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Routine. a quarter of the positive cases we are now identifying come from those literal flow tests that people are taking without symptoms but they are taking them as a precaution, especially if they are about to meet a loved one or perhaps about to meet a loved one or perhaps a grandparent or another vulnerable person. with winter soon upon us these little steps make a big difference. they are more important now than they have ever been. if we all play our part, then we can give ourselves the best possible chance in this race, get through this winter and enjoy christmas with our loved ones. t...

Of course only thanks to the vaccine programme that we are able to take these cautious steps now, but to take these steps we must be cautious and we must be vaccinated. so please get that jab. and we must be vaccinated. so please get thatjab. thanks very much, i will now pass to chris to do the slides. . ~ will now pass to chris to do the slides. ., ~' , ., will now pass to chris to do the slides. ., ,, , ., , , slides. thank you, first slide, - lease. slides. thank you, first slide, please- as — slides. thank you, first slide, please. as people _ slides. thank you, first slide, please. as p...

Test, _ times. next slide, please. the final test. and _ times. next slide, please. the final test, and this has been led up to buy the — test, and this has been led up to buy the things that have happened previously is has our assessment of the risks— previously is has our assessment of the risks been fundamentally changed by new— the risks been fundamentally changed by new variants of concern? what this siide — by new variants of concern? what this slide shows is that in the orange — this slide shows is that in the orange comedy numbers of cases of the b117 _ orange comedy numbers ...

Protection, but you do need two doses— protection, but you do need two doses of— protection, but you do need two doses of the vaccine to provide a strong _ doses of the vaccine to provide a strong degree of protection. but once _ strong degree of protection. but once you — strong degree of protection. but once you have two doses, there is somewhere — once you have two doses, there is somewhere between a 76 and 84% reduction — somewhere between a 76 and 84% reduction in symptom attic disease. next slide. — reduction in symptom attic disease. next slide, please. the news is even bett...

Doubie _ see, even in those over 65, in which double vaccination is already in place. — double vaccination is already in place, there are still some hospitalisations. but the ratios have _ hospitalisations. but the ratios have completely reversed. next siide. _ have completely reversed. next slide, please. the third test is that— slide, please. the third test is that infection rates do not risk a surge _ that infection rates do not risk a surge in — that infection rates do not risk a surge in hospitalisations which would — surge in hospitalisations which would put unsustainable pressur...