and stuff come in later in the year, he s not going to be able to go out any bars, clubs, things like that. so, yeah. why is he hesitant? a lot of online stuff, he kind of, you know, reads the misinformation about it, a bit sceptical, a bit nervous about the long term side effects of it. do you think the incentives that the government is offering for young people might persuade your brother to take the jab? possibly so. i mean, it depends how entrenched his views are. latest figures showjust under 70% of 18 to 29 year olds have had theirfirstjab, compared to just under 90% of the wider adult population. but of course they haven t been eligible for as long, and the nhs lead at this pop up clinic says young uptake of the vaccine isn t that far behind, relatively speaking. i think we are all learning and we re trying to figure out new ways and more innovative ways, i think, of really encouraging people out. so i m not sure if it s really
to encourage more young people to get the jab. in the same way that different communities have gone into, i whether it be a synagogue - or a mosque, wherever they go, to try to target different - communities, we can target a younger audience. other attempts to target a younger age group include the surrey theme park thorpe park offering jabs at a pop up clinic, the festival latitude hosting a vaccination bus, and free food and live music at a vaccine festival in the london borough of tower hamlets. more incentives are planned, such as discounts on deliveroo meals and uber journeys. from september, the government says unvaccinated people won t be able to enter night clubs and other large scale events. but how effective can the carrot and stick approach be? 23 year old sam duffy was keen to get the vaccine as soon as he was eligible. his twin is the opposite. these covid passports and stuff come in later in the year. he s not going to be able to go out to any bars, clubs, things like tha
why is he hesitant? a lot of online stuff. he reads the misinformation about it, a bit sceptical. he s a bit nervous about the long term side effects of it. latest figures show that, while vaccine hesitancy is falling slightly among the young, just under 70% of 18 to 29 year olds have had their firstjab, compared to just under 90% of the wider adult population. but the nhs lead at this pop up clinic says young uptake is proportional to the relatively short time they ve been eligible for the vaccine. i m not sure if it s really about young people, really. because actually we still have a lot of people who are older and other sort of vulnerable populations that are still not vaccinated yet. work continues on finding ways to get more of the population jabbed. these young people at least are now part of that club. luxmy gopal, bbc news. this is bbc news. 0ur headlines:
localities are now reinsti vaccinated inside. meanwhile, members of the house freedom caucus are marching against a mask mandate as the capitol police threaten to arrest violators inside congress. white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight with a lot of news live from the north lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. the president is trying to use leftover covid relief money to pay people to get the shot. he thinks $100 per person is enough of an incentive. he is also now offering to reimburse small and medium size businesses for the time off employees need to get themselves and their families vaccinated while also trying to target the 12 and up crowd with a pop-up clinic in every school district. 4 million federal employees though don t get as much of a say if they don t get vaccinated they will lose out on opportunities to travel and isolated from vaccinated colleagues. every federal government employee will be asked to attest
the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. it s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. cnn s gary tuchman is live in mobile, alabama, outside of the county health department. so gary, what are people there telling you? reporter: well, alisyn, first of all, i can tell you there are many reasons for the low vaccination rate here, but you have to keep in mind it s very politically red and that is a major reason. but it s important to point out that mobile county, alabama, is a beautiful place to live. it s on the gulf, the water is warm, the sand is white, the people are nice, but their low covid vaccination rate is a big problem and this is not a rural county. there are more than 400,000 people who live here so the people who work here at the health department, they ve got to think out of the box and they re bringing the vaccine to where the people are. case in point, last night, a food truck festival. you can get po boys and barbecue and lemonade and beer is also a co