BBC News
Just over 5000 people are now in hospital with coronavirus, figures not seen since the end of march. and 64 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. nearly 46.5 million people have now had theirfirstjab. that's 88.2% of the adult population. and more than 36.7 million people are now fully vaccinated, almost 70% of all uk adults. the british medical association has criticised changes to the self—isolation rules and warned that exempting health care staff is potentially unsafe. the head of the newly—formed uk health security agency, jenny harries, said the nhs covid app was essential and i...