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With vaccinating children is actually the timing, that at this moment there s plenty of other people who are at serious risk of death and of severe disease. those need to be vaccinated first. yes. and indeed, that brings us back to the question of inequity, which you raised from the very beginning of this interview. as you say, in the disadvantaged parts of the world, only i% or so of people have been vaccinated. and yet the uk government, the german government is talking about delivering third boosterjabs to its over 50s population come september. now, the who hasjust, in the last few minutes, said they think that s a bad idea. there should be a moratorium on boosterjabs till at least the end of september, to ensure that the focus is on getting firstjabs into arms in the developing world. what s your view? well, we are in an improving situation. we ve got, as i mentioned before, just over four billion doses of vaccines out there. and, by the end of the year, it should be more than dou ....
Stages of planning for the booster cam aian? ., ., stages of planning for the booster camaiun? ., ., ., campaign? northern ireland has had the lowest uptake campaign? northern ireland has had the lowest uptake in campaign? northern ireland has had the lowest uptake in the campaign? northern ireland has had the lowest uptake in the uk - campaign? northern ireland has had the lowest uptake in the uk of- the lowest uptake in the uk of people coming forward for those third boosterjabs and likes behind other parts of the uk when it comes to first and second jabs, but new walk in clinics and extra vaccine centres like this one are being set “p centres like this one are being set up to try to speed out the roll out and northern ireland s health minister robin swann has urged people to come forward, stjohn be put off because of the latest speculation about the omicron variant. saying don t be put off. at a northern ireland there is increased demand for first and second jabs, maybe b ....
At the moment, i d probably say no. it s a contentious issue, but i think it should be compulsory to have vaccinations l across all age groups. from the young to the old, a programme of third boosterjabs will be confirmed tomorrow, initially for the over 70s, starting with care home residents. the aim, to counter any whining of immunity and give the maximum protection over winter to those most at risk from covid. fergus walsh, bbc news. this afternoon, there was also a warning from the chief medical 0fficer chris whitty about the pressures that covid will impose on the nhs in the coming months. tomorrow, borisjohnson is expected to publish his government s plans for dealing with coronavirus this winter, with the nhs already under pressure, reporting high levels of hospital admissions across the uk. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the story. a health system already under strain. that s the reality in many areas ahead of the government s ....
For every one million first doses given to healthy 12 15 year olds, it is estimated they will save two admissions to intensive care, and 87 admissions to hospital. 0n the risk, there will be between three and 17 cases of myocarditis, inflammation of the heart, which could also be triggered by covid. which can also be triggered by covid, include chest pain, shortness of breath and palpitations. but these are mostly mild and short lived. after so much toing and froing on this issue, what do parents make of it? we ve got a daughter who s nearly 1a, so we have no problem with getting her vaccinated. i m not sure, i really don t know. at the moment, i d probably say no. it s a contentious issue, but i think it should be compulsory to have vaccinations l across all age groups. from the young to the old, a programme of third boosterjabs will be confirmed tomorrow, initially for the over 705, starting with care home residents. the aim, to counter any whining of immunity and give the maximum ....
To vaccinate children in order to protect the adults and reduce transmission, because, first of all, children are not the major drivers of transmission. secondly, most adults are vaccinated. and then thirdly, we know the virus can still infect people who are vaccinated. so it doesn t fully prevent transmission, in order to do that. the biggest problem i see with vaccinating children is actually the timing, that at this moment there s plenty of other people who are at serious risk of death and of severe disease. those need to be vaccinated first. yes. and indeed, that brings us back to the question of inequity, which you raised from the very beginning of this interview. as you say, in the disadvantaged parts of the world, only i% or so of people have been vaccinated. and yet the uk government, the german government is talking about delivering third boosterjabs to its over 50s population come september. now, the who hasjust, in the last few minutes, said they think that s a bad idea. the ....