BBCNEWS Breakfast January 23, 2021 09:03:00
That struggle is underlined by the latest government figures showing there were 40,261 new infections recorded in the last 24—hour period. there were more than 38,500 people in hospital with coronavirus in the seven days to this wednesday, and another moi people have died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. vaccines are still expected to be effective. more than 5.3 million first doses have been given now, but there are calls to speed that up. doctors are questioning the decision to spread vaccine doses 12 weeks apart. the british medical association called for that to be cut to six...