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On this time last year, and considerably lower than injanuary — largely thanks to the success of the vaccines. these are uncertain times, but ministers, while emphasising the need to get vaccinated, are continuing to stress that people should plan for christmas as normal. hugh pym, bbc news. scientists are now, as a matter urgency, trying establish whether the new variant is more transmissible than the current delta variant, and whether it causes more severe illness. theyll also be assessing i...

It effective at preventing infection or serious illness from this varpt? thats why this is such an interchangeable new world when it comes to these vaccine developments. you know these are safe, then you can focus paidly on effectiveness with the substituing out. it is just a matter of getting people to enroll in the studies. >> why didnt they do that from delta? >> the belief was that two doses of the, have eep was still extremely effective against severe disease, even if effectiveness against ...

For adolescents back in may, so, many teenagers are already about six months out from their second shot. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos leading us off here on a monday night. stephanie, thank you. and a lot of questions tonight. lets bring in dr. ashish jha, dean of the brown university school of public health. we dont want to alarm people, we just want them to be informed as we watch this closely. and first off, how likely is it that the omicron variant is already here in the u.s.? >> goo...

Mostly southern african nations, places like south africa where the variant omicron was first identified earlier this week as well as zimbabwe, namibia, the country formerly known as swaziland, among others and the u.s. is not the only country taking action proactively against passengers coming from these nations, but, of course, it is our focus here, and its caused a lot of outrage among public health officials and those members of the public health community what we have spoken to who question...

American people against covid over the coming winter months, but he made it clear he did not believe that those measures would include fresh lockdowns so we little bit like here in the uk, the focus is going to be on vaccinations and boosterjabs —— so he little bit like here. not only dealing with the delta variant but the new variant, 0micron, that is now beginning, it seems, to circulate, community transmission, at least here in the uk. meanwhile, health secretary sajid javid has been spea...

Theyve taken themselves out of the cue for the next delivery of vaccines. and by doing that, theyre allowing many of the countries have been able to purchase the vaccines. we need to see more of that commitment. this needs to be a global wakeup call that we do not, any of us return to normalcy as just mentioned, until we have global vaccine equity. >> lets back up when it comes to omicron. lets talk about what we do and dont know. we dont know if its more transmisable. we dont know if it does an...

About the variant. the number of mutations that it has anti nature of these and some of the very early indications from southern africa have raised the concern that this variant might be more transmissible than delta which is currently the dominant variant in scotland and many other countries. however much more data and analysis is required to be certain of this and if it is more transmissible to understand by how much. further work is also needed to confirm what impact this variant might have o...

Here _ variants if required. my message here -- — variants if required. my message here -- the — variants if required. my message here —— the new variant. no vaccine will be _ here —— the new variant. no vaccine will be authorised for supply in the uk unless— will be authorised for supply in the uk unless the expected standards of safety, _ uk unless the expected standards of safety, quality and effectiveness are met — safety, quality and effectiveness are met. thank you.— safe...

Scientists believe it will take about three weeks to gain a better understanding of its effects. now, the main proposal today is that every adult in england, wales, scotland and northern ireland will now be offered a booster vaccination. the committee advising the government confirmed that the minimum gap between peoples second dose and the booster should be reduced from six to three months. and it also recommended that 12—to—15—year—olds should be invited for a second dose of the pfizer...

Vaccines. these are uncertain times, but while officials argue its not all doom and gloom, some ministers have been stressing people should plan for christmas as normal. hugh pym, bbc news. scientists are now in a race to establish whether the new variant is more transmissible than the current delta variant and whether it causes more severe disease. theyll also be assessing its impact on the effectiveness of vaccines. our medical editor fergus walsh has more. after alpha, beta, gamma, afteralpha...