, best chance the world has to come together in order to do the things we need to do to avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. and on holocaust memorial day, we ll be talking to some of the survivors 76 years after auschwitz was liberated. and coming up in sport on bbc news, after one training session, new chelsea manager thomas tuchel has taken a point from his first match, a draw against wolves, following the sacking of frank lampard. good evening. the current lockdown restrictions in england will remain in place until at least the 8th of march, when schools in all parts of england might be allowed to reopen if the conditions are right. the prime minister, borisjohnson, said reopening schools any earlier could result in another surge in covid cases. he said data on hospital admissions a ....
double the number of hospitalizations. that is staggering to consider. starting today, face masks will be required on all public transportation and mass transit hubs. anyone that does not follow the order will be in violation of the order. my colleague is in ft. lauderdale for us. welcome back. how concerned are officials here about this new development? yeah, alex, they re so concerned about the development that it could lead to more hospitalizations and deaths that they re looking for that uk variant and the brazilian and south african variants. we know those cases have tripled in the past week. southern florida getting hit the hardest. broward county, palm beach county, and miami-dade county make up 60% of the cases total. in addition to the uk variant that officials are looking at here in florida, they re looking at the brazilian variant as well. there is a large brazilian population. they are looking at ways to increase vaccination rates as well. we spoke to so ....
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and another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson &johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. in other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the vaccine roll out will be prioritised for a jab. hello to you, welcome to bbc news. the european union has introduced export controls on coronavirus vaccines. individual member states will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. a european commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. a european commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the announcement a little earlier this afternoon. the protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. and the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the ....