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Future. they want to go carefully, and the key thing that is concerning them is transmissibility. dominic raab the foreign secretary was making clear this morning that they want to make sure the link between transmission and going to hospital is severed as much as possible. james, many thanks. james landale, our diplomatic correspondent. well, as we've been hearing, the prime minister is due to give an update tomorrow on lifting covid—19 restrictions in england. this morning, the foreign secretary said the vaccination programme had weakened the link between infections and the numbers needing...

This is not really the position minister's wanted to be in this weekend. tomorrow, a crucial decision needs to be made whether to go ahead with the final stage of unlocking in england a week later. the emergence of the delta variant first identified india has made that call more difficult to mac it now makes up almost all new cases. and may be —— it may be 60% more transmissible. at the moment, infections are far below the level we have seen injanuary, but they have been doubling every week. in certain parts of england and scotland. speaking on the andrew marr programme, government adviser...

Ho to freedom,". i say fact, we don't know 100%, but it's highly likely, isn't it, according to government sources that we will get a delay to the full unlocking of england tomorrow? that certainly were a number— england tomorrow? that certainly were a number of— england tomorrow? that certainly were a number of the _ england tomorrow? that certainly were a number of the papers - england tomorrow? that certainly were a number of the papers are l were a number of the papers are leading with tonight. they've been training for a couple days, but the problem is we don't know for sure, and many...

Is for that straight line to start curving round as transmission starts to slow down. if that doesn't happen, then at the current rate of growth, we could see 15,000 cases a day by the start of next week. the hope is the vaccine roll—out can prevent those new cases turning into hospital admissions. there are about half as many people in hospital now across the uk based on our infection rate, than what you would expect. and the reason for that is the older groups, who were more likely to go into hospital, have had both doses of the vaccine. the data shows a second vaccine dose provides far mo...

There are about half as many people in hospital now across the uk, based on our infection rate, than what you would expect. and the reason for that is the older groups — who were more likely to go into hospital — have had both doses of the vaccine. the data shows a second vaccine dose provides far more protection against the delta variant than just one. scientists say it's why a delay to that final stage of unlocking might be needed to give more time to getjabs into arms this summer. jim reed, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. our top stories for you. israel's parliament has voted to ap...