london. the latest government figures show that in the past 24 hours six deaths were reported and 9,284 new infections were recorded. that means an average of 9,365 new cases per day in the last week. over 280,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. nearly 43 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s around 82% of uk adults. 236,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. 0ver 31.3 million people have now had both doses that s 59.5% of uk adults. more than 800,000 jobs in the uk s travel sector could be at risk that s the warning from a union representing aviation workers. the british airline pilots association is appealing for urgent action from the government to end restrictions on travel, which it
in the latest 24 hour period. 42.6 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s 81% of uk adults. nearly 189,000 people have had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. more than 31 million people have now had both doses that s 59% of uk adults. meanwhile, people in england who have had both covid jabs and come into contact with someone infected with covid could be spared having to isolate for ten days. that s if trials, currently under way, prove the idea is effective. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasjoins me now. so what would happen instead of quarantining? well, what we understand is that these trials are happening and what they are looking at is whether for anyone who has had a double vaccination that requirement to isolate for ten days could be scrapped, and instead replaced with a need to do a daily test every morning for seven days, and if the test was negative you would be
now had theirfirstjab that s nearly 80% of uk adults. the number of people who ve had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period was 230,666. over 30 million people have had both doses, meaning nearly 60% of uk adults are fully vaccinated. now, as the vaccination programme has progressed, there s been speculation about whether children aged over 12 would get the jab. the bbc understands that teenagers are unlikely to be called anytime soon not least because all available supplies are needed for adults. 0ur health correspondent catherine burns reports. the uk was one of the first countries in the world to start vaccinating people against coronavirus. we began with the elderly and most vulnerable and worked down through the age groups. now, it s 21 and 22 year olds in england. 0ver 18s will be able to start
to make her comeback last year. she s been named in the team gb pair, alongside olympic silver medallist polly swann. 37 of the 45 strong british team will make their debut at the games. that s all the sport for now. we ll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thank you very much. the latest official figures on the pandemic show that, in the past 2a hours, six deaths were reported, and there have been 7,540 new infections, which means an average of 5,984 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 137,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, meaning more than 40.7 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s over 77% of uk adults. the number of people who ve had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, is over 313,000. more than 28.5 million have had both doses, meaning over 54% of uk adults are fully vaccinated.
of 5,111; new cases per day in the last week. 127,345 people have received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, and over 40.4 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s 76.8% of uk adults. while the number of people who ve had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period is almost 260,000, which takes the overall number who ve had their second jab to over 27.9 million, meaning 53% of uk adults are fully vaccinated. the parole board says a man who raped and killed two schoolgirls can be freed from prison after serving more than 30 years. colin pitchfork was jailed for life after strangling lynda mann and dawn ashworth who were both 15 in leicestershire in the 1980s. pitchfork was the first man convicted of murder on the basis of dna evidence. our political correspondent jessica parker is outside the ministry ofjustice. and why is he being released? well,