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Hutch this is bbc news. the headlines: the first death in the uk with the omicron variant of coronavirus is announced — as the booster programme is expanded to combat its spread. the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus, i think thats something we need to set on one side, and just recognise the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population. home lateral flow test kits are currently unavailable on the uk government website — a day after the government changed it...

Jabs into as many arms as quickly as possible. now the booster programme has been expanded, offering jabs to all eligible ovary teens by the end of the month. a significant challenge for an already hard pressed health service. if that offer of a booster was translated into actually delivering the jab, it would meani million doses per day, every day, until the end of the year. at the moment, about 500,000 are being given every day. so ramping up the programme will come at a cost, with other non�...

Of commons in the summer to speed the booster programme up. the government had targets. they were supposed _ government had targets. they were supposed to have given boosterjabs to everyone in care homes by the 1st of november. and one in four care homes _ of november. and one in four care homes still— of november. and one in four care homes still do not have any booster jabs _ homes still do not have any booster jabs it _ homes still do not have any booster jabs it is _ homes still do not hav...

At some point that curve will start to bend. weve had one death confirmed. obviously, thats a tragedy for the family involved, but it tells us very little useful about the level of threat we face from omicron. but even if it is generally a milder illness than we get from delta, because so many people have got some level of immunity, if we get a massive spike in cases, it still will result, potentially, in a lot of people in hospital. but we wont have the full detail on that threat for a few week...

For example if you got to score a vaccine and you might not want to play squash or tennis for example if you got score the maxso arm. —— if you got score the maxso arm. —— if you have got a sore arm. our study wasnt big enough to study the very reverse side effects but were not seeing over the booster programme there is a rare side effects for the third doses. they seem to be something that happened for the first and second dose though, obviously, the very rare thing could that mean, the...

Of south africas white minority government. the 69—year—old president — whos fully vaccinated — is now self—isolating in cape town. lets turn now to the uk, where theres to be a rapid acceleration of the booster programme, with prime minister boris johnson warning of a "tidal wave" of infections from the new 0micron variant. he said that thousands of extra volunteers and military planners would be brought in. its understood that could mean up to 18 million jabs injust 19 days. the anno...

Whos fully vaccinated — is now self—isolating in cape town. the chinese e—commerce giant alibaba has sacked a woman who accused her boss and a client of sexually assaulting her. the dismissal letter said shed spread falsehoods and damaged the companys reputation. one of mexicos most revered singers, vicente fernandez, has died at the age of 81. vicente fernandez was known as the king of mexicos traditional ranchera music and had a career spanning more than five decades. his songs became an...

Are getting louder. over a period of time, this is going to have a devastating impact on business, on the whole of the airline industry, and its going to be, you know, hugely difficult to recover from this if this goes on much longer. only a quarter of south africans have been fully vaccinated. omicron may help change that. but whats clear for now is that people here are taking this new variant in their stride. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. lets ta ke take stock with our medical editor...

Its been confirmed that at least one person in the uk has now died with the new omicron variant, which is spreading at great speed — as our health editor hugh pym reports. they were queueing for boosters in plymouth this morning and there were lines of people hoping to getjabs in solihull. in hungerford, some had come a distance to have their booster today. weve come from near portsmouth, so about an hour and a quarter. and were you hoping to get a walk—in booster? we were hoping to but weve...

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