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Continue to observe and monitor and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have a much better picture. weeks we will have a much better icture. . ., picture. the emergence of the omicron variant _ picture. the emergence of the omicron variant has _ picture. the emergence of the omicron variant has prompted picture. the emergence of the - omicron variant has prompted big changes to the uk's vaccination programme. as well as offering boosters to more people, the time between second dose and booster has been slashed from six down to three months so the encouraging news on how effective the...

Whether it will lead to more hospitalisations or deaths. at the moment, we are not seeing very high rates of community transmission but it is early days yet. what is important is to continue to observe and monitor and hopefully in the next couple of weeks, we will have a much better picture. the emergence of the omicron variant has prompted big changes to the uk's vaccination programme. as well as offering boosters to more people, the time between second dose and booster has been slashed from six down to three months so the encouraging news on how effective they are is welcome. the data on the...

Hospitalisations or deaths. at the moment, we are not seeing very high rates in terms of transmission, but it is early days yet. what is important is to continue to observe and monitor, and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will have a much better picture. the emergence of the 0micron variant has prompted big changes to the uk�*s vaccination programme. as well as offering boosters to more people, the time between second dose and booster has been slashed from six to three months, so the encouraging news on how effective they are is welcome. the data on the boosters is fantastic because...

For the nhs? yes, it is a huge i challenge. it is notjust offering boosters to all adults which will be prioritised in order of agent clinical need but there is the author of second doses to those over 12 and fourth doses for those with weakened immune system. the uk currently administers around 2.5 million visitors per week so it could take about three months to boost everyone at that rate, well into the winter when the nhs is busiest, so health officials want to bump it up and get ahead of a possible wave of omicron but the workforce is the limiting factor. gps were responsible for the major...

Their recommendation as an extra dose, not a booster shot. the w.h.o. has opposed offering boosters until the rest of the world is vaccinated. let's get more on the story from evan mackenzie from johannesburg. i know you are going to break do you think for us what the w.h.o. is advising here. did they explain at all how less wealthy nations will do this? they don't even have enough for a first dose let alone a third. >> reporter: well, that's right. less than 5% of people are vaccinated in low income countries currently. in fact, most a lot less, isa. so, they didn't really explain. and the ba...