have they laid an alternative to the return to university for students? not specifically. initially, they said that this would not be about covid certification in september. testing will clearly play a part of the mix as well. it is hoped by that stage, case numbers will be down and hopefully things will start to return to normal. fire fighting planes from russia, ukraine and azerbaijan are helping turkey to put out wildfires raging along its southern coast. at least four people have died and dozens have been taken to hospital. the flames have also forced the evacuation of entire villages. president erdogan says as well as planes, helicopters, drones and 1000 vehicles are involved in the firefighting efforts. translation: unfortunately, 71 wildfires have broken out. l 57 forest fires were contained.
927 people have been admitted into hospital. quite a big push taking place the days to get the young to sign up and get the jab. in terms of the first days, that has been reported at 46.8 million, that is the total that have received the first dose. the total number of adults in the uk who have had both dosesis adults in the uk who have had both doses is now an 72.1%. medical experts are warning that an oxygen monitoring device, called an oximeter, works less well for people with darker skin tones. nhs england and the medicines regulator, the mhra, say pulse oximeters can overestimate the amount of oxygen being taken in. authorities are advising patients to speak to healthcare professionals before using the devices and not
fighting is also continuing in kandahar and lashkar gah in the south. hundreds of people are reported to be fleeing their homes. secunder kermani has just sent this update from kabul. fighting is taking place in and around a number of afghan cities. in lashkar gah, in the southern province of helmand, taliban forces came within one kilometre of the governor s office right in the centre of the city yesterday before being pushed back. the afghan army commander there saying his troops managed to inflict a high number of casualties on the militants, but we understand they remain at the mostjust a few kilometres away from the city centre. today in lashkar gah a hospital was badly damaged by government air strikes targeting taliban fighters in the area. i m told at least one security guard was killed and two doctors injured, though initial reports suggested that patients being treated at the hospital had already been evacuated. in the west of the country, in the city of herat, fighting is on
in darker skinned patients. when we consider the impact of this, this can contribute whether or not people come into hospital, how soon they come into hospital, what care is provided when they do come into hospital. the fact that if your oxygen readings are overestimated, that means you are likely to have a lower reading, are you receiving the oxygen that is necessary to adequately treat the patient at that time? if these patients are admitted to intensive care units, are they receiving the treatment that they require? of course this can have a significant impact on health outcomes. fortunately the pandemic has provided a suitable opening to further explore this area. the headlines on bbc news: )elaine thompson herah ofjamaica has won the women s 100 metre final at the tokyo games in a new 0lympic record
but we understand they remain at the mostjust a few kilometres away from the city centre. today in lashkar gah a hospital was badly damaged by government air strikes targeting taliban fighters in the area. i m told at least one security guard was killed and two doctors injured, though initial reports suggested that patients being treated at the hospital had already been evacuated. in the west of the country, in the city of herat, fighting is ongoing for the third day after government forces managed to recapture the area around the airport, which had been briefly taken by the taliban. government forces there supported overnight by us air strikes and by militia forces led by a powerful veteran commander in his 70s. it seems pretty clear that the taliban having already captured large amounts of rural territory in afghanistan are now really turning their focus to the country s cities. they haven t yet managed to capture one, but this fighting is of course displacing tens of thousands of pe