Pregnant women are being urged to get the Covid Jab as soon as possible as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. Our Health Correspondent Catherine burns has the story. At Londons Chelsea and westminster hospital, an antenatal clinic with a difference. Mums to be having vaccines at the same time as routine scans and blood tests. We just thought it was important to have it, to protect me and the baby as well. I was really nervous before i had it done, and then i did a bit of reading and thought, actually, this is perfect. Kind ofjust want to do the best thing for my baby. And i was really scared about getting covid. I catching covid during pregnancy puts Mother And Baby at extra risk, so the chief midwife for england is encouraging anyone who is pregnant to get theirjab. We want mums and babies to be safe, and indeed their families, and thats why we encourage and urge every pregnant woman in England Today to seek some wise counsel, speak to a health professional, and i
For starting the fires to justice. Pregnant women are being urged to get the Covid Jab as soon as possible, as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. Our Health Correspondent Catherine burns has the story. At Londons Chelsea and westminster hospital, an antenatal clinic with a difference. Mums to be having vaccines at the same time as routine scans and blood tests. We just thought it was important to have it, to protect me and the baby as well. I was really nervous before i had it done, and then i did a bit of reading and thought, actually, this is perfect. Kind ofjust want to do the best thing for my baby. And i was really scared about getting covid. I catching covid during pregnancy puts Mother And Baby at extra risk, so the chief midwife for england is encouraging anyone who is pregnant to get theirjab. We want mums and babies to be safe, and indeed their families, and thats why we encourage and urge every pregnant woman in England Today to seek some wise counsel, s
Well beIng. Its confIrmed that Human RemaIns found In the pyrenees are those of the mIssIng brItIsh hIker Esther DIngley. And warmIng up for tonIghts FIrst NIght Of The Proms, as the royal Albert Hall welcomes back a full audIence wIth no socIal dIstancIng. And comIng up In sport on the Bbc News Channel more from the tokyo games, as Bryony Page wIns bronze for Team Gb In the womens trampolInIng fInal. Good EvenIng And Welcome to the Bbc News at sIx. Scotlands fIrst mInISter, nIcola sturgeon, has saId shes determIned to make changes that wIll save lIves after the country reported a Record Number of deaths from Drug MIsuse for the seventh year runnIng. More than 1,300 people dIed of Drug MIsuse In scotland last year alone. Almost two thIrds of all Drug Related Deaths were of people aged between 35 and 5a. Scotlands Drug Death Rate contInues to be more than three and a half tImes that for the uk as a whole. It means scotland contInues to have by far the hIghest Drug Death Rate recorded by
Pregnant women are being urged to get the Covid Jab as soon as possible, as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. And a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal Albert Hall for the First Night Of The Proms. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel, Team Gb wins six more medals at the olympics, including Duncan Scotts third of the Games Silver in the 200 metres individual medley. Good evening. The number of deaths linked to Drug Misuse in scotland has risen to a Record Level for the seventh consecutive year. More than 1,300 people died of Drug Misuse in scotland last year alone. Almost two thirds of all Drug Related Deaths were of people aged between 35 and 5a. Scotlands Drug Death Rate is more than three and a half times that for the uk as a whole. And, as this graph shows, scotland has by far the highest Drug Death Rate recorded by any country in europe. 0ur Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon reports. It would have been angela mclauchlan s bi