Hundreds of homes evacuated. Signing away the trump legacy from the pandemic to immigration and Climate Change, President Biden orders a change of direction. Chapter one. A book at bedtime how going online has preserved those cherished moments with the grandparents. And coming up on bbc news. Its claimed uefa are considering staging the European Championship in one country instead of across the continent as planned due to the pandemic. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Were in it for the long haul. Borisjohnson has warned that its too early to say whether or not restrictions might last till the summer. Much will depend on the data. Today Public Health england is reporting that covid case rates have fallen in every region. But some scientists are warning that any easing of the lockdown before may would cause another rise. By then, millions should have been vaccinated. As our medical editor, fergus walsh, reports, 65 new centres have opened today. Queueing for the main fea
Also in the programme. Coronavirus cases here in the uk put hospital staff under greater pressure than ever before but our special report also reveals how doctors are now saving an increasing number of patients. Plus how the fashion choices of the trump and Biden Administrations at their inaugurations say oh so much without uttering a word. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in washington, James Reynolds is in london. What we inherited is so much worse than we could have imagined. So says the new white house covid 19 response coordinator. But its President Biden s problem now, along with everything else. With wafer thin majorities in congress, mr biden used his pen to make a difference in the first 2a hours signing more than 20 executive actions, many of them reversing trump policies. The first batch covered areas like immigration and the environment. Today, mr biden put his focus squarely on tackling covid. At the white house he signed a series of executive actions that would ramp up vaccine p
Coronavirus lockdown normality has returned. Hello and welcome whether youre watching in the uk or around the world. We start in washington, where President Joe Biden has launched a national stategy to tackle coronavirus in the us. He predicted that americas death toll would reach half a million by the end of next month. Our north america editorjon sopel reports on his first full day in office. And the first order im going to be signing here. President biden is a man in a hurry. A slew of executive orders has been signed, reversing many trump era policies. Therell be more later on. And today, the first full day in the newjob, a Virtual Church service. Prayers for the mission ahead, prayers for the United States. And look, everyone in the white house is wearing a mask now. Its obligatory. A big change, and deliberate. One of our 100 day challenges is asking the American People to mask up. Unveiling his National Coronavirus plan, President Biden said the trump administrations vaccine rol
Hello, welcome. President joe biden has launched a National Strategy to tackle coronavirus in the us. He predicted that americas death toll would reach half a million by the end of next month. Mr biden said the pandemic was a National Emergency and it was time to start treating it like one. He has set the target for his administration to achieve 100 million covid 19 vaccine doses within 100 days to achieve 100 million covid 19 vaccine doses within100 days. He added that a start had been made, but now this would be ramped up. The top us Infectious Diseases expert, Dr Anthony Fauci explained how things would now be different. Lets get an overview of everything that is happening there from our north america editor, jon sopel. And the first order im going to be signing here. President biden is a man in a hurry. A slew of executive orders has been signed, reversing many trump era policies. Therell be more later on. And today, the first full day in the newjob, a Virtual Church service. Praye
Tonight at ten the Prime Minister says its too soon to say if lockdown in england can be lifted by the spring. Almost five Million People have now had their first vaccination, but borisjohnson says restrictions wont be reviewed until the priority groups have had theirjabs. I think its too early to say when well be able to lift some of the restrictions. As the uks death toll nears 100,000, a final report from the Royal London Hospital on the pandemic s impact on the nhs. Also on the programme tonight. Storm christoph brings flooding hundreds of home in the north west of england and wales had to be evacuated last night. Joe biden s first full day as president he lays out a national strategy
to tackle coronavirus and says the worst is still to come. And wuhan where it all started. A year after chinas first coronavirus lockdown, normality has returned. And coming up in sport on bbc news a strong start to the year for rory mcilroy on his return to the european tour. He leads after the openi