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deaths up 10% and hospital admissions up 15%. but i have got to put a bit of context into this because, if you track back to january, the real big peak injanuary, before we had the effect of the vaccines, back then, hospital admissions and deaths absolutely mirrored, they lagged a few weeks but they absolutely mirrored and matched the rise in cases. but now, it's very different. so although we have 50,000 cases per day, the hospital admissions are fewer than 1,000. it's still a lot, but back injanuary, we were getting 4,000 admissions a day. back then, we went into a lockdown and now it feels much more normal out there. and on deaths, the protective effect of the vaccines is even stronger because although we are running at about an average

of maybe 120, 130 deaths per day, which is obviously far too many, nonetheless, back in january, it was well over 1,000 deaths a day. so the really extraordinary thing about the vaccines is, nobody predicted that our vaccines would be so protective, giving over 90% protection for the first five months against severe disease. now, we have got the issue which we can do boosters and the rest of it, but the thing to hold on to is, if you have had two doses of vaccine, then you have got a very strong protection against severe covid, although as you get older and if you have underlying conditions, then you do have potential waning immunity, especially on infection. so that is the broad picture. so things are not as good as they should be and remember, we are going into winter.

we haven't had the impact of flu yet, and other viruses. it was cold today, it's getting colder. we know that in winter, we will be huddling indoors. to be where we are now in late october, it's not in a great place for where we may end up in a few months' time. sojeremy, you were listening to all of that. ok, the numbers are going in the wrong direction. we understand that we are in a completely different universe from this time last year, when there was no vaccine programme. now there is a vaccine programme, astonishingly high levels of people have had the first two doses. but the numbers are still going all in the wrong direction. your committee's report last week warned clearly against government hesitation,

government reluctance to bring back restrictions. the political debate has already turned on to whether the government should be much more aggressive, like even bring back a few restrictions to get a handle on this. what is your honest view about how worried people should be and how urgent the situation is becoming? or are you relaxed, as some in the government are, about getting on with it? well, it is a genuinely difficult decision. - i don't envy sajid| javid on this one. you can be glass halfi full and say this is not the exponential growth- that we were talking about. fergus always used to explain to us last year that _ exponential growth is different to linear growth which we are i more normally used to. and we have got the vaccines. on the other hand, hospital. admissionsjumped by nearly 1,000 one day, which is a pretty sizeable jump. i i think the heart of this - is the growth in schoolchildren getting the virus. i'm getting reports - from my children's schools and my friends' children's schools that this is wherei the real growth is happening. and to address this, we have got to deal with the slow- take—up of vaccines - amongst 12 to 15—year—olds and of the boosterjab. there are still around a third. of the people who are eligible for boosterjabs and teenage - jabs who haven't taken them up. and that to me seems to be far

more important than the issuel of masks and people i inadvertently catching it on the tube or wherever. that is where i would be focusing my efforts. - jeremy, what about when we look at the rest of the uk and england is the outlier? elsewhere in the uk, the nations have kept various mitigating measures. england hasn't. now, there are those who point to wales, where they have mitigating issues and they also have an issue with a climbing number of cases. but what is the downside of having those if they are not massively restricting our liberty, for example with face coverings? there is no big downside and we should follow- the injunction that _ if you are in a crowded place, you should wear a mask. it is not an injunction if the government says it is up to you. well, the government- is advising people to do that. sajid javid is advising people to do that. i and i think mps should also be doing that. - i was going to say, you and your pals on the tory benches, i don't know what you were doing personally, but day after day this week, mps have been packed into the house of commons, all sitting there, mask—free. they are not mandated to do so, but if they are meant to be setting an example, they haven't been, have they? well, theresa may and i havel been among the two who have been regularly wearing masks. maybe that's why i.

didn't become leader. too much of a minorityl on public health issues. but i do think we should be setting an example l and that is why i think sajid javid was right . to say that. i did notice today after. he said that that the front bench were wearing masks, and i think that is going - to change going forward. let's bring in another voice into our conversation because we can broaden out from just the picture here in wales and elsewhere in the uk, with dr maria van kerkhove, the world health organization's technical lead for covid—19. hello. hello! thanks forjoining us. i know you are going to talk to us about the whole issue, the huge global issue around the sharing of vaccines and getting vaccines to countries that are in desperate need for them. but i wonder if you have any reflections on the conversation you have been listening to around appropriate mitigation measures around, for instance, face coverings, when a country like england

is seeing a spike in cases? well, i do, actually. reflecting on the conversation, i was eavesdropping on the conversation you were just having, i don't quite see why we wouldn't continue to recommend the use of masks, especially when we know they work, the use of distance in ventilation, hand hygiene and disinfection and avoiding crowds when we know that these are proven effective measures to save lives. at the same time as increasing vaccination, absolutely. this is a challenge worldwide but even in countries that have high coverage levels, these are frankly simple measures that could be used. and i think now that we have masks that are so widely available, you remember at the beginning of this pandemic, we didn't have that. we do now and we have fabric masks. we have advice on how to produce those masks, three layers of mask, and make sure you wear them

properly over your nose and mouth. these are simple measures, and what is critical in any country, the uk included but any country, you want to have simple measures in place so that you don't get that expotential growth. when you are in the exponential growth, you are in it. that sounds obvious, but you are already in the mad rush of it. you want to prevent that from happening. i realise that is massively challenging given that we are 21 months into a global pandemic, but these are simple measures that can be used and they work. so our recommendation is to continue to wear a mask, continue to distance, avoid crowded spaces while we get vaccination coverage up. maria, on the point of getting vaccination coverage up, - you have heard us talking about jabs for 12 to 15—year—olds - and boosterjabs in the uk - to more than 30 million people. now, you're hearing that - and in some parts of the world in the lowest income countries, it is about two in 100 people, . 2% of populations who have had even a single dose of vaccine. l should countries like the uk be boosting and vaccinating 12 - to 15—year—olds when there is so much vaccine inequityj globally? i think you have answered that question just as you have asked it. we have massive amounts of vaccine inequity.

we have people around the world who are dying because they have not received their first and second dose, people who are over the age of 60, people who have underlying conditions are front—line workers around the world. this is a no—brainer. we are in effect allowing this to happen, because we know that vaccines save lives. vaccines, including against the delta variant, are incredibly effective at saving lives, but they have to reach those people who are most in need. our advice on boosters is clear. we have called for a moratorium on boosters until at least the end of the year so that the first and second dose can be in the arms of the people who need it in every single country, as opposed to starting to boost starting to add vaccine to people who are already protected. of course, that is not covering people who are immunocompromised. there are people who need that third dose, but... globally, this is a global pandemic and we need global solutions.

we cannot only protect one population. this isn't a criticism of any one country. i know my words could potentially be used against one particular country, but this is a global pandemic and the fact that we are seeing variants, we are seeing widespread circulation and far too many hot spots around the world, variants of the virus evolving. we have the potential for the virus to evade the vaccines that are so effective. so why would we give people more doses who are already well protected when we haven't protected those who are most at risk in much of the world? what would you say, though, to some of our listeners and viewers and indeed some of our politicians in the uk who will think, actually, in brass tacks, protecting the health of your own population comes first? what would you say to them in that situation? in the uk, think what we've already committed to — 100 million vaccines

going to the developed world. the uk's contributed significantly to the covax programme, but ultimately, actually, the health of the domestic population is the priority? i understand where they're coming from. i understand wanting to protect your population, but in the global connected world that we live in and in the fact that people are moving around, the amount of increasing social mobility and social mixing around the world is massive. over the summer months in the northern hemisphere, the virus moves in people and the virus will continue to evolve. so if you only protect your population, it's a false sense of security because the virus will continue to evolve. but we also have to recognise that the decisions to continue to add doses to those in your own population have an impact on supply. they have an impact on production. and by implication, do you think actually that could end up prolonging the pandemic in a way? and how long does the world health organization now expect this to last?

well, it is certainly prolonging the pandemic. i don't think there should be any ambiguity in my answer in that. if we are boosting some in some countries and not allowing the vaccine to reach those who need it most, their first and second dose, it's prolonging the pandemic. this pandemic will last as long as we allow it to. and, you know, we're thinking into 2022, at least till the end of 2022. and then we have to see what happens as the pandemic evolves. we're still very much in the middle of this. i know people are ready to be over with it, but we can't will it to be over. you actually have to take the measures and it's vaccination and these additional measures. just to be really clear, and i know you're short of time, butjust to be really, really clear, the decisions of politicians like boris johnson and others in countries to continue to up the vaccine uptake in their domestic populations, that's going to make this thing last longer for everyone, everywhere?

it will, unfortunately, and so what we need is, and we're very grateful for the donations from the uk, we're very grateful for donations of vaccines, donations of funds and a commitment towards vaccine equity. i do want to say, while i am on your programme, i do want to say a special thank—you to all of the scientists across the uk who have contributed to this response, who work with who day in and day out on sharing of information, particularly lately. i would have to say not only, but on the variants themselves the work that's done is really outstanding and it keeps us up to date almost in real time because it's an incredibly dynamic situation. so i don't want my words to be seen only negatively, but we have to work and everyone has to fight for vaccine equity around the world while we continue to drive transmission down. it's not an either/or. it's both. thank you, dr maria. we really appreciate you coming on the programme. thank you so much for having me. thank you. so interesting. it really is, isn't it? and jeremy hunt, you were listening to that. it's quite stark, isn't it, what dr maria von kerkhove saying there, that a consequence of an

understandable domestic desire to crack on with a booster program, the kind of opportunity cost of that is vaccines not going overseas, but crucially, not only do people potentially miss out on a vaccine, but you allow maybe new variants to develop and the whole thing, the whole pandemic to last even longer. well, she made a very powerful argument, but i think it's also l important to remember. what is actually happening on the nhs front line today. and they are incredibly worried about the rise in the number. of daily cases. it is not the case that that is not feeding i through into increased hospital admissions. l and you have a system that is under the mostl extraordinary pressure, . to the extent that doctors are talking about burnout, they're leaving. _ they're going part—time. and it's a really, - really serious situation. so i think, in that context, the government has got. a responsibility to do - everything it can to suppress the growth of the virus. and i think the uk has given nine million doses so far, or certainly end of august, and has pledged 100 million. i mean, it's a bit of a drop in the ocean, really, when you think of the global population of eight billion. yes, i think that's the issue, i there is a gap and the uk has actually done more l than many countries. and then, when you lookj at the contribution of our scientists in developing i

the astrazeneca vaccine, the treatments like - dexamethasone, i mean, we've made a phenomenal contribution. _ some people in america have said that there's no country. that's made more contribution globally than the uk _ to fighting the pandemic. but take what we do, - take what america is doing, take what the eu is doing, . take what countries like japan and australia are doing, put them all together. i do they add up to a plani that is going to crack this problem in africa, in india, i in a very, very vulnerable part of the world? i'm afraid they don't. and i do think that is a big, big part of the jigsaw that's missing. and, you know, when we think about the nhs, yes, _ that is worrying. but we need a global solution because, in the end, - it'll come back. and bite us here. jeremy, returning to the picture domestically, i guess the big question that everyone's asking right now is how worried or whether we should be worried about what might lie ahead. and no one can be certain what's around the corner. but you've done very big jobs in the health arena at westminster — your current

one, your previous one as health secretary. where do you anticipate this is going and how much should we prepare for in england and elsewhere around the uk if the governments there decide to, where we end up kind of going backwards restrictions—wise and loads more liberties are taken off us again? well, i'll look into my crystal| ball, chris, on one condition, that you never hold me i accountable for what i'm about to say, and you don'tj invite me back in a month's time and say, "this is what you said". i we won't play you the clip. as long as the bbc promises never to blame me. - this is what i feel at the moment. i but these things do change. i think that we are not - going to go back into another lockdown. i'm not sure that actually, . people would accept another lockdown, even if the i government wanted it. but i don't see at the moment any sign of the exponential. growth that caused us| such worry a year ago. what i am really worried about is, sort of, take . the worst nhs winter crisis that i had to deal with, - which was 2017—18, when we had

a big flu outbreak as well. - i think we could seel something far worse than the worst winter crisis. and we could see on top of that big interruptions in regular- nhs treatment for cancer care, for people who need hips - and knees replaced as well. and that would be very, very bad for all of us. i butjeremy, just quickly, i mean, you'vejust done a really big piece of work and basically said that the government was too slow. do you have a kind of haunting feeling that they mightjust be too slow to act again, even if all it is is bringing back masks or even if all it is is really trying to put the foot down on the booster program? are you haunted by that? i am worried about. where we're at now. i thought that sajid javid's . tone at the press conference yesterday was right.

and i think the big lesson is, act early and then you don'tl end up having to do so much as if you leave it too late. i we were too late - on the first lockdown. so right now, i do think- we need to be thinking what can be done right now to increase capacity in the nhs, - because we know there's - going to be a lot more demand for beds, ease - pressure on a&es. but i think top of my list - would be actually the teenage vaccine programme, then- the booster vaccine programme. those seem to be the areas that really need turbocharging. - jeremy, thank you so much for coming on the podcast, we appreciate it. pleasure. what was so interesting about this, fergus, jeremy mentioned there was a real significant change in tone, i thought, from the health secretary yesterday. you know, for months, whenever ministers have been asked about this publicly and pretty much privately as well, saying, "no, it's fine, vaccine programme's amazing. of course, it's going to be bumpy. we've got to be careful.

but it's kind of ok". yesterday, sajid javid was standing up saying, "by the way, guys, you need to start taking care again". yeah. and you need to think about meeting outdoors. you need to think about wearing masks outside, in crowded places. but the trouble is, the tone does come from the top often. and if you see row upon row of government benches with people crammed together in the commons and they're not wearing masks, iwonder what message that sends. certainly when i'm travelling on the train and the tube, i'm in the minority now wearing a mask. and jeremy hunt was saying about his priority being getting those booster doses and doses in the 12 to 15—year—olds. the number one thing for me would be to persuade the five million adults who haven't had a single jab, you know, especially those over the age of 60 who for one reason or another have not had a vaccine, because if you look at the figures, something

like 94%, 95% of the over—805 have had both jabs. so you're talking about 6% haven't had that. but they make up two thirds of that age group who are in hospital with covid. so, you know, it's extraordinarily disproportionate. if you haven't been immunised, your risks if you get covid of getting severely ill. so somehow, it's persuading people who are unvaccinated to have their jab. laura, there must be something about me sitting in for adama this week that has turned me into this passionate advocate of delving into documents that were published weeks before in order to work out what the government was saying five weeks ago. but earlier on, i was looking

back at the autumn and winter plan that the government published for england because, of course, so many of these measures are devolved. and when it sets out what plan b would look like, there was three strands to it. one was warning that things are getting bad and asking people voluntarily to be more careful. my language, not theirs. but that's the sentiment. and the other two things were things that would be compelled, which would be face masks in crowded public places our email address is newscast@bbc.co.uk. pictures of fido are very, very welcome. i think that's sorted out next thursday's programme, hasn't it? that's the first 25 minutes of the pod sorted in a week's time. fergus, great to have you on. that's a hat trick of newscasts. i know, you wait weeks for one to come along like buses. and then three come along at once. there we are. thank you for watching and listening. we'll talk to you soon. bye bye. pet pic promo! newscast. newscast from the bbc.

hello. after what was a decidedly chilly day on thursday in most places, temperatures have been allowed to drop where night skies have been clear. but the skies certainly aren't clear everywhere — areas of cloud spilling down from the northwest, which have been producing some outbreaks of showery rain. most of us, though, starting friday in the midst of this relatively cool air, and a decidedly chilly feel in the northeast of scotland — that's where we will have some of the coldest weather through the day, some of the windiest weather, but some of the sunniest weather. for shetland, for orknay, for the north and east of the mainland. elsewhere, southwest scotland, northern ireland, england and wales starting off with large amounts of cloud, some showers — the showers becoming fewer and further between as the day wears on — and, even in these cloudy areas, there will be spells of sunshine. the winds for most will ease through the day, it will stay quite blustery up towards the northeast,

temperatures for at lowick and aberdeen only getting to 8—9 celsius. but elsewhere, a slightly milder afternoon, 12—14 celsius. as we move through friday night where we keep these clear skies in eastern scotland and eastern england, it will turn really quite chilly, temperatures getting close to freezing in some spots. but out west, it will be becoming milder, windier, the wind starting to come up from the south, bringing milder air our way with a lot of cloud, mist and murk, and hill fog as this weather front begins to approach from the west. now this will introduce rain through saturday across parts of northern ireland and western scotland — ahead of it, we'll see increasing amounts of cloud, and also crucially, this southerly wind setting up, bringing some milder air. so a milder feel to the weather as we go through the weekend, but that weather front will bring outbreaks of rain from time to time across northern ireland, particularly up towards the north and the west of scotland. further south and east, quite a lot of cloud developing — it will stay mainly dry, particularly for england

and wales, those winds though coming up from the south, quite a strong wind across the western side of scotland, and those temperatures will be higher by this stage — ten for lowick, 14 for glasgow, 15 for belfast and plymouth. now into sunday, we keep the southerly winds, still quite a strong wind in places. the weather front in the west breaking up into showers — so it's a mixture of sunshine and showers, really as we head through the day on sunday, byt we keep those slightly wigher temperatures. values in most spots around 14—15 celsius.

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