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Children certainly dont get seriously ill based on the data but they can transmit it around communities and therefore you would want to vaccinate but it is a delicate issue. the us and france with a lot lower levels of uptake, then there is more of an argument for getting the vaccine into children. but certainly, it is a very topical issue right now, as you say. some of these richer countries do have huge stockpiles of vaccines. the uk has millions and millions, either in its hand or on order. y...

This is a horrific attack. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: the details are still a bit sketchy. its certainly a horrific massacre that the president has called for this mourning. it happened on the border of niger friday night when militants stormed that village of suhan in the border regions. there was attacks on the civ civilians, they burned the market, as well as burning down homes. the secretary-general of the u.n., antonio guterres, said hes outraged by the killing and calls for me...

Estimate how much more infectious it is, and the 40% figure is about where most people have been suggesting it is, a0—50% give or take, about what most of the estimates to date have been coming out with, estimates to date have been coming outwith, but there is a big uncertainty around that. out with, but there is a big uncertainty around that. knowing what we know — uncertainty around that. knowing what we know now, _ uncertainty around that. knowing what we know now, how - uncertainty aroun...

As the health— numbers of cases. 0n the other hand, as the health secretary said, hospitalisation rates have been pretty— hospitalisation rates have been pretty flat, perhaps a slight uptake towards _ pretty flat, perhaps a slight uptake towards the end of last week but nothing — towards the end of last week but nothing dramatic. if cases are going up nothing dramatic. if cases are going up but _ nothing dramatic. if cases are going up but hospitalisations are not, then— up but hospitali...

Lockdown which is due to end in five days. leaders of seven of the worlds most powerful countries will meet in the uk next week where coronavirus will, no doubt, be high on the agenda. g7 leaders are facing calls to share vaccine supplies as some developing countries go without. mukesh kapila is professor emeritus of global health at the university of manchester and a former director at the world health organisation. hejoins me from geneva. thank you very much forjoining us. how do you think of ...

We didnt get nuclear technology, of course, until the end of the second world war, 1944-1945.5. we had airplanes, an army air course going back to the first world war. were there sightings before the technology? >> there were sightings but there seemed to be a significant uptake once we entered into the atomicee age. weni began to see an increased uptick, reconnaissance or surveillance of our nuclear technology, our nuclear development, whether its power or propulsion or weapons systems and rela...

The fda, and in fact, the us has started vaccinating children aged 12 or over and it is planned in france as well. it is not definitely going to go ahead in the uk. the expert committee on vaccinations which advises the government will give a view on whether it should happen. no doubt some of these ethical issues will come into play. it has been indicated by ministers that there is enough to go through to 12—year—olds. children certainly dont get seriously ill based on the data but they can ...

Technology, of course, until the end of the second world war, 1944-1945. we had airplanes, an army air course going back to the first world war. were there sightings before the technology? >> there were sightings but there seemed to be a significant uptake once we entered into the atomic age. we began to see an increased uptick, reconnaissance or surveillance of our nuclear technology, our nuclear development, whether its power or propulsion or weapons systems and related technology. >> tucker: ...

Lets speak now to linda bauld, professor of pubic health at the university of edinburgh. it is not a subject without its controversy. unaware that some medical doctors and researchers have warnings about a variety of potential dangers to children from a vaccine to stop that had been open letters to the mhra, calling irresponsible, unethical and unnecessary. some strong words from medical doctors and researchers. what is your view? it is medical doctors and researchers. what is your view?— what...

Meanwhile, richer countries have bought up most of the global supplies of doses, and are pushing full steam ahead with their vaccination programmes. g7 countries the uk, us and canada have vaccinated more than half of their populations. germany, italy and france well over a third. japans uptake has been much slower, but not because theyre short on supplies. the health ministers of those countries are meeting in oxford, at the university which created the worlds most widely used covid vaccine. no...