and coming up in the next 15 minutes, i ll be speaking to bake off s prue leith about lockdown and coming out of it. hello and welcome to this bbc news special programme, as we await the latest number 10 coronavirus briefing, tonight led by the health secretary matt hancock, along with professorjonathan van tam and dr susan hopkins. we will be crossing to that at number 10 as soon as that gets under way. let s start by bringing you the latest coronavirus news today. thejcvi, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation, has recommended that prioritisation should continue down the age ranges, with people in their 40s the next to be invited for a jab. the move is a blow to those who have been campaigning for teachers, police officers and other frontline key workers to be prioritised. it comes as the latest data shows more than 19.1 million people have received their first dose of the jab. a further 3115 people have died in the uk within 28 days of a positive coronavirus t
that is not the european union, that is myanmar, which we are going to talk about after the initiators have gone out after the deadliest day in the demonstrations on wednesday. we are also going to talk about the eu vaccine roll out, because there are problems are not the pace they were looking at, but crucially germany is going to use the astrazeneca vaccine in over 65 year old. germany approving the ashes in a jab for over 60 fives, saying that there was insufficient data initially to approve it for use, now it is saying it can go ahead. let s turn our attention to the situation in europe. three important elements to discuss with reference to the pandemic, starting with vaccine roll out. this began at the end of december but it is moving slower than other countries, including the uk, and supply issues are one of the reason why. here is the bbc s mark lowen. it is a move by italy s new prime minister, mario draghi, that is making the most of a new eu wide programme which was
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