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So six months. if you got your second shot before may 1st, you are eligible to get the booster right now. i made it clear, we have ample supply of boosters. thanks to our planning and preparation, our booster program is off to a very strong start. over 20 million americans have now received a booster. in fact, in just six weeks we have already gotten boosters to about half the eligible seniors who received the pfizer vaccine. nearly half of the eligible seniors in just six weeks. it tooker inial...

Understandable domestic desire to crack on with a booster program, the kind of opportunity cost of that is vaccines not going overseas, but crucially, not only do people potentially miss out on a vaccine, but you allow maybe new variants to develop and the whole thing, the whole pandemic to last even longer. well, she made a very powerful argument, but i think its also l important to remember. what is actually happening on the nhs front line today. and they are incredibly worried about the rise ...

A big flu outbreak as well. - i think we could seel something far worse than the worst winter crisis. and we could see on top of that big interruptions in regular- nhs treatment for cancer care, for people who need hips - and knees replaced as well. and that would be very, very bad for all of us. i butjeremy, just quickly, i mean, youvejust done a really big piece of work and basically said that the government was too slow. do you have a kind of haunting feeling that they mightjust be too slow t...

Caused us such worry a year ago. |what i am really worried about is, j sort of, take the worst nhs winter - crisis that i had to deal with, - which was 2017—18, when we had a big flu outbreak as well. | i think we could see something far worse than the worst winter crisis. and we could see on top of that big interruptions in regular nhs - treatment for cancer care, for people who need hipsl and knees replaced as well. and that would be very, very bad for all of us. i butjeremy, just quickly, i...

Against symptomatic covid infection for kids in that age group. it comes as the cdc expands its booster program for adults to include now all three vaccines in the u.s. joining me now is cnn medical analyst dr. leana wen, the former health commissioner for the city of baltimore. 90.7% effective against symptomatic covid, dr. wen. what do you think of this data, and how does it compare to the vaccines effectiveness in other age groups? >> this is good, kate. so i am reassured that there will at l...

Thats going to make this thing last longer for everyone, everywhere? it will, unfortunately, and so what we need is, and were very grateful for the donations from the uk, were very grateful for donations of vaccines, donations of funds and a commitment towards vaccine equity. thank you, dr maria. we really appreciate you coming on the programme. thank you so much for having me. thank you. so interesting. it really is, isnt it? and jeremy hunt, you were listening to that. its quite stark, isnt it...

The province reported 271 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today.Of the new cases, 207 were among unvaccinated ...

Weekend. we are expecting demonstrations this afternoon as well. most of the people in italy have been vaccinated. theyve already started the booster program here. so there is a lot of support for it. but those who are against it are very, very vocal as we saw last weekend. they broke into the labor union headquarters, destroyed a lot of property. and this afternoon theyre not expecting big, big crowds, but well see. this does become very difficult if you arent vaccinated. you have to prove a ne...

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They want, the government is going to shut down. back to you. steve: and, peter, what does that mean the government shuts down, if you work for the government you have to go work? >> if your boss is basically determine that you are not essential. but this is a really tenuous time for that, because there are big government agencies like the fda, the cdc, and the nih that are trying to address this global pandemic and they are trying to roll out this booster program and a bunch of bureaucrats coul...