With me in the studio is bbc health editor, hugh pym. Here in the uk, covid has quietly slipped down News Programme running orders. During the summer, Newspapers and Website Front pages have had other headlines olympic and paralympic glory, and of course afghanistan. It was scotland s First Minister who brought us up sharp, tuesday, when she told the Scottish Parliament that cases had increased by 80 in a week. Scotland has just recorded its highest Daily Rate of infections since the pandemic began. Pupils reTurned to school in mid august. Will other parts of the uk now experience a similar rise in cases as the term begins there . Perhaps mindful of the anger on display in City Streets in a country like australia, uk political leaders say they don t want to lockdown again, so what sort of winter awaits here in the northern hemisphere, and can the global south expect some relief . First of all, looking at the uk, what are the statistics telling us at the moment . What sort of picture is
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Ago. so it shows that there is still quite a lively debate on whether it is a good idea. i quite a lively debate on whether it is a good idea- quite a lively debate on whether it is a good idea. i want to come back to the question is a good idea. i want to come back to the question of is a good idea. i want to come back to the question of further is a good idea. i want to come back to the question of further doses forj to the question of further doses for people who have been vaccinated already, because that is quite a lively debate in this country and others. let me ask you first of all about the picture in continental europe. have they overcome the early difficulties in terms of vaccinating their populations? difficulties in terms of vaccinating their populations? well, they have. it was a their populations? well, they have. it was a very their populations? well, they have. it was a very slow their populations? well, they have. it was a very slow start their populations
The population has received two vaccines, 83% has received one vaccine vaccines, 83% has received one vaccine. but this contrasts happily with a vaccine. but this contrasts happily with a country like bulgaria who has vaccinated with a country like bulgaria who has vaccinated less than 20%, so it s a rather vaccinated less than 20%, so it s a rather mixed picture that tells us something about different health care programmes that have well established or less well established vaccination programmes, and of established vaccination programmes, and of course, the whole issue about the scepticism about vaccines, the scepticism the scepticism about vaccines, the scepticism about science and the world scepticism about science and the world health organization actually warned world health organization actually warned us this week about the dangers warned us this week about the dangers of not progressing with the vaccination programme and the danger as well vaccination programm