the eu s medicines regulator says there s no indication that the oxford astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine causes blood clots. lithuania has become the latest of 1a countries to suspend its use. but both the french and italian prime ministers have said they would be vaccinated very quickly with the astrazeneca vaccine to give the public confidence in the jab if it is ruled as safe by the eu medicines agency on thursday. bethany bell reports from vienna. in italy, vaccination centres are shut after the oxford astrazeneca was suspended after reports of blood clots. reports of blood clots. country sa the reports of blood clots. country say they are reports of blood clots. country say they are acting reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as - reports of blood clots. country say they are acting as a - say they are acting as a precaution. the world health organization has urged countries not to pause the vaccinations. the eu s medicines regulator says the benefits
we begin with uber, as uk drivers today will have paid holidays, pensions, and a minimum wage a change that could be replicated in other countries around the world. and this comes one month after the us firm lost a legal long battle in the uk which began in 2016 over drivers status. in last month s supreme court hearing, uber had argued it was a third party booking agent, and its drivers were self employed. our transport correspondent caroline davis spoke with uber s european boss in an exclusive interview. today is an important day for all the drivers in the uk, and the reason for that is because, from today, any driver who earns on the uber platform, and that s over 70,000 drivers in total, will be able to be paid for holiday time, they ll be enrolled in a pension and they ll be able to earn at least the national living wage as a floor and not a ceiling. for years politicians and unions have said that you have been playing fast and loose with employment rights. does this
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Telling you to do it for your grandmother. perfectly healthy young people into taking this jab using false arguments. they used big words such as antisocial to solve an immense hatred against people who refused to comply with the government s wishes. even worse, many governments including mine actually introduced so-called covid passports. these passports made access to parts of society conditional. those who do not wish to get vaccinated. access, not being able to visit a restaurant or a gym in the name of public health. our government slugs talk about institutional discrimination but this was real institutional discrimination. in many countries, like the u.s. and italy, vaccine mandates were introduced for certain professions. many people lost their job, their livelihood, their business because they stood by their