jane merrick at the i. cases. thanks, rob. it's on us all. jane merrick at the i.the health secretary first of all, you said tier} is secretary first of all, you said tier 3 is not enough to contain the new variant and it is spreading at a dangerous rate, and across the country, hospital patients is at the peak in spring. reports this morning that the new variant has seeded across the country. we are now hearing of a second new variant from south africa. so why aren't we going into a full lockdown across the whole country, and if i could ask the medics, neil ferguson said this morning that there is a statistically significant, albeit small, evidence of an increased proportion of infections among the under15 proportion of infections among the under 15 is. is there a case for itibss under 15 is. is there a case for mass testing in primaries, and perhaps a staggered return for primaries as well as secondaries? thanks very much, jane. so the a nswer to thanks very much, jane. so the answer to the first question is that the new variant is highly concentrated, and the st

let's turn to jane merrick. thank you very much. the issue of people with allergies that you have updated the advice both on the pfizer vaccine and also on the oxford astrazeneca vaccine to make sure that it's only people with allergies to the ingredients for both vaccines should not have it, and everybody else can feel confident that they can have it? why don't i deal with your last question first, because that's a very clear a nswer. question first, because that's a very clear answer. both updates are in place and the only people who are advised not to have either of the vaccines are those with allergies who have had reactions to any of the ingredients, so that's very clear now that we no longer have advice not to use the pfizer/biontech vaccine in someone who has had an allergic reaction to food or to another vaccine or drug. that's very clear and will be published today. would you like to comment on the reduction of transmission question? there was some initial data with regard to work which was undertaken with transmission, but