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When i came down with covid, i was wondering what if i had gotten another vaccine, different from the pfizer vaccine that i got. i was wondering had i gotten the j&j on top of the pfizer would that have added extra protection. i think those are questions that are being asked right now. charles: i was going to say, these are tough stes questions and we've got to ask them and answer them. no one wants to go back to where we were, but we have seen maybe the vaccination program was so successful that it tailed off a lot faster than a lot of people wanted it to, a lot of people thought it would. ag...

That is up, not hugely — about 10% on the week before. this vaccine push comes as public health england says 99% of the cases it's checking are now the delta variant. and since february, 806 people with it have needed hospital treatment, but only 84 of them were double vaccinated. and there's good news, too, about the impact of a single jab. if you've had two doses of either of these vaccines, you're more or less guaranteed not to end up in hospital. your chances of ending up in hospital are reduced by more than 20 times. and even one dose, once you've had a chance to make an immune response...

Had a chance to make an immune response to it, will very substantially reduce the risk of ending up in hospital. just lift your sleeve for me, please. with just 31 days now until the 19th ofjuly, the postponed freedom day, everyjab in every arm will give us extra protection. catherine burns, bbc news. the latest government figures show that, in the past 2a hours, 11 deaths were reported and 10,a76 new infections were recorded. it means an average of 8,7a0 new cases per day in the last week. nearly 2aa,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine in the latest 2a—hour period. almost a2.5 m...

Us extra protection. catherine burns, bbc news. a panel of leading japanese infectious disease experts has called on the tokyo olympic organising committee to hold this summers olympic games without spectators. at a press conference the chairman of the panel said blocking spectators was the least risky option. but the president of the tokyo organising committee says she believes the games can go ahead safely with spectators in stadiums. our correspondent ruper wingfield—hayes has the latest from tokyo. so i think the thing that you have to understand about what is going on in tokyo today is ...

The risk of ending up in hospital. with just 31 days now until the 19th ofjuly, the postponed freedom day, everyjab in every arm will give us extra protection. catherine burns, bbc news. a british woman who saved her twin sister's life by fighting off a crocodile has been speaking about the attack. the women were swimming in a lagoon in mexico when the crocodile tried to drag 28—year—old melissa laurie under water. she has just been released from hospital where she was recovering from the attack. her sister georgia has been speaking to will grant. a bandage hiding the teeth marks in her wr...