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Good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set out his autumn and winter plan to deal with covid in england. borisjohnson said the government will stick with its strategy of focussing on vaccines, but he warned that some measures will need to be kept in reserve in case the situation changes too much. borisjohnson said although cases were higher than at this point last year, the vaccines are working and they're leading to a big fall in the number of deaths and serious disease. from next week booster vaccinations — a third dose — will be offered to around 30 million people ...

Labour said the government's approach would be judged against... whether we can push infections down, minimise sickness and save lives, keep schools open, protect care homes, maintain access to all care in the national health service and avoid a winter lockdown. the scottish parliament has already voted to introduce covid passports for some settings from the start of next month. while none of us like these things, we would be irresponsible not to take advantage of all of the different levers that we have at our disposal to keep cases down. no—one wants a repeat of last winter. the hope is th...

To 15—year—olds right across the uk. they'll be offered one dose of vaccine rather than two. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been looking at some of the questions the decision has raised for children and parents. there are around 3 million 12 to 15—year—olds living in the uk. now, one in eight of those has already been offered two jabs of the pfizer vaccine if they're judged to be clinically vulnerable or living with someone who's clinically vulnerable. now, the rest will be offered a single pfizerjab in a programme that could begin as early as next week. now, because this ...

This is bbc news — i'm christian fraser. borisjohnson announces covid boosterjabs in the uk for anyone over the age of 50. the roll out of the 3rd dose will begin next week. the prime minister says managing the pandemic this winter could be more challenging than it was last year. but we do not live in a vacuum — should we be giving boosterjabs to over 50's when the people of developing world have not yet had one. we will discuss. in california they are voting to decide whether to remove the democratic governor, gavin newsom, over his handling of the pandemic. plus why scientists in new zea...

Those with weakened immune systems can seek a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Johnson County starting Tuesday.